Historical

With her sharpened magical senses, Sylvia recognizes invisible writing while cataloging an obscure book for the library. She’s shocked to discover the message, written many years earlier, pleaded for help. She’s even more shocked to discover the author of the message was married to a paper magician.

Hours later, the man’s cold body lies in the city mortuary, alongside the woman he couldn’t save. And his sister, unconventional nurse Gemma Tate, tracks down troubled police inspector Sebastian Bell to unravel the truth....

Amateur sleuth Flavia de Luce, along with her pestilent younger cousin, investigates the murder of a former public hangman and uncovers secrets that bring the greatest shock of her life.

An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the best-selling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment.

From acclaimed fantasy author John Gwynne comes the first in the Bloodsworn trilogy, an epic of wild lands and wilder magic, where not all monsters fight with tooth and claw...and the treasures of the gods come at a price....

Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959. At the end of a scorching hot day, a local deliveryman makes a terrible discovery. A police investigation is called, and the small town of Tambilla becomes embroiled in one of the most shocking and perplexing murder cases in the history of South Australia....

It is 1873, and as the economies of Europe threaten to crumble, Mycroft Holmes finds himself in service to the Crown once again. A distant relative of Queen Victoria has been slain by the Fire Four Eleven killer, a serial murderer who leaves no mark upon his victims....

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call...

The men onboard HMS Terror have every expectation of finding the Northwest Passage....

It is 1941 and Germany has won the war. Britain is occupied, Churchill executed, and the King imprisoned in the Tower of London. At Scotland Yard, Detective Inspector Archer tries to do his job and keep his head down....

Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya's Happy Valley, but murder crashes the party in this all-new installment in the New York Times best-selling series....

Julia Hamill has made a horrifying discovery on the grounds of her new home in rural Massachusetts: a female skull buried in the rocky soil....

December 1927. Mystery-writer Marius Quin has one previous bestseller, endless looming mortgage payments, and no idea how to write his next book....

Charlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself in a dreadfully precarious position as the bestselling Lady Sherlock series continues....

In exchange for help escaping her long and wrongful imprisonment, embittered magical healer Blackthorn has vowed to set aside her bid for vengeance....

In 1558 the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral look down on a city torn apart by religious conflict....

Maisie Dobbs got her start as a maid in an aristocratic London household at thirteen. Her employer, suffragette Lady Rowan Compton, soon became her patron, taking the bright youngster under her wing. Ten years after the Armistice, Maisie sets out on her own as a private investigator....

A road trip with Gabe and her friends leads Sylvia to discover more about her mother’s veiled past yet throws up several questions, too. The stack of unopened letters addressed to her family will hopefully provide answers.

Psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs unravels a profound mystery from her past in a war-torn nation grappling with its future....

December 1899. After the death of her beloved grandmother, Cleopatra Fox moves into the luxury hotel owned by her estranged uncle in the hopes of putting hardship and loneliness behind her....

Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical....

Israeli art restorer and occasional secret agent Gabriel Allon has a problem....

Thirty-eight year old Cassandra is lost, alone, and grieving....

Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Gone forever. It’s what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit’s world....

They’re hoping this visit is a return journey—but it might be a one-way ticket to murder....

London, 1813. With his reputation and inheritance on the line, Lord Percy is determined to win the heart of the coveted diamond of the season. When that beautiful woman vanishes, his failure seems all but certain. Unless, that is, he can find her. Lady Grace is devastated when her best friend disappears. Society may be willing to believe the worst, but Grace knows her friend would never run off without leaving her a clue. Someone kidnapped her—but who?

It’s 1924. Lady Ellen of Ashcombe Hall is on a relaxing hotel break to recuperate. Her nemesis is found dead in the restaurant, face down in his pea and ham soup. Can she confront her past to solve the mystery? Lady Ellen seeks respite in the charming seaside town of Branden Bay, whilst her home, which was used as a convalescent home for war veterans, is being refurbished to its former glory.

Mai 1986. Ein 13-jähriger Junge verschwindet spurlos vom Jahrmarkt in Katzenbrunn. Das passiert nicht zum ersten Mal. Seit Jahren werden in dem kleinen Dorf im Odenwald immer wieder Kinder als vermisst gemeldet. Hans J. Stahl, Kriminalkommissar a. D., beschließt daraufhin, die Ermittlungen an den seither ungelösten Fällen wieder aufzunehmen und auf eigene Faust weiterzuführen. Er kehrt zurück nach Katzenbrunn, das vor allem für seine psychiatrische Klinik bekannt ist. Dabei stößt er auf verstörende Geheimnisse.

