Historical Mystery
epub |eng | 2011-04-06 | Author:David Ashton [Ashton, David]

Hannah Semple, the only person Jean held in credence on this earth was at the safe house by Leith Links, the giant Angus to hand, making ready to scour the ...
( Category: Historical Mystery June 4,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mike Ashley [Ashley, Mike]

She’s gagging, but trapped in her own vile stench. And still the sack keeps on swinging – “How long did you stand there laughing at her, Mary? How many hours ...
( Category: Anthologies June 4,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-06-01 | Author:Marlowe Benn [Benn, Marlowe]

Later, as the heavy Duesenberg moved through a plum-streaked Manhattan daybreak, the weight of countless champagne toasts and a blur of brandies drove Julia’s head into the smooth leather upholstery. ...
( Category: Historical Mystery June 4,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Callie Hutton

* * * That evening Amy sat at the desk in her office next to her bedchamber and went over their notes once again, looking for something she was missing. ...
( Category: Historical May 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-22 | Author:Jennifer Wells [Jennifer Wells]

17 She sat in the chair by the window, her head tilted to watch Dora as she disappeared down the garden path. Then she turned to me and I felt ...
( Category: Psychology & Counseling May 9,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-15 | Author:Jim Kelly

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN ‘You look like you could do with cheering up,’ said Rose King, from behind the counter of her all-night mobile tea hut on Market Hill. ‘It may never ...
( Category: Historical May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-28 | Author:Nancy Herriman

“Thank you for escorting me home, Mr. Taylor. I expect it was not necessary, but Mr. Greaves will be appreciative.” Celia halted at the street corner. “You need not accompany ...
( Category: Historical May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jane Thornley

14 The canal was that brutally cold after the heat of the fire that I thought my blood would ice in my veins—punishing cold, colder than time. For a moment ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime May 5,2020 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2020-03-15 | Author:Lynne Connolly [Connolly, Lynne]

Chapter 17 The sharp gasp woke Dorothea. She sat up. A man stood in the doorway of her room. Her involuntary squeak as she dived beneath the covers woke her ...
( Category: Historical Mystery May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-01-30 | Author:Erica Ruth Neubauer [Neubauer, Erica Ruth]

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The next morning, I slept late—much later than I was used to sleeping. When I finally did crack open my eyes, I considered turning over again, but the ...
( Category: Historical May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-05-14 | Author:Jim Eldridge [Jim Eldridge]

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Sergeant Merton made his way towards the Iron Duke pub with a feeling of apprehension. Not because of the threat of violence that waited there; if that had ...
( Category: Historical Mystery May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-11-15 | Author:Bude, John [Bude, John]

CHAPTER XI THE THIRD PROBLEM CEDRIC CLARK , proprietor of Clark’s Filling Station at Findon, had a business friend coming to see him that morning. He was hoping to sell ...
( Category: Murder May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-04-08 | Author:Jackie Williams [Williams, Jackie]

Angelique frowned at the three sleeping men. And then at the ring sitting on her finger. She slid the heavy embellishments from her palm to face her. Too stunned to ...
( Category: Regency May 5,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-06-12 | Author:Anna Elliott & Charles Veley [Elliott, Anna & Veley, Charles]

CHAPTER 27. A MESSAGE FROM LESTRADE LUCY Jack and Becky were seated on the couch when I opened the door to the 221A sitting room. Jack looked tired, though he ...
( Category: Historical April 18,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-09-25 | Author:Anna Elliott & Charles Veley [Elliott, Anna & Veley, Charles]

34. AN EXCHANGE OF BANKNOTES LUCY I would have expected the butler in a household like the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire’s to be a stately, silver-haired personage with a ...
( Category: Historical April 18,2020 )