Historical

A festive invitation from an old family friend, the promise of gingerbread at the village inn, snowy walks on the Cornish coast with Gladstone the bulldog. But wait, is that a body on the beach....

It’s the autumn of 1890, and a spate of bombings has hit London. The newspapers are full of fevered speculation about anarchists, antimonarchists and Fenians. But one man suspects an even more sinister hand behind the violence....

The unsolved murder of a respected doctor has sent ripples of fear throughout a city teeming with life and noise and commerce....

The world of Colonial America comes vibrantly to life in this masterful new historical thriller by Robert McCammon.....

England, 1924. Lady Adelaide Compton has recently (and satisfactorily) interred her husband, Major Rupert Charles Cressleigh Compton, hero of the Somme, in the family vault in the village churchyard....

Are curses real? After a toymaker magician gives a lecture at a collector’s club soiree, an important spell is stolen and a man is found strangled....

In Ordinary Grace, Krueger looks back to 1961 to tell the story of Frank Drum, a boy on the cusp of manhood....

Londres, 1930. Desde que abrió una agencia de investigación privada en Londres, ha habido muchos cambios en la vida de Maisie Dobbs...

As the 19th century draws to a close, reporter Emma Cross is sent by the Newport Observer to cover an elite house party at Rough Point....

Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved....

For Newport, Rhode Island’s high society, the summer of 1896 brings lawn parties, sailboat races... and murder....

Agnes is sent to wait out her final months on the farm of district officer Jón Jónsson, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderer in their midst, the family avoid contact with Agnes...

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private detective husband Frank discover that the cure is worse than the disease when they investigate the death of a promising young woman in this atmospheric, riveting mystery....

It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields....

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor....

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must stop a killer lurking among a young family in the newest installment of the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mysteries....

India Summers is a librarian and a talented historian, so when a stranger asks her opinion on an ancient coin she is happy to oblige, but when the same man is murdered less than an hour later, it soon becomes apparent that there is far more to the situation than meets the eye....

When Brandon Walker receives a plea for help from an old adversary, he wastes no time in recruiting the extraordinary talents of India Summers to unravel a trail of murder, tragedy and the possibility of untold wealth....

The Pyramid of Cheops. The largest and most enigmatic of them all. Possibly the greatest monument of all time and truly a tomb fit for a Pharaoh...or was it? Find out....

When a 100-year-old crucifix is discovered around the neck of a 500-year-old mummy, Brandon Walker once more calls on the expertise of India Summers to solve the mystery....

New mother Lady Georgiana "Georgie" Rannoch finds herself trying to separate fact from fiction when a murder occurs while a film is being made on the grounds of her estate in a new Royal Spyness Mystery from beloved best-selling author Rhys Bowen.

When her student goes missing, an independent bluestocking must seek the help of the arrogant duke who spurned her in this sizzling tale of romance and intrigue, perfect for fans of Netflix's Bridgerton series.

Una joven y sagaz detective que hará que te seduzcan las oscuras historias del Londres de principios del siglo XX. No le pierdas la pista. Nunca...

The Azad Hind Fauj plans to set up the Azad Hind Bank at Port Blair, after the liberation of the Andaman and Nicobar islands from the British. However, the treasure and men sent to open the branch are mysteriously lost.

The scruffy detective Kosuke Kindaichi returns to solve another fiendish murder mystery. An old friend of Kindaichi’s invites the detective to visit the remote mountain village of Onikobe, the site of a 20-year-old unsolved murder case.

Der Tod der Kriegerin Irland im Jahr 672: Prinzessin Gelgéis und König Colgú von Muman haben endlich geheiratet. Das soll mit einem großen Jahrmarkt gefeiert werden. Da wird eine der Töchter des Sturms, so nennen sich die Kriegerinnen der Leibgarde der Prinzessin, ermordet. Kurz darauf findet man die allseits beliebte Haushälterin vergiftet auf. Wer fühlt sich jetzt noch sicher in der Burg? Fidelma und Eadulf müssen schnell sein mit ihren Ermittlungen, bevor noch mehr passiert und der Jahrmarkt abgesagt werden muss. Die erfolgreichste historische Serie auf dem deutschen Markt

Англичанка Эдит Парджетер не была историком по образованию, однако под псевдонимом Эллис Питерс она создала одну из самых популярных детективных серий, действие которой плотно увязано с важными историческими событиями, сотрясавшими в 12 веке Англию и Уэльс, откуда были родом предки Парджетер. встревожено ночными видениями молодого монаха. Зловещие сны "послушника дьявола" привлекают внимание, когда у монастыря обнаруживают труп епископского посланца. Брату Кадфаэлю предстоит выяснить связь между кошмаром и явью...

An einem garstig-kalten Novembertag im Jahre 1586 bittet ein Bauer den Henker Meister Frantz um Hilfe, denn auf seinem Hof geht ein Gespenst um! Nachts zupft es ihn und sein Gesinde an Zehen und Haaren. Nur selten dürfen die verängstigten Leute durchschlafen. Kann der Nachrichter von Nürnberg es mit Druden, Wiedergängern oder Dämonen aufnehmen?

Un día, en la playa de Wavertree tras un naufragio, el señor Kane, un lugareño pobre, encuentra un bebé que ha sobrevivido. Como nadie lo reclama, su esposa y él se hacen cargo de la pequeña. Esta, al ir creciendo, se va haciendo cada vez más bonita y vivaracha. Tanto que acaba por cautivar a la señora Rushton, una viuda rica que decide adoptarla y llevarla por ahí como si fuera un trofeo, no un ser humano al que educar.

