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A View Across the Rooftops by Suzanne Kelman
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAn unforgettable story of love, hope and betrayal, and a testament to the courage of humanity in history’s darkest days. As Nazis occupy his beloved city, Professor Josef Held feels helpless. So when he discovers his former pupil Michael Blum is trying to escape the Gestapo, he offers Michael a place to hide in his attic... -
A Murder in Trinity Lane by Magda Alexander
A forbidden passion. A dangerous secret. A truth some would kill for to keep buried. London, 1889. Hoping society has moved on from the scandal that once shadowed her, Lady Rosalynd turns her attention to one of her most cherished causes—the Home for Unwed Mothers, a discreet refuge where poor, unmarried women can give birth in safety and dignity... -
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The Little Angel by Rosie Goodwin
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFrom Sunday Times bestselling author of Mothering Sunday, Rosie Goodwin, comes the next in this heartwarming and heartbreaking Christmas treat. 1896, Nuneaton. Left on the doorstep of Treetops Children's Home, young Kitty captures the heart of her guardian, Sunday Branning, who has never been blessed with a child of her own... -
Murder on a Frosty Night by Verity Bright
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWrapping presents and singing at midnight mass on a frosty night… Lady Swift is determined to enjoy Christmas at home this year, until another body turns up! Winter 1925. Eleanor and Hugh are decking the halls for their first married Christmas together when butler Clifford arrives with a mysterious telegram... -
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Murder in an Irish Castle by Verity Bright
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIrish whiskey, rolling green hills, a traditional Christmas feast and… a murder? Lady Swift will need the luck of the Irish to survive this holiday season! Christmas, 1924. Lady Eleanor Swift has received a rather unexpected invitation to the village Christmas party in the tiny, rural hamlet of Derrydee in the west of Ireland... -
Vengeance in Venice by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEven on their rapturous honeymoon, mystery intrudes…. Constance and Solomon are enchanted by Venice and each other when a street fight forces Solomon to intervene, and Constance is abducted by strangers. Somehow, they have stumbled into a vicious feud and are forced to confront the seething aftermath of recent revolution, war and siege in the most serene city... -
A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe by Grace Burrowes
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLord Julian Caldicott is standing in for his ducal brother as manager of Yuletide merriment at the family seat. Alas for his lordship, nothing is going as planned. Cranky relatives arrive uninvited, family squabbles ensue, and Julian's annual case of the blue devils is worsening by the day. Julian decides to combat the mayhem and melancholia by anonymously spreading good cheer... -
Rosa's Gold by Ray Kingfisher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNicole Sutton’s world has been turned upside down. Sixteen and suffering the fallout of a devastating family tragedy, she is forced to move away from her London home to the quiet town of Henley—and a new life she never wanted nor expected. In the dusty cellar of her strange new house, Nicole stumbles upon a worn old journal left behind by a previous occupant... -
Murder at Traitors' Gate by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe chill of winter has descended on London. But for Sebastian Bell and Gemma Tate, there will be little cheer this season…. Gemma Tate has a new job and a new address. She is putting her past – her memories of nursing in the Crimean war – behind her. Until Jacob Harrow, a journalist with ties to Crimea, is found brutally killed, and Gemma is pulled into the investigation... -
The Lost Daughter by Gill Paul
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFrom Gill Paul, the author of Another Woman’s Husband and The Secret Wife, comes a powerful new chapter in her Romanov saga… a gripping journey through the decades and across the continents, a novel of eternal love, devastating loss, and courage against all odds. Summer 1918: Pretty, vivacious Grand Duchess Maria Romanova faces an uncertain future... -
Evidence of Evil: Victorian Historical Romance Mystery by Mary Lancaster
Pursuing murder and fighting love…. Several weeks after they parted company, courtesan Constance calls on the wealthy business-man Solomon Grey to request his help solving another mystery. Her old friend Elizabeth, now the wife of respected magistrate Sir Humphrey Maule, is being accused of murder... -
Ghost in the Garden by Mary Lancaster
Partners in crime… but not in love? Silver & Grey take on their first official inquiry, when Mrs. Angela Lambert hires Constance and Solomon to discover the truth about the ghost haunting her garden... -
