Historical mysteries

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle [9781408889510]

WINNER of the 2018 Costa First Novel Award Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror - the most inventive story you…

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Lamentation [9780330511049]

Matthew Shardlake is back in Lamentation, from the number one bestselling author C. J. Sansom. Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dyin…

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The Chelsea Strangler [9780751552836]

In the sapping summer heat of 1665 there is little celebration in London of the naval victory at the Battle of Lowestoft. The King, his retinue and a…

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Sleeper's Castle [9780007513192]

The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Two women, centuries apart. Linked in a place haunted by its history ...Separated by more than six hundred years …

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The Glass House [9781405946179]

PRE-ORDER NOW: The stunning new book from the author of Black Rabbit Hall and The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde. 'I adored this beautifully-written, rivet…

The Way of All Flesh [9781786893789]

Edinburgh, 1847. City of Medicine, Money, Murder. In the city's Old Town a number of young women have been found dead, all having suffered similarly…

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Panic Room [9780593076361]

Sometimes the danger is on the inside . . . High on a Cornish cliff sits a vast uninhabited mansion. Uninhabited except for Blake, a young woman of…

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The Clockmaker's Daughter [9780230759282]

From the bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton brings us her dazzling sixth novel, The Clockmaker's Daughter.…

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Nothing Ventured [9781509851300]

Nothing Ventured is the incredible and thrilling novel by the master storyteller and bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles and Kane and Abel, J…

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The Fire Court: A Gripping Historical Thriller from the Bestselling Author of the Ashes of London [9780008119140]

From No.1 bestselling author Andrew Taylor comes the sequel to the phenomenally successful The Ashes of London Somewhere in t…

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The Lake House [9781447200864]

The Lake House by Kate Morton is the mysterious and enchanting fifth novel from the number one bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Sec…

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A Necessary Evil [9781784704773]

As featured on The Zoe Ball Book Club 'It's a great read' - Meera Syal on The Zoe Ball Book Club 'Cracking... A journey into the dark underbelly of …

Blood & Sugar [9781509880775]

`A page-turner of a crime thriller . . . This is a world conveyed with convincing, terrible clarity' - C. J. Sansom Blood & Sugar is the thrillin…

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Bryant & May - Wild Chamber [9780857523433]

'Quirky, touching, profound and utterly original.' - Peter James Our story beings as an investigation ends. Near London Bridge Station, members of the…

Conspiracy [9780007481279]

The No. 1 bestseller  Paris, 1585. A King without an heir. Heretic-turned-spy Giordano Bruno arrives in Paris to find a city on the edge of catas…

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His Bloody Project [9781910192146]

SHORTLISTED for the MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016. The year is 1869. A brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands leads to the arres…

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The Strings of Murder [9780718179823]

This is a spellbinding concoction of crime, history and horror - perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Jonathan Creek. The First Case for Frey & McG…

A Fever of the Blood [9780718179847]

A spellbinding concoction of crime, history and horror - perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Jonathan Creek. New Year's Day, 1889. In Edinburgh's …

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Dissolution [9781447285830]

Dissolution is the first in the phenomenal Shardlake series by bestselling author, C. J. Sansom, followed by Dark Fire, Sovereign, Revelation, Heartst…

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Loch of the Dead: Frey & McGray Book 4 [9781405926249]

A mysterious woman pleads for the help of Inspectors Frey and 'Nine-Nails' McGray. Her son, illegitimate scion of the Koloman family, has received an …