HISTORICAL FICTION

by Emily Howes — Unforgettable feminist historical fiction revealing the true lives of Catherine Hogarth and her husband, Charles Dickens ...

by Ross Montgomery — A highly enjoyable, inventive and humorous take on the classic country-house locked room mystery ...

by Barbara Leahy — An immersive, visually rich story of love and treachery in 17th C Amsterdam ...

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by Laura Shepherd-Robinson — A gripping story with all the trappings of the best gothic novels: suspense, inheritance fraud, hidden ...

by Laura Shepherd-Robinson — A beautifully written, delectable 18th century mystery. Can anyone be trusted? ...

by Heather Mottershead — is crime justified when it is in response to a society that is inherently unfair in ...

by Rebecca Wait — An absorbing, moving story set in an English boarding school where the social cohesion is crumbling ...

by Ken Follett — A sweeping, epic tale of daily life, tribal hardships and struggles, and of the building of ...

by Isabelle Schuller — A multilayered, immersive and convincing tale of trauma and revenge set in 17th C Bern ...

For many lovers of the novel, Victorian fiction represents the apogee of English literature and the noble art of storytelling ...

Hailed as a leading writer of Golden Age crime fiction, J.S. Fletcher was, rather, a Victorian-style writer and detective fiction ...

by Alison Goodman — A daring, witty and gritty Regency adventure with wonderfully independent female protagonists ...

by Terry Deary — With murder and mayhem galore, Actually, I’m a Murderer is an unpredictable, darkly entertaining and well ...

by Kate Foster — Captures universal aspects of the human condition, illustrated through a unique story ...

by Sally Smith — A Case of Mice and Murder is a sedate but gripping murder mystery in the classic ...

by Lora Jones — A captivating and atmospheric blend of historical fiction and gothic mystery set during the French Revolution ...

by Katherine Mezzacappa — The Ballad of Mary Kearney unfolds like a song, to tell a stirring tale of forbidden ...

by Martin Davies — Historical crime fiction set in the Sherlock Holmes universe. Entertaining, well written with strong characters and ...

by Emilia Hart — Magical realism meets historical fiction in The Sirens. Two sets of sisters, women in distress and ...

by Virginia Feito — Violent gothic horror. A psychopathic governess in a Victorian household descends into a psychotic rampage. Weird, ...

by Simon Doyle — In 1950, Victor is 17 and in love with a boy. Today, Victor is 17 and ...

by Philip Gray — A gripping tale of forgery, set in Belgium in the mid 20th century. Well written, infused ...

by Faith Martin — Murder by Candlelight and The Last Word is Death are the first two novels in a ...

by Grady Hendrix — A horror story, of subjugated children, pregnancy and forced adoption, witchcraft and a pact with the ...

by Katherine Mezzacappa — A beautifully written historical novel based on true events in 16thC Italy and a profoundly moving ...

by Maybelle Wallis — Gripping, atmospheric historical fiction in the sensationalist tradition. Forbidden love amidst evil and murder ...

by Jenni Keer — An atmospheric gothic tale oozing with mystery, madness, secrets, lust, murder and a touch of magic ...

by Kate Summerscale — Meticulously researched and highly readable account of the infamous mid-20th century murderer, Reginald Christie ...

by Tracy Chevalier — A multiple-timeline novel about the history of Murano glassmaking, following Orsola Rosso from 1486 to now ...