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A Mystery
by Claude Izner
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by Beatrice Colin
Published Oct 2017
Read ReviewsSet against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young Scottish widow and a French engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love.
by Lene Kaaberbol
Published Jan 2016
Read ReviewsFrom the coauthor of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller The Boy in the Suitcase, a "gripping plot" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and captivating historical thriller.
by D.E. Johnson
Published Sep 2013
Read ReviewsJohnson's immaculate plotting and high-tension writing make for a spellbinding read set in early twentieth-century Detroit.
by Matthew Pearl
Published Nov 2012
Read ReviewsThe acclaimed author of The Dante Club reinvigorates the historical thriller. Matthew Pearl's spellbinding new novel transports readers to tumultuous nineteenth-century Boston, where the word "technology" represents a bold and frightening new concept.
by Jane Harris
Published Jan 2012
Read ReviewsFrom the Orange Prize-nominated author of The Observations comes a beautifully conjured and wickedly sharp tale of art and deception in nineteenth-century Scotland.
by Rebecca Stott
Published May 2010
Read ReviewsThe Coral Thief, as riveting and beautifully rendered as Ghostwalk, Rebecca Stotts first novel, is a provocative and tantalizing mix of history, philosophy, and suspense. It conjures up vividly both the feats of Napoleon and the accomplishments of those working without fame or glory to change our ideas of who we are and the world in which we ...
by Martin Walker
Published Apr 2010
Read ReviewsThe first installment in a wonderful new series that follows the exploits of Benoît Courrèges, a policeman in a small French village where the rituals of the café still rule.
by Louis Bayard
Published Oct 2009
Read ReviewsVidocq. The name strikes terror in the Parisian underworld of 1818. As founder and chief of a newly created plainclothes police force, Vidocq has used his mastery of disguise and surveillance to capture some of Frances most notorious and elusive criminals. Now he is hot on the trail of a tantalizing mysterythe fate of the young dauphin ...
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance
by Gyles Brandreth
Published Jan 2008
Read ReviewsLovers of historical mystery will relish this chilling Victorian tale based on real events and cloaked in authenticity. Best of all, it casts British literature's most fascinating and controversial figure as the lead sleuth. (UK title: Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders). Published in the USA simultaneously in hardcover and paperback.
by Boris Akunin
Published Feb 2005
Read ReviewsTipping his hat to Agatha Christie, Boris Akunins latest page-turner transports the reader back to the glamorous, dangerous past in a richly atmospheric tale of suspense on the high seas.
by Anne Perry
Published Jan 2002
Read ReviewsFrom the degraded depths of the East End to the seats of the mighty - Anne Perry weaves history into a rich and seamless tapestry of suspense.
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