Historical mysteries

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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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 Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle [9781408889510]

Shortlisted for the 2018 Costa First Novel Award Gosford Park meets Groundhog Day by way of Agatha Christie and Black Mirror - the most inventive sto…

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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 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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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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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 an…

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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…

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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…

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The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde [9780718180096]

From the present day...Applecote Manor captivates Jessie with dreams of hazy summers in the Cotswolds, the perfect place to bring up her children. But…

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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 …

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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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Body in the Bath House, A: (Falco 13) [9780099515180]

'There's nothing wrong with Britain. That is if you leave out the mammoth travelling distance from one's dear Roman heritage!' AD 75. As a passion for…

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Dark Fire [9781447285847]

Winner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, Dark Fire is the second thrilling historical crime novel from C. J. Sansom. It is 1540 and the hott…

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Darker State, A: The gripping cold war thriller perfect for fans of Robert Harris [9781785760709]

For the Stasi, it's not just the truth that gets buried . . . The body of a teenage boy is found weighted down in a lake. Karin Muller, newly appointe…

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Mask of Shadows, A: Frey & Mcgray Book 3 [9781405926225]

**Preorder the new novel from Oscar de Muriel now!** 1889. The Scottish Play is coming home. But before the darling couple of London theatre, Henry …

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Revelation [9781447285861]

C. J. Sansom's bestselling adventures of MAtthew Shardlake continue in the fourth title of the series, the haunting Revelation. Spring, 1543. King He…

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