“[Readers] are bound to be caught up in the adventures of Bess Crawford . . . While her sensibility is as crisp as her narrative voice, Bess is a compassionate nurse who responds with feeling.”— The Ne...

With the dawn of the twentieth century on the horizon, the fortunes of the venerable Vanderbilt family still shine brightly in the glittering high society of Newport, Rhode Island. But when a potential scandal strikes, the Vanderbilts...

When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, clutching a shotgun in his lifeless hands, few see his demise as cause for sorrow. But before long Doctor Quirke and Inspector Hackett realise that, rather tha...

Truth is rarely pure and never simple…Selchester Castle in 1953 sits quiet and near-empty, its corridors echoing with glories of the past.Or so it seems to intelligence officer Hugo Hawksworth, wounded on a secret mission and now re...

First in a new series from the author of the Celebration Bay mysteries In 1895, the height of the Gilded Age, the social elite spend their summers in Newport, Rhode Island. Within the walls of their fabulous "cottages," com...

[Read by Gerard Doyle]The latest novel from awardwinning author Adrian McKintyColonial New Guinea, 1906. A small group of mostly German nudists live an extreme backtonature existence on the remote island of Kabakon. Eating only coconu...

DIV1796: When traveling weaver and former soldier Will Rees learns that his son David has run away he immediately sets out after him. After tracking him down at a Shaker settlement near Durham, Maine, Will unexpectedly finds himself h...

On the mountainous border of China and Tibet in 1708, a detective must learn what a killer already knows: that empires' rise and fall on the strength of the stories they tell.Li Du was an imperial librarian. Now, he is an exile. Arriv...

A thrilling story of murder and betrayal filled with the scandal, wit, and intrigue characteristic of Austen's classic novelsFitzwilliam Darcy is devastated. The joy of his wedding has been cut short by the news of the sudden death of...

Lane Winslow trades crime solving for substitute teaching in the eighth installment of this mystery series thatKirkus Reviewscalls “riveting”. Back home in the Kootenays after her Arizona honeymoon, Lane offers her assist...

Cattle Kate is the only woman ever lynched as a cattle rustler. History called it "range land justice" when she was strung up in Wyoming Territory on July 20, 1889, tarring her as a dirty thief and a ¬filthy whore. But his...

“In this terrific series opener, Afia evokes the women’s lives in all their wayward and beautiful glory, especially the abruptness with which their dreams, hopes and fears cease to exist.”—The New York Tim...

Step into the past through three historical mysteries that span from Imperial Rome to Victorian London.A Soupçon of Poison (Kat Holloway Victorian Mysteries)Kat Holloway, a young cook, highly sought after by the wealthy of Victorian ...

Priceless artwork has gone missing from the home of a wealthy baronet, and his wife stands to take the blame. When Kat's employer asks for help in clearing her friend's name, Kat trades her kitchen for the homes of Mayfair's wealthies...

With the country in the midst of World War II, you can be sure the small town of Elderberry, Georgia, will pull together to find a missing child. Miss Dimple carves out a search path all her own and once again, the sharp-as-a-tack tea...

"[A] lively (and surprisingly thoughtful) adventure series."—The New York Times Book Review"Fans of historical mysteries and World War II buffs will savor Evil for Evil. . . . Rich in its exploration of Irish history ...

Hannah Cameron was not well-liked, but who stabbed her in the back? To almost everyone, the answer was clear: she was killed by a burglar. This case is given to Inspector Nivens, so Mrs. Jeffries and the rest of the household must tip...

Hannah Cameron was not well-liked, but who stabbed her in the back? To almost everyone, the answer was clear: she was killed by a burglar. This case is given to Inspector Nivens, so Mrs. Jeffries and the rest of the household must tip...

When a local publican is murdered, Inspector Withersppon takes Mrs. Jeffries advice to heart. He is going to trust his own instincts-but that keeps Mrs. Jeffries in the dark. She must rouse the household staff to action and hope the I...

On a dark November evening, Sir Wilfred Saxonby is travelling alone in the 5 o'clock train from Cannon Street, in a locked compartment. The train slows and stops inside a tunnel; and by the time it emerges again minutes later, Sir Wil...

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 Prue with her estranged—and allege...

London, 1812. At a fashionable address in leafy Mayfair, a far cry from Detective Stephen Lavender's usual haunts, a man is found dead in his room. He has been brutally stabbed, but the door is locked from the inside and the weapon is...

London, 1812: Treacherous gangs roam the capital, and not even the Palace of Westminster is safe. When Detective Stephen Lavender is called in to investigate a highway robbery and a cold-blooded murder, both the cases take a dangerous...

Northumberland, 1809: A beautiful young heiress disappears from her locked bedchamber at Linn Hagh.The local constables are baffled and the townsfolk cry 'witchcraft'.The heiress's uncle summons help from Detective Lavender and his as...

Northamptonshire, 1810: As a new canal network snakes across the landscape, a vicious mob stakes its claim to the county. Every local constable is out on the hunt for the ruthless Panther Gang. When an elderly man is robbed and murder...

By day, she's Mrs. Mallowan, hospital pharmacist. By night, she's Agatha Christie, queen of crime. Doing her part for the war effort, Agatha dispenses medicine in shell-shocked London. But the world's most renowned mystery writer is t...

The Lusitania's final voyage is a newsman's dream. First come the torpedo warnings. Then come the murders… Journalist and mystery writer Willard Huntington Wright boards the Lusitania in pursuit of a hot story. Under the guise of ...

pNicolaos walks the mean streets of Classical Athens as an agent for the promising young politician Pericles. His mission is to find the assassin of the statesman Ephialtes, the man who brought democracy to Athens and whose murder has...

This third book in the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series provides a delightful romp through the English countryside and back.Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family dif...

"Entirely wonderful . . . chock-full of revenge, romance, duplicity, concealed identities and murder most frequent."—Washington Post Building on his haunting, superbly written debut, The Meaning of Night, Michael Cox retu...