Historical crime and mysteries

1820s Britain: after the wars with France, when unemployment was high and soldiers could be paid off, when the government was desperately afraid of social unrest, any crime was drastically punished and thousands were hung.

The third volume in the Starbuck Chronicles.

The start of an Edinburgh-based thriller series starring rebellious young lawyer Brodie McLennan, investigating the case of a high-ranking lawyer found dead in mysterious circumstances.

A novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks, author of the Richard and Judy bestseller 'March', 'Year of Wonders' and 'People of the Book'.

The first novel in the bestselling Karen Pirie seriesThe award-winning Number One bestseller and Queen of crime fiction Val McDermid carves out a stunning psychological thriller.

Don't miss A Dangerous Train of Thought, the thrilling latest installment in the Ryder & Loveday series!

Don't miss A Dangerous Train of Thought, the gripping latest installment in the Faith Martin's 1920s cosy crime series!

Mark Sanderson does for the 30s what Jake Arnott did for 60s London - vividly revealing its hidden underworld in this follow up to Snow HillOn a sweltering day in July 1937, reporter John Steadman is in London's St Paul's Cathedral waiting for his girlfriend .

'An enchanting timeslip novel that kept me spellbound' CHRISTINA COURTENAY'Fascinating and captivating' SARAH MORGAN'Glorious.

'Sharpe and his creator are national treasures.

*SHARPE'S STORM, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*Richard Sharpe triumphs in the last battle of the war, only to find himself in worse peril when charged to recover Napoleon's treasure.

*SHARPE'S STORM, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now*A small British army is stranded when the French invade northern Portugal and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe meets the future Duke of Wellington.

Hawkwood's in America for this gripping, action-packed follow up to the bestselling Ratcatcher - for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Conn Igulden and Patrick O'BrianDECEMBER, 1812Britain is locked in a bitter war with America and Matthew Hawkwood, soldier turned spy, is stranded behind enemy lines.

Duelling, derring-do, and dastardly deeds are all in a day's work for Liberty Lane: the plucky heroine for fans of Georgette Heyer and Sarah Waters's Victorian novels.

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A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of Usher1891.

A special gift for Reginald Hill fans on Father's Day - the return of Joe Sixsmith in a beautifully packaged, witty new crime novelA sweltering summer spells bad news for the private detective business.

THE SERIES THAT INSPIRED COOPER AND FRY, coming toon to TV starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)An atmospheric new Fry and Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald Hill.

A fascinating exploration of the contents of Agatha Christie's 73 recently discovered notebooks, including illustrations, deleted extracts, and two unpublished Poirot stories.

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Passion, politics, love and death combine in a novel of the legendary love triangle between the three leaders of the Roman era: Cleopatra, Mark Antony and Octavian, from the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds.

COMING SOON TO TV: COOPER AND FRY, starring Robert James-Collier (Downton Abbey) and Mandip Gill (Doctor Who)Detectives Fry and Cooper return in another supremely atmospheric Peak District thriller, perfect for fans of Peter Robinson and Reginald HillBuilding work at an isolated farm has unearthed more than just the usual remains.

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*A brand new companion to the Last Kingdom series, Uhtred's Feast, is available to pre-order now*BBC2 and Netflix TV series THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell's bestselling novels on the making of England and the fate of his great hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.

Hawkwood, the Regency James Bond, returns in this gripping, action packed sequel to the bestselling 'Ratcatcher'.

Agatha Christie's life and career told through the decades, from the never-before-published original ending to her first book to the unused ideas for her last, complete with two unpublished Agatha Christie stories - including a lost Miss Marple.

A thrilling account of one of English history's most daring women, who risked everything in the dark days leading up to the Civil War.

MEMORIES OF MIDNIGHT - The internationally best-selling 'The Other Side of Midnight' was dominated by the man who is Sheldon's most magnificent creation.

Jason and Whit Fireson, the notorious, bank-robbing duo known as the Firefly Brothers, wake to find themselves lying on cooling boards in a police morgue.

Against the backdrop of the 1893 World's Fair, a new kind of crime comes to Gilded Age Chicago .

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This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE COMPLETE RAFFLES SERIES - 45+ Short Stories & A Novel in One Volume: The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask, A Thief in the Night, Mr.

'A story of high intrigue and low politics, brutal murder and cunning conspiracies .

The troubled head of the Detective Branch returns, in an intriguing case of kidnap, rebellion and murder.

Terrific second novel set in the criminal underworld of pre-Victorian England from the author of THE LAST DAYS OF NEWGATEIt is 1835, and with the birth of the Industrial Revolution, railway fever sweeps the country.

Pyke joins the newly formed Detective Branch of the Metropolitan police in a tale of corruption and murder set in the dangerous backstreets of 19th-century London.

Can Fandorin infiltrate a secret society to save Moscow's youth?

Fandorin returns in a swashbuckling tale of abduction and intrigue, set during the build-up to the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II.

Pyke returns in a gripping tale of brutal murder and deception, set in the back streets of Victorian London and the cane fields of Jamaica.

WINNER OF THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2014C diz, 1811.

Erast Fandorin returns to Moscow, and he just can't seem to keep out of trouble.

The third Erast Fandorin mystery from Boris Akunin, shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger.

Erast Fandorin returns in another thrilling Russian crime caper, from the bestselling author of THE WINTER QUEEN.

Dashing hero Erast Fandorin returns for another intriguing Russian crime caper, from the bestselling author of THE WINTER QUEEN.

Sister Pelagia, bespectacled, freckled, woefully clumsy and possessed of a not very nunnish aptitude for solving crimes, returns in a tale of monastic intrigue, murder and adventure.

Canine conspiracies, spurned lovers, murderous greed, jealousy, politics, power and knitting: Pelagia and the White Bulldog marks the beginning of an addictively entertaining new crime series from the internationally bestselling author, Boris Akunin.

Akunin goes noir as Fandorin meets bandits!