Browsing: Historical Mysteries

From a classic author and “first-rate storyteller” (The Daily Telegraph): Governess-turned-sleuth Maud Silver takes on a series of baffling mysteries in this brilliant collection! “Miss Silver has her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot” (Manchester Evening News).

An “epic” dual-timeline story (Publishers Weekly) from the USA Today bestselling author of The Secret Wife: After hearing her father’s shocking deathbed confession, Val follows clues into the past to learn what really happened to Grand Duchess Maria, one of the lost Romanov daughters.

In late 19th-century Ireland, three young women leave a Dublin orphanage to work for Georgina, an abandoned wife who starts a school for women seeking better lives in America. Can they help one another make an impossible dream come true?

Widowed Gabriel moves to Pale Harbor, Maine, a town plagued by strange events reminiscent of the stories of Edgar Allan Poe. The unnerved locals fear these happenings are the work of a witch — but Gabriel is determined to find the truth in this gothic, atmospheric read.

From a New York Times bestselling author: During World War I, a young woman grapples with the death of her pilot fiancé — and the child she must now support alone — as she tends the grounds at a Devonshire estate. “Rewarding” (Library Journal), with nearly 12,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.

A New York Times bestseller and “classic story” (NPR): In the 19th-century Arizona Territory, a frontierswoman and a former outlaw find their paths intersecting in life-changing ways… “Improbable and splendid, something to happily puzzle over at first and take your breath away at the end” (O, The Oprah Magazine).

In Victorian-era London, reporter Penny Green and Scotland Yard inspector James Blakely team up to investigate a fatal poisoning. But as the case grows increasingly complex, Penny begins to wonder if there is more than one killer in their midst…

After her brother’s death, Rebecca Hunter is taken in by the mysterious Lewis Browning. But as she uncovers secrets about Lewis’s past, can Rebecca trust him with her heart — and her future? An atmospheric, faith-filled romance.