Historical mysteries

The worlds greatest detective, Hercule Poirotlegendary star of Agatha Christies Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nileretu...

1930s Leningrad. As a mood of fear cloaks the city, Investigator Vasily Zaitsev is called on to investigate a series of bizarre and seemingly motiv...

November 1907. George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield sail from Liverpool to New York on the maiden voyage of the luxurious Mauretania. Employed by...

A maritime mystery from Edward Marston, author of the bestselling Railway Detective series. September 1907. George Dillman sets sail from Liverpoo...

LONDON, 1942. A killer going by the name of 'Crimson Jack' is stalking the wartime streets of London, murdering women on the exact dates of the in...

It's 1933, and the political landscape of Europe is darkening. Eric Campbell, the man who would be Australia's Führer, is on a fascist tour of the ...

The Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger Winning AuthorCity of Vengeance is an explosive debut novel in an historical thriller series by D....

When a German smuggler is imprisoned in Morpeth Gaol in the winter of 1703, why does Queen Anne''s powerful right-hand man, The Earl of Nottingham,...

A deeply affecting and disturbing novel, both suspenseful and tragic, one of Spencer''s best over a long career. Riveting reading from first page ...

Introducing reluctant spy and friar-sleuth Brother Rodric Chandler in the first of a brand-new medieval mystery series.London. July, 1399. As rumou...

Could a mysterious music box hold the key to unlocking the puzzle behind a gruesome murder for Detective Inspector Silas Quinn?London, 1914. Despit...

A stark and occasionally brutal story, and Hambly tells it superbly, in prose that is vivid and empathetic. For fans of this fine series, this is ...

1838 and under the new Poor Law the destitute are now housed in union workhouses.Two men unknown to each other seek to uncover the suspected mistre...

Witty and irreverent, this is the first in an irresistible crime series set in Tsarist Russia in the 1890s from the award-winning Michael Pearce. ...

Held captive by a ruthless gang of kidnappers, Liberty Lane must call on all her investigative skills to discover who has taken her - and why.July,...

1471. The Wars of the Roses. Edward of York has claimed the throne, and Margaret Beaufort, mother to Henry Tudor, the last hope of the House of Lan...

A gripping and evocative mystery set in 30s London, in which a young journalist goes on the trail of a serial killer On a sweltering day ...

May, AD 41. The emperor Claudius has acceded to the throne, and the citizens of Rome look forward to an era of peace and stability. Not so Marcus C...