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  • A Sunlit Weapon

    A British Mystery

    Series Book 17 - Maisie Dobbs
    In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear's beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.October 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire—the fastest fighter aircraft in the world—to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes ... Read more

    $10.49 USD $1.99 USD

  • Murder on a Cornish Isle (The Edge of the World Detective Agency, Book 2)

    by Jo Silva ...
    Series Book 2 - The Edge of the World Detective Agency
    Seven high profile guestsAn island cut off by a stormWill there be a murder before the weekend is out?After six long months with no new cases for her Cornish detective agency, Donna ‘Deadly’ Nightshade jumps at the chance to spend a weekend undercover on St Michael’s Mount.With seven high profile attendees – including the Home Secretary – this is a high stakes case. As a storm descends on the ... Read more

    $2.99 USD $0.99 USD

  • In the Teeth of the Evidence

    And Other Mysteries

    Series series The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries
    An irresistible collection of “truly remarkable” stories from the master of classic mysteries, featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and Montague Egg (The New York Times).Most noblemen would prefer to avoid a charred corpse in a garage. But Lord Peter Wimsey has never seen such a body, and cannot resist the opportunity when it comes along. The corpse is burned beyond recognition, but the watch it wears ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Death in the Spires

    A completely gripping and addictive historical mystery

    by KJ Charles ...
    The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby died. Was killed. Murdered.A decade after the grisly murder of Oxford student Toby Feynsham, the case remains hauntingly unsolved. For Jeremy Kite, the crime not only stole his best friend, it destroyed his whole life. When an anonymous letter lands on his desk, accusing him of having killed Toby, Jem ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

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  • Blackout

    A Gripping WW2 Thriller

    by Simon Scarrow ...
    Series Book 1 - A Berlin Wartime Thriller
    **#1 Sunday Times bestselling author“Atmosphere, sharp intrigue, and a host of fascinating characters all combine to make this one the next addition to your keeper shelf." —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author**Fans of Philip Kerr’s Berlin Trilogy, Robert Ludlum, Andrew Gross, and William Christie can buckle down for an intense plunge into the darkest heart of war in #1 Sunday Times ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Edge of the Grave

    A Jimmy Dreghorn Mystery

    Two detectives hunt a killer amidst the lawless streets and high society of 1930’s Glasgow in this “brawling series debut” (The New York Times Book Review) that “serves up a delicious slice of gangster noir” (Adrian McKinty)—inspired by the true story of the Scottish Untouchables.“A Glaswegian version of Peaky Blinders, with razor gangs brawling in the street and festering family secrets . . . a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Death at the Theatre

    Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate, #2

    by Celina Grace ...
    Series Book 2 - Miss Hart and Miss Hunter Investigate
    London, 1932. Kitchen maid, Joan Hart, and lady's maid, Verity Hunter, intend to enjoy their trip to the theatre, especially as Verity's uncle Tommy is one of the leading men in the play. Unfortunately, Act Two of the play is curtailed when the lights come up in the interval, and the girls realise a man has been stabbed to death almost under their very noses.The case reunites the servant sleuths ... Read more

    $4.99 USD $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Who Speaks for the Damned

    by C. S. Harris ...
    Series Book 15 - Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery
    Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the mysterious life and death of a nobleman convicted of murder in this enthralling new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Why Kill the Innocent....It's June 1814, and the royal families of Austria, Russia, and the German states have gathered in London at the Prince Regent's invitation to celebrate the defeat of Napoléon and the restoration ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Who Slays the Wicked

    by C. S. Harris ...
    Series Book 14 - Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery
    The death of a fiendish nobleman strikes close to home as Sebastian St. Cyr is tasked with finding the killer to save his young cousin from persecution in this riveting new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Why Kill the Innocent....When the handsome but dissolute young gentleman Lord Ashworth is found brutally murdered, Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is called in by ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • A Stroke of Malice

    Series Book 8 - A Lady Darby Mystery
    Lady Kiera Darby and her husband Sebastian Gage are looking forward to celebrating with new friends at an exciting yearly soiree, but they soon learn that murder never takes a holiday in the latest riveting installment in this national bestselling series.January 1832. After enjoying a delightful few weeks with her family, expectant mother Kiera and Sebastian Gage have been invited to the Duchess ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Justine: A Steamy Victorian Romance

    Virtue & Vice, #3

    by Carrie Lomax ...
    Series Book 3 - Virtue & Vice
    One night to seek the truth…When a beautiful widow bursts into his study one cold winter evening, The Honorable Darius de Lucey doesn't know what to make of her demand that he escort her to a notorious masquerade ball. He's intrigued enough to help with her secret murder investigation. If he has to accompany the widow to prove a woman's innocence, so be it. Belladonna may be ruthless, but she isn ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mycroft Holmes

    Series Book 1 - MYCROFT HOLMES
    A new novel written by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar!Fresh out of Cambridge University, the young Mycroft Holmes is already making a name for himself in government, working for the Secretary of State for War. Yet this most British of civil servants has strong ties to the faraway island of Trinidad, the birthplace of his best friend, Cyrus Douglas, a man of African descent, and where his fiance ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Murder Under the Mistletoe

