Historical Mysteries

Updated July 10, 2025
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The black tower
Bayard, Louis author.
Paper Book
From Louis Bayard, the acclaimed author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye, comes The Black Tower, a stunning and pitch-perfect novel featuring the real-life criminal who transformed himself into the world's first and greatest detective. In The Black Tower, Bayard deftly interweaves political...
Death of Riley
Bowen, Rhys.
Paper Book
Molly Murphy has finally begun to forget the unpleasant murder of a would-be rapist back in Ireland, not to mention her investigation into the murder of a fellow recent Irish immigrant, and is finally free to begin her life in New York City. Given her experiences so far in the New World, Molly has...
The alienist
Carr, Caleb, 1955-2024
Paper Book
In 1896 New York, psychologist--or in period terminology, an alienist--Laszlo Kreizler joins forces with journalist John Schuyler Moore to track a vicious serial killer.
The name of the rose
Eco, Umberto.
Paper Book
Now available from HarperVia in a deluxe paperback edition featuring never-before-seen illustrations by the author, the beloved internationally bestselling historical mystery about a brilliant monk called upon to solve a series of baffling murders in a fourteenth-century Italian abbey ...
Dead and buried a Benjamin January mystery
Hambly, Barbara.
Paper Book
Benjamin January must investigate the death of one of his closest friendsNew Orleans, 1836. When free black musician and surgeon Benjamin January attends the funeral of a friend, an accident tips the dead man out of his coffin - only to reveal an unexpected inhabitant. Just one person recognises the...
The inspector's daughter
Knight, Alanna.
Paper Book
In a desperate attempt to recover from the loss of her husband and her baby son, Rose McQuinn has returned home to Edinburgh from the American Wild West. It seems that everything has moved on in her absence, including her beloved stepbrother who has found favor at court and moved to London. But Rose...
Mr. Churchill's secretary a novel
MacNeal, Susan Elia.
Paper Book
BARRY AWARD WINNER * Heralding the arrival of a brilliant new heroine, Mr. Churchill's Secretary captures the drama of an era of unprecedented challenge--and the greatness that rose to meet it. "With any luck, the adventures of red-haired super-sleuth Maggie Hope will go on...
The thirteenth tale a novel
Setterfield, Diane.
Paper Book
Instant #1 New York Times bestseller "Readers will feel the magnetic pull of this paean to words, books and the magical power of story."--People "Eerie and fascinating."--USA TODAY Sometimes, when you open the door...
The Tokyo zodiac murders
Shimada, Sōji, 1948- author.
Paper Book
A bestselling and internationally-acclaimed masterpiece of the locked-room mystery genre
Enola Holmes the case of the missing marquess
Springer, Nancy author.
Paper Book
Now a Netflix original movie starring Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, and Helena Bonham Carter! Meet Enola Holmes, teenaged girl turned detective and the younger sister to Sherlock Holmes. When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her...

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