Twenty-four-year-old Daisy Moore is at a crossroads. Racked with guilt over her mother’s tragic death in a house fire, she needs a job and somewhere to live. She’s offered a lifeline, working at the Dolphin Hotel in the quiet Oxfordshire village of Fernfield. It’s a huge change after her exciting secret wartime work in London. Though the villagers aren’t keen on outsiders – or young women who speak their mind. But when a body is found in one of the hotel bedrooms, Daisy must use all her skills to help find the murderer.

When Sylvia Shipman's uncle plunges to his death on the eve of a catastrophic stock market crash, the verdict is suicide. But Sylvia doubts the official story after seeing a sinister stranger fleeing the scene. She doubts it even more after learning of her uncle's secret criminal connections. With the help of her family's attractive new chauffeur, the mysteriously capable Miles, Sylvia chases the true killer through the swanky jazz clubs and shadowed alleyways of 1920s New York.

In Paris 1940, survival means sacrifice. Like most in the city, Detective Eddie Giral has already lost so much under Occupation: the people he once loved, the job he once believed in. And his latest investigation into the murder of a black-marketeer has made it clearer than ever: Eddie is no longer just catching criminals. He's working for them. Because when a German trader is the next to die, the authorities decide it's innocent civilians who will pay the price - unless Eddie can find the killer in time.

A peaceful Sunday takes a tragic turn when a gravely ill man, left alone in an eerily silent house, is brutally murdered. In a shocking twist, the clumsy cop at the scene accuses the priest, who had come to administer the late rites. To Amanda Burnside’s distress, the priest is her future brother-in-law. Her detective fiancé insists on exonerating his brother which means working with a nemesis who jumps to every wrong conclusion. Why kill a dying man? Is it for the alleged fortune in gold? And who knows where it is hidden? There are plenty of suspects with an axe to grind and a lost ...

Raised in the darkness of Satis House where the clocks never tick, the beautiful Estella is bred to hate men and to keep her heart cold as the grave. She knows she doesn’t feel things quite like other people do but is this just the result of her strange upbringing? As she watches the brutal treatment of women around her, hatred hardens into a core of vengeance, and when she finds herself married to the abusive Drummle, she is forced to make a deadly choice: Should she embrace the darkness within her and exact her revenge?

A fun, provocative murder mystery about the making of a miniseries in the Hamptons during the summer of 2016 that involves today's streaming TV, #MeToo Hollywood, the rise of Donald Trump, Hamptons parties, the stealing of Native American lands, and a well-known New York newspaper.

After a riding accident involving her uncle, a respected General, Mina's life takes a dark turn. A new groom with a mysterious past and unsettling talents arrives at the estate, stirring whispers of hidden secrets and dangerous motives. As Mina delves deeper into the groom's enigma, she unravels a web of intrigue that threatens to upend everything she knows.

Meet Francine Witt: successful blogger, influencer, and wine expert. Not quite the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism she envisioned, but successful nonetheless. When an auction for a long-lost bottle of 1943 Margaux—a rumoured key to Queen Nefertiti’s hidden treasure—takes place, Francine covers the event. But things take a thrilling turn when she witnesses two men steal the precious bottle from renowned Egyptologist Hermione Radcliffe, the auction winner. As prominent Egyptologists are murdered one by one, Francine finds herself thrust into the story of a lifetime.

Благопристойные английские поместья напоминают глубокие озера с темной водой. Что скрывается там, за невозмутимой гладью? Твердое надежное дно или коварные омуты, мелкие безобидные рыбешки или страшные зубастые чудовища? Твердость духа, незыблемые принципы и типично английское чувство юмора помогают Эмме Норидж блестяще разрешать загадки, которые подбрасывает ей жизнь. Берегитесь, господа – гувернантка выведет вас на чистую воду! Это сборник потрясающих рассказов, посвященных расследованию английской гувернантки Эммы Норидж.

In the early 1940s, NYPD Dan Brady, an Irish immigrant who, as a boy in Dublin ran messages for the Sinn Fein, is working on a string of anti-Semitic assaults when he catches a murder case of a Bronx Sunday School teacher by a serial rapist. He soon discovers the rapist's pattern of hitchhiking into and out of the city and pioneers a process of cooperation with the FBI and other police departments to conduct a dragnet from Louisiana to New England.

Детективная серия Юлии Яковлевой о сыщике Василии Зайцеве продолжается. Ленинград, 1931 год. В центре сюжета — трагедия, произошедшая на ипподроме: во время заезда погибает наездник Жемчужный и знаменитый скакун Пряник, чудо советской генетики. Следователь Зайцев подозревает, что произошедшее на ипподроме отнюдь не несчастный случай и начинает расследование. Чтобы раскрыть преступление, Василию Зайцеву предстоит путешествие в самые разные места – от ветеринарной лечебницы до юга страны, охваченного голодомором.

