Browsing: Historical Mysteries

When a chilly marriage of convenience ends in death, Julia Renshaw is accused of her new husband’s murder! Can Lady Phoebe Renshaw and her maid clear Julia’s name? “Well-disguised clues lead to a clever and satisfying denouement. Downton Abbey fans will have fun” (Publishers Weekly).

The highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel The Widows of Malabar Hill.India, 1922: It is rainy season in…

In 17th-century London, preacher Titus Oates tells tales of a Catholic uprising against Charles II. Writer Nathaniel Thompson doesn’t believe his story, but when he takes a public stand against Oates, he and his family face consequences they never imagined…

When Fleet Street reporter Penny Green witnesses an inventor’s shocking suicide, a mysterious letter hints at the truth about his death — but Scotland Yard inspector James Blakely isn’t convinced! Penny must plumb the depths of Victorian London’s criminal underbelly in this exciting historical mystery.

From a New York Times bestselling author: When a finger is found in her sister’s wedding cake, sleuth Flavia de Luce and gardener Dogger set off to identify the victim — and track down the culprit. “Delightful… A combination of Eloise and Sherlock Holmes” (The Boston Globe).

“Utterly winning” (The New York Times Book Review): After fleeing 1920s Harlem, gun moll Alice “Nobody” James seeks refuge at the Paragon Hotel in Portland, Oregon. There, she must unravel a web of deceit as she searches for a missing child… Featuring “complex, believable characters and an intricate plot” (People).