Historical crime and mysteries

**THE COSIEST OF CRIMES FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON**A harmless game of Murder in the Dark?

Its the early 1960s in Brooklyn, New York, when auto mechanic Michael Delagatta changes the course of his life in order to attain the same extravagant lifestyle as his cousin.

The first in a gripping conspiracy thriller series for fans of Scott Mariani and Dan Brown.

John is a discredited CIA agent who has worked as a liaison with the drug cartels.

This book is a fictional story about two hundred acres of land that was stolen from an African American family who obtained land thanks to the Homestead Act.

It is 1936 as track star Dietrich Becker trains for the Berlin Olympics.

Brash Norfolk homicide detective Johnny Edmonds investigates two murders in 1940.

The Extraordinary Banana Tree is not a war story.

Murder Squad 4: Alongside Jack the Ripper there is another brutal serial killer roaming the streets of Victorian London.

'A twisty plot and plenty of red herrings.

It is 1939 when the bullet-riddled body of an accounting clerk from a gambling ship washes up under the Santa Monica pier.

A MADAM OF ESPIONAGE MYSTERY In London's red light district, India Black is in the business of selling passion.

New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather returns to the Regency with a passionate tale that sweeps the reader from the dangerous streets of Paris to the glittering ballrooms of London.

A young drifter finds more than he bargained for when he agrees to deliver a parcel to an English country house.

We've all met a nosey parker - but have you met the Parker Sisters - the private detectives who've turned being curious into a way of life.

A heartbreaking, enduring and masterfully told story set in the battlefields of the First World War from the international number one bestselling author Lesley PearseWar threatens to take all she has loved and lived for .

'A true master of British crime writing' RICHARD OSMAN'Combines all the things I love most about crime fiction: atmospheric settings, twisty plots, intriguing characters and an unforgettable protagonist' ELLY GRIFFITHSA superb Golden Age mystery packed with twists, from the winner of the Diamond Dagger 2020 LONDON, 1930The night is sooty, sulphurous, and malign.

'Rachel Rhys is in a league of her own, creating compelling, engrossing historical mysteries that grip readers by the throat every single time' LISA JEWELL'Rachel Rhys should be everyone's summer reader' CLARE MACKINTOSH------------An isolated castle, a deadly crime.

Inspired by a true unsolved crime, Frog Music is a gripping historical novel by Emma Donoghue, author of the multi-million-copy bestseller Room.

In this historical thriller Pittsburgh detective Carmen Vitale is beside himself when his childhood sweetheart and the rest of her Jewish family are viciously murdered on the eve of Yom Kippur.

The captivating new novel from the author of Those Hamilton Sisters and The Girls of Lake Evelyn for readers of Lucinda Riley.

First published in 1927, Arthur Conan Doyle's final twelve Sherlock Holmes stories follow the detective Holmes and his companion, Dr.

A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR.

This is a collection of mystery short stories, a variety of traditional whodunnits, all with an Ancient Roman background.

When, Sabrina is a child, she has a haunting dream about a strange house.

All their cards are on the tableDJ Diamond's partnership with Sadie Montclair is purely professional.

CHICAGO-THE GEM OF THE PRAIRIE-EARLY AUTUMN, 1871The city was alive.

I found the photograph album by chance when we were clearing out the old coach house.

This is a story about the struggles of a strong, resilient biracial woman during the prohibition era in the 1920s.

1905 London is a heady mix of unimaginable wealth and simmering political tensions, and with war looming Flora Maguire wants to keep her family safe.

In 1941, Catherine Sorensen is a receptionist at the New York accounting firm where her father works.

'An atmospheric and gripping standalone thriller' - THE TIMESThe gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times and one million copy bestselling author of The English Fuhrer.

*WINNER OF THE WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD**WINNER OF THE SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD *From acclaimed author William Trevor, Felicia's Journey is a tightly woven psychological thriller'A book so brilliant that it compels you to stay up all night galloping through to the end' Daily MailYou're beautiful, Johnny told her.

Theres a lot of family history in the Morris clan, and young Jeremiah is only beginning to figure things out.

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The first book in the No.

Maggie Pennyworth, a homeless woman, walks along the 1910 Hoboken waterfront now cast in darkness.

The compelling, gorgeously atmospheric tale of love, betrayal and innocence, inspired by the incredible true story of female convicts'Beautifully written, an epic sea voyage with an intriguing murder mystery .

, it was amazing to hear conspiracy against survivors by a group of evils.

Every mystery has an explanation, and detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr.

In December, 1898, a boat is wrecked on the Cornish coast near Falmouth.

The adventure of Bai Bureh revealed a classic African trendsetter on a mission to conquer.

To her amazement, historian Verity Hunter discovers a chest full of letters, hidden for two thousand years in a Sicilian catacomb.

TWO MISSING WOMEN.