Historical Mystery 100

Merriwell was the creation of writer Gilbert Patten and embodied a new type of dime novel hero, one who relied as much upon mental as physical prowess. The Yale-educated Merriwell possessed "a body ……続きを見る

An incredible debut novel: a coming of age tale set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Ripper murders, ‘full of daring, authenticity and wit’ (Rachel Cusk). LONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK P……続きを見る

Armed with only his wits and his cunning, one man recklessly defies the French revolutionaries and rescues scores of innocent men, women, and children from the deadly guillotine. His friends and foe……続きを見る

The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, the story focuses on Drood's uncle, choirmaster John Jasper, who is in lo……続きを見る

This collection brings together two short mysteries in the Captain Lacey series: The Gentleman's Walking Stick and The Disappearance of Miss Sarah Oswald. In The Gentleman's Walking Stick, Captain L……続きを見る

Murder and Intrigue in 5th century Ireland! Conor MacCormac, the new King of Connacht, had not wanted a Christian church in his territory, but the High-King – a new convert – had insisted. Now the p……続きを見る

Malcolm Barber's classic The Trial of the Templars recounts the dramatic demise of this elite military force in the fourteenth century. Having fought against Islam in the crusades in the East for ne……続きを見る

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New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather returns to the Regency with a passionate tale that sweeps the reader from the dangerous streets of Paris to the glittering ballrooms of London. Will de……続きを見る

A lawyer by day-and then only when he's forced to take on new cases-Andy Carpenter's true passion is the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue organization he runs with his friend Willie Miller. So it's f……続きを見る

Ireland, A.D. 671. An Anglo-Saxon delegation arrives in Cashel to debate the new religious rules that have been handed down from Rome. The Abbot of Imleach leads the Irish delegation, which is hosti……続きを見る

Moonfleet is a tale of smuggling by the English novelist J. Meade Falkner. Moonfleet is a small village near the sea in the south of England. Village legend tells of the notorious Colonel John "Blac……続きを見る

From the book:"I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go," said Holmes, as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning. "Go! Where to?" "To Dartmoor; to King's Pyland." I was not surprised.……続きを見る

C’était à la fin de novembre  ; par un temps de dégel, humide et brumeux, le train de Varsovie arrivait à toute vapeur à Pétersbourg. Le brouillard &ea……続きを見る

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The events in the book take place in the present, but are based upon a genuine historical event of some 140 years ago, when a set of ciphers, largely unbroken to this day, were formulated. The crypt……続きを見る

Can a curse strike twice? Eighteen years ago, Clara Crofton was dismissed from her chambermaid position at Gravesend Hall for falling in love with the younger son of the house. When he died soon aft……続きを見る

April 1193. England's King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison, and treason scents the air. Richard's younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle, and Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine……続きを見る

Sharon Kay Penman's The Queen's Man is the first book in her bestselling medieval mystery series featuring Justin de Quincy Epiphany, 1193: the road out of Winchester was hidden by snow, and Justin ……続きを見る

En pleine célébration de la fête des fleurs, le juge Ti n’a aucune envie d’enquêter sur la mort d’une prostituée. Hélas, ce drame s’est produit sous les yeux de Madame Première. Sa chère épouse le m……続きを見る

The New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries returns once more to Victorian England and introduces intrepid adventuress Veronica Speedwell.... London, 1887. After burying h……続きを見る

The author of City of Lies returns to nineteenth-century New York City to find Christmas in the air, a police detective and a midwife with love in their hearts, and a wealthy widow accused of murder……続きを見る

An American in Paris navigates her family’s secret past and unlocks her own future, in this emotionally evocative novel by New York Times bestselling author Juliet Blackwell. As a girl, Genevieve Ma……続きを見る

The twenty first chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series. In 1358, over a century after its foundation in Cambridge, the college of Michaelhouse is facing a serious shortfall of funds and compet……続きを見る

New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert transports readers to the summer of 1934, when a sensational murder shakes up the small Southern town of Darling, Alabamaーand pulls in the ladi……続きを見る

This Cinderella goes from ashes to ashes in the new Victorian-era Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery by the author of Snow White Red-Handed . . . Variety hall actress Ophelia Flax’s plan to reunite her friend……続きを見る

Rome, décembre 1514. A quelques jours de Noël, un jeune homme décapité est découvert sur la statue de Marc Aurèle. Une inscription au sang signe le crime : "Eum qui peccat...", "Celui qui pèche...".……続きを見る

Im Berlin des Jahres 1928 arbeitete der Archäologe Dr. Julius Weymann an der Übersetzung und Restauration einiger alter Schriftrollen. Kurz darauf kommt er durch einen Fenstersturz ums Leben. Adalbe……続きを見る

Août 1855. Alors que Paris en liesse fête sa première Exposition universelle, un célèbre spirite anglais est tué d'une balle dans chaque oeil. À côté du cadavre, l'assassin a laissé un couvercle d'a……続きを見る

Holmes and Watson are in Saratoga Springs, NY, to thwart an attempt by Col Sebastian Moran to secure a treasure mentioned in a Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Watson is arrested for murder. Lillie Lan……続きを見る