A Rustle of Silk by Alys Clare
$23.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: Gabriel Taverner Mysteries Ser.
The First Gabriel Taverner mystery Devon, 1607. Gabriel Taverner, former ship's surgeon turned country physician, is called to examine a rotting body found impaled on a blade. Identifying the corpse seems a hopeless task and the death is declared a suicide.But Gabriel is not satisfied and re-examines th ...Show more
An Order for Death: Bk 7 by Susanna Gregory
$28.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: The\Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew Ser.
In medieval Cambridge, believers in the theory of nominalism have set some colleges at the throats of those who believe them to be heretics, and Brother Michael, the Senior Proctor, has his work cut out to keep the peace. When a nominalist is murdered during a riot Michael is certain he will easily find ...Show more
Killer in the Carriage House by Sheila Connolly
$48.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: Victorian Village Mysteries Ser.
A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Victorian Village MysteryKate Hamilton is leading the charge of recreating her hometown of Asheboro, Maryland as a Victorian village and tourist attraction. The Barton mansion, meant to be the centerpiece of the Victorian village, has proven to be a goldmine of docum ...Show more
The Second Woman by Kenneth Cameron
$31.99 NZD
Category: Historical Crime
The third Denton mystery centres on political intrigue, terrorism 1900s-style and the beginnings of the British Secret Intelligence Organisation, as London becomes a hotbed of anarchist plotting. Denton is drawn into a complex web of murder and revenge when a mysterious Polish woman is found dead in the ...Show more
A Dangerous Language: Book 8 in the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries by Sulari Gentill
$25.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: The Rowland Sinclair Mysteries
Volunteering his services as a pilot to fly renowned international peace advocate Egon Kisch between Fremantle and Melbourne, Rowland is unaware how hard Australia 's new attorney-general will fight to keep the raging reporter off Australian soil.In this, it seems, the government is not alone, as clande ...Show more
The Corset by Laura Purcell
$22.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime
Staff Notes: Dickens with uploaded psychological twists, thrills, and dark, bendy secrets... Two women connected by murder and the study of skulls. Everything is really not as it seems! - Belinda 'The Corset is a contender for my Book of the Year. Beautifully written, intricately plotted, a masterpiece ...Show more
Where the Dead Lie by C. S. Harris
$37.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery Ser.
In the latest mystery from the national bestselling author of When Falcons Fall, the gruesome murder of a young boy takes Sebastian St. Cyr from the gritty streets of London to the glittering pleasure haunts of the aristocracy... London, 1813. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is no stranger to the d ...Show more
An Unwilling Accomplice by Charles Todd
$29.99 NZD
Category: Historical Crime
World War I Battlefield nurse Bess Crawford's career is in jeopardy when a murder is committed on her watch, in this absorbing and atmospheric historical mystery from New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd. Home on leave, Bess Crawford is asked to accompany a wounded soldier confined to a wheelc ...Show more
The Sussex Murder by Ian Sansom
$25.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: The\County Guides
From Beachy Head to Brighton, and from Chichester to Rye, Flaming Sussex sees our intrepid trio plunge once again into the dark heart of England 'Beautifully crafted by Sansom, Professor Morley promises to become a little gem of English crime writing; sample him now' Daily Mail At about four o'clock on ...Show more
The Red Door : An Inspector Rutledge Mystery by Charles Todd
$27.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime
Lancashire, England-June, 1920 Who was the woman who lived and died behind the red door? What did she see before she died? And who was the man who never came home from the Great War, for the simple reason that he had never gone to war? How is the woman’s death linked to his disappearance? And why is Sc ...Show more
The Mobile Library: Mr Dixon Disappears by Ian Sansom
$30.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: The Mobile Library S.
Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives, returns for more sleuth-solving adventure in this hilarious second novel from "The Mobile Library" series. The second in the "The Mobile Library" detective series, "Mr Dixon Disappears" once again features the magnificently hapless Israel A ...Show more
The Delegates' Choice (The Mobile Library) by Ian Sansom
$15.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime
Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives, returns for more crime solving adventure in this hilarious third novel from the Mobile Library series. Israel has been invited to attend the Mobile Meet in London, the annual mobile library convention, with his irascible companion Ted Cars ...Show more