Between 1940-41, in Berlin, nine women are killed during the blackouts. One of these is a young girl. Her face is covered in snow and it looks as if she is smiling. This murder differs from the others and detective Johann Braunmann is ordered to solve it. However, he quickly senses that he is not meant to solve this case–or at least not to solve it quickly and for reasons he can't figure out. Something is very wrong–or somebody at the highest echelons of power is involved.

نقترب من الدولة العثمانية في أوج مجدها وتحولها إلى إمبراطورية كادت تحكم العالم. نشهد حكم السلطان محمد الثاني وحلم فتح القسطنطينية. هناك الكثير من مشاعر الخوف والترقب والأمل.في ظل تلك الحقبة التاريخية المثيرة، نرافق مشتاق بطل الرواية ونشهد مقتل حبيبته نزهت في ظروف غامضة!

Michael Fraser was so handsome, it was positively criminal. His cold blue eyes made Elizabeth's heart skip at their very first meeting. No doubt about it, the gossip was right: this tough soldier was a traitor, a spy, a scurrilous French agent. Yet her hapless cousin had invited him to their home for the weekend. What trouble might this untrustable man cause during the course of a three-day house party filled with distinguished guests? Soon Elizabeth hears that this stealthy spy has been querying the servants about her.

Londra, anni Venti del Novecento. Beatrice Bernabò, detta Miss Bee, è una ventenne italiana che vive nella capitale inglese da qualche anno. Insieme alle sorelle, Beatrice si è trasferita al seguito del padre Leonida, docente di italianistica all’Università. Il mandato del padre gode della protezione dell’ambasciatore italiano in UK, che non può che essere fascista. Invitata a cena dalla nobile dirimpettaia, Mrs Ashbury – vedova e madre di un unico e affascinante figlio, il conturbante Christopher detto Kit – Beatrice si trova suo malgrado in mezzo a un giallo che è al contempo un triangolo amoroso.

Steeped in the mystery and history of nineteenth-century St. Paul, these interlocking detective stories feature the characters—and the local character—that have made the Shadwell Rafferty series irresistible. Spellbinding as ever, these stories also afford the curious pleasure of watching Rafferty find his footing on his way to becoming the consummate detective whose exploits have delighted readers again and again.

If you love early rock & roll, poodle skirts, clever who-dun-its, a charming cat, and an even more charming detective, you're going to love this series. Enjoy books 3 and 4 of the 1950s Cozy Mystery series by USA Today bestselling author Lee Strauss!

Set in 1928 in Victoria, Australia. The Thornton family made its money in the goldfields during the 1850s and the antiques trade. Their principal home is Thornton Park, a lavish mansion close to Melbourne. They also own a home and a goldmine in Daylesford, where their close friends, the Bassetti family, are part of a thriving Swiss-Italian community.

From the authors of the best-selling series CHERRINGHAM When a well-dressed man arrives in Mydworth, with a nasty head wound and no memory of who he is, or why he is there - Kat and Harry look after him. But it quickly becomes clear that this 'Lost Man' is, for some unknown reason, on the run - and his pursuers are desperate to find him. As Kat and Harry retrace the man's strange journey back to London's East End, they find themselves up against dangerous people who - with time running out - will do absolutely anything to stop the Lost Man from remembering.

Ein fesselnder historischer Krimi von der New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Ariel Lawhon. Dieser historische Krimi ist inspiriert vom Leben und Tagebuch der Martha Ballard, einer berühmten Hebamme aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, die sich dem bestehenden Rechtssystem widersetzte und so in die amerikanische Geschichte einging. Maine, 1789: Als der Kennebec River zufriert und die Leiche eines toten Mannes im Eis sichtbar wird, soll Martha Ballard den Leichnam untersuchen und die Todesursache feststellen.

الآنسة سوزان كوشينغ من كوريدون(بلدة في جنوب لندن) تستقبل طردا عن طريق البريد يحتوي على اذنين بشريتين محفوظتان بواسطة ملح خشن. المفتشة ليستراد من سكوتلاند يارد تشك في أن الأمر عبارة عن مزحة من ثلاث طلاب يدرسون الطب قامت الآنسة كوشينغ بإجبارهم على مغادرة السكن، وما يزيذ من اقتناعه بفرضيته أن الطرد كان مرسلا من بلفاست، مسقط رأس أحد الطلاب. بعد أن يقوم هولمز بفحص الطرد بنفسه يقتنع أن له علاقة بجريمة خطيرة وليس مجرد مزحة من الطلاب الثلاث، لأنه لو كان فعلا طالب طب هو من قام بإرساله لكان استعمل شيئا آخر لحفظ الأذنين بدل الملح.

Molly Murphy freut sich auf ihr erstes Weihnachtsfest mit ihrem Mann Daniel und ihrem Sohn Liam als Familie. In weihnachtlicher Nächstenliebe möchte sie aber auch den Straßenkindern helfen: Beim Lauschen der Sternensinger bemerkt sie ein kleines Mädchen mit vornehmen englischen Akzent, das so gar nicht hierher zu passen scheint. Sie und ihr Bruder sind mit ihrer Mutter nach New York gekommen, doch diese ist seither verschwunden. Molly will den beiden bei ihrer Suche helfen, doch schon bald wird sie in eine Verschwörung hineingezogen.