    Series series A Jane Wunderly Mystery
    Recently engaged Jane Wunderly is celebrating Christmas with her fiancé at his ancestral home at the quaint English market town of Barnard Castle—where murder is the new family tradition . . .Northern England, 1926: Surprised by her eager acceptance of Redvers’ proposal, Jane is ready to spend the festive season deciphering the mysterious man she agreed to marry, while surviving scrutiny from the ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Murder at the Savoy

    The high society wartime whodunnit

    by Jim Eldridge ...
    Series Book 2 - Hotel Mysteries
    Jim Eldridge, author of the Museum Mysteries, turns his pen to Wartime London's grandest hotels.September 1940: the height of the Blitz. The Savoy Hotel boasts London's strongest air raid shelter with all the luxury expected from one of the capital's most prestigious hotels. It prompts the arrival of a disgruntled crowd from the East End, demanding they be allowed entry and respite from the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Scarlet Pimpernel

    The first and most successful in the Baroness’s series of books that feature Percy Blakeney, who leads a double life as an English fop and a swashbuckling rescuer of aristocrats, The Scarlet Pimpernel was the blueprint for what became known as the masked-avenger genre. As Anne Perry writes in her Introduction, the novel “has almost reached its first centenary, and it is as vivid and appealing as ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Fear in the Sunlight

    by Nicola Upson ...
    Series Book 4 - Josephine Tey Mysteries
    Nicola Upson blends biography and fiction, excitement and menace, and a touch of Alfred Hitchcock in Fear in the Sunlight, a mystery starring real-life writer Josephine Tey.Summer, 1936: Josephine Tey joins her friends in the resort village of Portmeirion to celebrate her fortieth birthday. Alfred Hitchcock and his wife, Alma Reville, are there to sign a deal to film Josephine’s novel, A Shilling ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Mersey Girls

    A gritty family saga you won't be able to put down

    by Sheila Riley ...
    Series Book 2 - Reckoner's Row
    The latest instalment in Sheila Riley's brilliant Reckoner's Row seriesLiverpool 1950...When Evie Kilgaren takes over the running of the back office at Skinner and Son's haulage yard, she has no idea she is walking into a hive of blackmail, secrets and lies.Her fellow co-worker and childhood nemesis, Susie Blackthorn, is outraged at being demoted and is hell-bent on securing the affections of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Murder on the Brighton Express

    The bestselling Victorian mystery series

    Series Book 5 - Railway Detective
    October 1854. As an autumnal evening draws to a close, crowds of passengers rush onto the soon to depart London to Brighton Express. A man watches from shadows nearby, grimly satisfied when the train pulls out of the station.Chaos, fatalities and unbelievable destruction are the scene soon after when the train derails on the last leg of its journey. What led to such devastation, and could it ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Haunting of the Desks

    A Sparks & Bainbridge Short Story

    Series Book 5 - Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery
    Sparks and Bainbridge of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau return in this short story from Allison Montclair as their expansion into a new office - and acquisition of a new desk - results in unexplainable phenomena that can only mean that their new digs are haunted!In London, 1946, The Right Sort Marriage Agency is off to a good start and their early success means that Miss Iris Sparks and Mrs. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Silver Locomotive Mystery

    The bestselling Victorian mystery series

    Series Book 6 - Railway Detective
    As the Cardiff-bound train puffs out of Paddington Station, young Hugh Kellow wraps a protective arm around his large valise. He has been entrusted with a priceless silver coffee pot, designed in the shape of a locomotive, by his elderly silversmith employer. But two of Hugh's fellow passengers are taking an enormous interest in the young man and his precious cargo.When a dead body is discovered ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Murder at the Ritz

    The stylish wartime whodunnit

    by Jim Eldridge ...
    Series Book 1 - Hotel Mysteries
    August 1940. On the streets of London, locals watch with growing concern as German fighter planes plague the city's skyline. But inside the famous Ritz Hotel, the cream of society continues to enjoy all the glamour and comfort that money can buy during wartime - until an anonymous man is discovered with his throat slashed open.Detective Chief Inspector Coburg is called in to investigate, no ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Death On Board

    The first in an addictive, historical cozy mystery series from Anita Davison

    by Anita Davison ...
    Series Book 1 - The Flora Maguire Mysteries
    NEW YORK,1900: A captivating cozy crime novel set on-board the maiden voyage of the S.S. Minneapolis, featuring series character Flora Maguire. Perfect for fans of Downton Abbey.Young governess Flora Maguire is on her way home from America on the maiden voyage of the S.S. Minneapolis with her young charge Eddy, Viscount Trent, when she discovers a dead body.Unconvinced when the death is pronounced ... Read more

    $2.99 USD $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Shadow of the Wind

    Translated by Lucia Graves ...
    "Anyone who enjoys novels that are scary, erotic, touching, tragic and thrilling should rush right out to the nearest bookstore and pick up The Shadow of the Wind**. Really, you should." —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post“Wondrous...masterful...The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero.” —* ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A Gentleman in Challenging Circumstances

    The Lord Julian Mysteries--Book Three

    Series Book 3 - The Lord Julian Mysteries
    A legacy of lies...Lord Julian Caldicott, still recovering from his years at war, is tasked with investigating the circumstances of a small boy who could be either the salvation of the Waltham dukedom or a pawn in a scheme to sink the Caldicott family in endless scandal. The boy is alone in the world, though any one of several women might be his mother, and they all claim that Julian’s brother, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD