Scarlet Town by Leonora Nattrass
$40.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: Laurence Jago Ser.
The sequel to 2021's critically acclaimed Black Drop and 2022's bestselling Blue Water, in which reluctant sleuth Laurence Jago becomes enmeshed in a deadly election in his native Cornwall
Death and the Conjuror by Tom Mead
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime
An enthralling locked-room murder mystery inspired by crime fiction of the Golden Age, Death and the Conjuror is the critically acclaimed debut novel by Tom Mead. Selected as one of Publishers Weekly's Mysteries of the Year. 1936, London. A celebrity psychiatrist is discovered dead in his locked study. ...Show more
The Turnglass by Gareth Rubin
$39.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime
‘A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. The Turnglass is a thrilling delight' Chris Whitaker Stuart Turton meets The Magpie Murders in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fiction. Imagine you’re holding a book in your hands. It’s not just any book though. It’s a tête-bêche ...Show more
Murder on Lake Garda: An unputdownable murder mystery from the author of A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle
$38.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime
A destination wedding ends in murder. Tom Hindle's latest locked-room mystery is perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and The White Lotus. One happy couple. Two divided families. A wedding party to die for. On the private island of Castello Fiore - surrounded by the glittering waters of Lake Garda - t ...Show more
The Golden Gate by Amy Chua
$37.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime
Debut novel from a Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author, set in California at the time of WW2 . Chinatown meets The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. A sweeping, evocative, and compelling historical thriller that paints a vibrant portrait of a California buffeted by the turbulent crosswinds ...Show more
The Murder Game by Tom Hindle
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime
Pre-order the next thrilling murder mystery from Tom Hindle, Murder on Lake Garda, coming January 2024!____________________________________________________One house. Nine guests. Endless motives for murder...Guests assemble at Hamlet Hall for a New Year's Eve party to remember.They are to take part in a ...Show more
Voices of the Dead by Ambrose Parry
$40.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: A\Raven and Fisher Mystery Ser.
PRAISE FOR THE RAVEN AND FISHER MYSTERY SERIES 'Brilliantly conceived, fiendishly plotted' Mick Herron 'The immersive world of Ambrose Parry just gets better and better' Jess Kidd Edinburgh, 1854, and a killer stalks the streets. Body parts have been found across the city - a foot in the Surgeon's Hall, ...Show more
The Maiden by Kate Foster
$38.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Reading Level: very good
Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's The Maiden is a remarkable story with a feminist revisionist twist, giving a voice to women otherwise silenced by history. "In the end, it did not matter what I said at my trial. No one believed me." Edinbu ...Show more
Sharpe's Escape (#10) Bussaco Campaign, 1810 by Bernard Cornwell
$25.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: B FORMAT
Richard Sharpe and the Bussaco Campaign, 1811. It is 1811 and the French are making yet another attempt to invade Portugal. Facing them is a wasted land, stripped of food by Wellington's orders, and Captain Richard Sharpe. But Sharpe is in trouble. His job is under threat and, with enemies on every side ...Show more
Pirate King by Laurie R. King
$25.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In England's young silent-film industry, the megalomaniacal Randolph Fflytte is king. But rumors of criminal activities swirl around his popular movie studio. At the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell travels undercover to the set of Fflytte's latest cinematic extravaganz ...Show more
A Corruption of Blood: Shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger 2022 by Ambrose Parry
$24.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: Raven and Fisher Mystery Ser.
A Raven and Fisher Mystery: Book 3 Edinburgh, 1850. This city will bleed you dry. Sarah Fisher is keeping a safe distance from her old flame Dr Will Raven. Having long worked at the side of Dr James Simpson, she has set her sights on learning to practise medicine herself. A notion everyone seems ...Show more
The Shadows of Men by Abir Mukherjee
$26.00 NZD
Category: Historical Crime | Series: Wyndham and Banerjee Ser.
*A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR** 'An exceptional historical crime novel' C.J. Sansom on A Rising Man Calcutta, 1923. When a Hindu theologian is found murdered in his home, the city is on the brink of all-out religious war. Can officers of the Imperial Police Force, Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Sure ...Show more