Browsing: Historical Mysteries

In this “uncanny gothic mystery” (The New York Times Book Review), Victorian phrenologist Dorothea Truelove questions the limits of reality when she meets an imprisoned seamstress who claims her stitching has deadly, supernatural powers. “Chilling and engrossing” (Kirkus Reviews), with over 3,400 five-star Goodreads ratings.

WINNER ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD BEST CRIME NOVEL IN CANADA 2015‘The very best of history, mystery, romance and sheer fun.’ Diana…

Richmond, California. 1944.Homicide detective Oliver Wright comes home from the war in the Pacific injured and afraid his career is…

A peaceful cricket match turns to mystery, when star player Aaron Decker is found dead. Somehow, the case is connected…

…But now she has a million questions about the Pink Carnation’s deadly French nemesis, the Black Tulip. And she’s pretty…

The gruesome murder of a young French physician draws aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his pregnant wife, Hero, into…

“Dark and moving and powerful” (The Washington Post): As housemaid Mary grows close to her employer, Dr. Jekyll, she secretly becomes his accomplice — and finds herself drawn into his terrifying double life… “Casts a spell from the beginning” (Chicago Sun-Times).

From an Edgar Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author: In 1873 London, private agent William Monk agrees to investigate a theft at a grimy East End dock — not realizing it will thrust him into a dangerous web of lies and murder…

It’s 1916, and Idaho rancher Cleo Arlington knows everything about horses but nothing about men. So when charged with transforming…

A rare meeting of literary genius: P. D. James, long among the most admired mystery writers of our time, draws…