Это история второго расследования Марка, знакомого читателям по книге "Давай поедем в Уналашку". Почему взрослые из всех поездок привозят футболки и магниты? В чем пойти на папину свадьбу: в мантии Гриффиндора или в костюме C-3PO из «Звездных войн»? Чем пахнет физкультура? Марк Морковкин ищет ответы на эти и другие вопросы, а также помогает разгадать головоломку своему другу по переписке — французскому фотографу Жан-Пьеру Гарсиа, который поделился с Марком невероятной новостью.

Starting in New York City, The Plan quickly moves to the Mississippi Delta and winds up in Ecuador. Based on a true story of two murdered civil rights lawyers, Susan Klopfer’s intriguing work weaves factual history through alternative or paranormal fiction themes.

Восьмидесятые годы девятнадцатого века. На торжественном приеме по случаю открытия губернского театра убит миллионер-чаеторговец. Кто стоит за этим преступлением? Семья? Конкуренты? А может быть, китайцы, внезапно приехавшие осмотреть предприятия покойного? В расследование странного дела волею обстоятельств вынужден включиться молодой доктор Борис Самулович и его друг Аркадий Зимин.

Захватывающий детектив от Николая Свечина и Дениса Нижегородцева о попаданцах в Москву 1912 года... Что это была за пуля — пусть разбираются ученые. Но факт остается фактом. Капитану полиции Юрию Бурлаку во время захвата лихой московской банды кто-то выстрелил в голову, в упор. И словно черная шторка закрылась в сознании полицейского, беспамятство и тьма... Очнулся он не только в далеком прошлом (как потом выяснилось — в 1912 году), но и в чужом теле. Ладно бы в теле богатого купца, художника или композитора. Но ведь в теле отпетого бандита по прозвищу Жора-Гимназист.

Königsberg 1924: In einer Zeit des Umbruchs ermittelt der junge jüdische Kommissar Aaron Singer in einem spektakulären Mordfall ... Auftakt einer fesselnden historischen Krimireihe im Königsberg der Goldenen Zwanziger. Königsberg, 1924: In einer verschneiten Märznacht wird im Schlosshof der Sohn eines angesehenen Reeders tot aufgefunden. Seine Halsschlagader wurde durchtrennt und die Wand hinter ihm mit hebräischen Schriftzeichen aus seinem Blut beschmiert.

Захватывающий детектив от Николая Свечина и Дениса Нижегородцева о попаданцах в Москву 1912 года... Что это была за пуля — пусть разбираются ученые. Но факт остается фактом. Капитану полиции Юрию Бурлаку во время захвата лихой московской банды кто-то выстрелил в голову, в упор. И словно черная шторка закрылась в сознании полицейского, беспамятство и тьма... Очнулся он не только в далеком прошлом (как потом выяснилось — в 1912 году), но и в чужом теле.

Torino, 1911. A tre giorni dall’inizio dell’Esposizione Universale che sta attirando sulla città le attenzioni del mondo intero, Carolina Invernizio, la scrittrice italiana più amata dal pubblico e disprezzata dai critici, lavora al suo nuovo romanzo e non smette di cercare ispirazione nelle più efferate notizie di cronaca nera. Una su tutte cattura la sua attenzione: Emilio Salgari – quel Salgari, il creatore di Sandokan e del Corsaro Nero – è stato trovato morto in un bosco, sulla cima di una collina. Si è ucciso a colpi di rasoio, dicono i giornali, e lo dice anche la polizia.

When Muriel Carew attends a lavish society party, the last person she expects to bump into is her ex-fiancee Henry Jekyll, a man she's not seen for many years. When Jekyll turns out to be investigating a series of missing persons in London, Muriel is intrigued. But Jekyll is not working alone, and if Muriel wants to aid in the investigation, she must work with both Henry and his partner, the monstrous and uncouth Mr Hyde.

Madame Katerina, Detective 'Nine Nails' McGray's most trusted clairvoyant, hosts a séance for three of Edinburgh's wealthiest families.The following morning everyone is found dead, with Madame Katerina being the only survivor. When questioned she alleges a tormented spirit killed the families for revenge. McGray, even though he believes her, must find a rational explanation that holds up in court, else Katerina will be sentenced to death.

When the Harrington family discovers an abandoned baby deep in the woods, they decide to keep her a secret and raise her as their own. But within days a body is found in the grounds of their house and their perfect new family implodes. Years later, Sylvie, seeking answers to nagging questions about her life, is drawn into the wild beautiful woods where nothing is quite what it seems. Will she unearth the truth? And dare she reveal it?

Leave it to the Hangman introduces Glasgow's most notorious criminal dynasty–the Kilburns. From the murky depths of smuggling to the explosive dangers of stolen dynamite, no deed is too daring for this clan. Yet, even in a world where lawlessness reigns, there are lines that are not meant to be crossed.