Historical Mystery
epub |eng | 2019-08-28 | Author:S. S. Van Dine

Footnotes *Sir E.A. Wallis Budge defines ka (or, more correctly, ku) both as “the double of a man” and “a divine double.” Breasted, explaining the ka, says it was the ...
( Category: Murder March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-03-15 | Author:Baroness Orczy [Baroness Orczy]

II “Murder committed from any other motive than that of robbery,” the Man in the Corner went on after a moment’s pause, “always excites the interest of the public. There ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-09-10 | Author:Judith Cutler

XVI They talk over my head. Through a strange fog I can still hear what they are saying, although I do not understand their words. ‘What if he’s got the ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-12-15 | Author:Jefferson Bonar [Bonar, Jefferson]

Chapter Fifteen The colour drained from Jose’s face, something Armada had been looking forward to all morning. “Jose Encinas?” “Yes?” Jose said as he stood in the doorway of his ...
( Category: International Mystery & Crime March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2018-02-19 | Author:Melanie Phillips [Phillips, Melanie]

16 “SO, NO MAN in your life, then?” They sat companionably over coffee and a fragrant Muscat. She had attacked her treacle tart and cinnamon ice-cream with a childlike concentration. ...
( Category: Historical March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Kat Ross [Ross, Kat]

Chapter 10 We all turned to look at my housekeeper, who looked blandly back. “Well, Mrs. Mason is a medium,” she said, toying with the strings on her bonnet. “She’s ...
( Category: Occult March 16,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-02-13 | Author:David Penny [Penny, David]

Jorge sat at a small table, eating a plate of sauced meat with rice. He waved a hand for Thomas to sit, while Belia perched on the side of the ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2020-02-08 | Author:Jonathan Dunsky [Dunsky, Jonathan]

23 There were a few more people I needed to see, but my conversation with Mrs. Chernick was weighing on me like a necklace of stones, so I headed to ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-02-13 | Author:David Penny [Penny, David]

It was full dark by the time Thomas and Faris al-Rashid made their way up the steep cobbled street that led to the top of the cliff, winding up through ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-03 | Author:Viktor Messick

A Visit from the Dead The following morning I entered the dining room to find Holmes sitting at the table with a cup of coffee in hand, the very picture ...
( Category: Historical March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:R. Austin Freeman

* * * PANDORA’S BOX “I SEE OUR FRIEND, S. Chapman, is still a defaulter,” said I, as I ran my eye over the “personal” column of The Times. Thorndyke ...
( Category: Traditional Detective Mysteries March 14,2020 )
epub |eng | 2012-09-18 | Author:Dan Andriacco

Chapter Nineteen Wine and Weapons Just outside the store, I texted Mac: K told Mo he was PI on a case. Joking? I sent that, thought a moment, and then ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 13,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:R. Austin Freeman

* * * XII. — MR. ELMHURST ~ BETWEEN THORNDYKE AND ME THERE existed a rather queer convention, which the reader of this narrative may have noticed. In the cases ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 13,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-15 | Author:Roy Dimond [Dimond, Roy]

Chapter Twenty-One France/Italy The Orient Express was all that both Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming had imagined. How it had become Agatha Christie’s favorite mode of transportation was ...
( Category: Espionage March 12,2020 )
epub |eng | 2017-11-30 | Author:Marcia Wilson

Chapter Seven The night air had warmed; a sure sign of heavy winter against the Thames. Lestrade shivered and committed the gaffe of tucking his hands under his arms to ...
( Category: Historical Mystery March 12,2020 )