Betrayal from Beyond by Deb Marlowe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery betrayal is rife with pain--but betrayal from beyond the grave? Terrifying. After terror, turmoil and more than their fair share of murder, the newly married Duke and Duchess of Sedwick have reached a calmer, more serene phase, both in life and in their relationship... -
Murder in the Soho Graveyard by Emily Organ
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA churchyard discovery. A shocking secret. A deadly confrontation. London,1889. When the body of a wealthy widow is found in the neglected graveyard of St Anne’s Church, Soho, Emma Langley and Penny Green soon discover her respectable façade concealed a web of bitter enemies... -
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Dark Tidings on the Thames by Deb Marlowe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondon’s great river runs as dark, dirty, and deep . . . as murder. The Duke and Duchess of Sedwick and their small band of friends and family are recovering from some serious losses. They are slowly making steps to get back to normal routines when they receive a cry for help from one of their own. The Waif’s Wardrobe, a charitable place of good works, has encountered tragedy... -
Petteril's Christmas by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA merry Christmas for the Petterils? Piers wants to make their first Christmas together special, and so it proves to be - just not quite in the way he planned. His eccentric Great Aunt Prudence summons him to London with the news that she is dying and that one of her servants is stealing from her. Only one of these claims turns out to be true, though both require investigating... -
Justice Hall by Laurie R. King
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Laurie R. King's Pirate King. Only hours after Holmes and Russell return from solving one murky riddle on the moor, another knocks on their front door. .. literally. It’s a mystery that begins during the Great War, when Gabriel Hughenfort died amidst scandalous rumors that have haunted the family ever since... -
Fall of the Lyon: The Lyon's Den by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEnter the world of the most notorious gambling den in London, where matches are made. .. unusually. Welcome to the world of THE LYON'S DEN: The Black Widow of Whitehall Connected World, where the underground of Regency London thrives. .. and loves... -
The Bermondsey Poisoner by Emily Organ
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA trail of suspicious deaths and a culprit who can’t be caught. Journalist Penny Green is reporting on what seems to be a straightforward poisoning case in Bermondsey. But then a series of macabre photographs comes to light. Memento mori with a twist. When Scotland Yard begins exhumations, Penny and Inspector James Blakely are daunted by the size of the investigation... -
A Corruption of Blood by Ambrose Parry
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA HISTORICAL DAGGER 2022A Raven and Fisher Book 3Edinburgh, 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 intent on dissuading her from... -
The German Officer's Girl by Jina Bacarr
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis was a version of The Resistance Girl offered to reviewers until changes were made (before publication) to prevent confusion. Two women. One heartbreaking secret. Paris, 1943. Sylvie Martone is the star of French cinema, adored by fans and on the good side of the Nazi officers who swarm the streets of Paris... -
The Undercover Secretary by Ellie Midwood
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrance, 1942. “I forced myself to hold his gaze. My heart thrashed inside my chest like a bird battering its wings. They knew who I was. They knew what I’d done. ” This heartbreaking and unputdownable World War Two novel tells the incredible true story Dora Schaul, who risked her life by coming face-to-face with enemy—the monsters who killed her loved ones. Dora has lost everything to the Nazis... -
The Gang of St Bride's by Emily Organ
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLondon 1885. A gang of lady thieves is targeting Piccadilly’s wealthy shoppers and no one seems able to stop them. As frustrations build, the body of a young woman is pulled from the River Thames. Reporter Penny Green has a lot to write about, and she faces a new challenge when a stranger approaches her with a riddle... -
The Last Night in London by Karen White
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Karen White weaves a story of friendship past and present, love, and betrayal that moves between war-torn London during the Blitz and the present day. A captivating story of friendship, love and betrayal – and finding hope in the darkness of war. London, 1939... -
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In a Field of Blue by Gemma Liviero
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of The Road Beyond Ruin comes a novel about a family torn apart by grief and secrets, then pulled back together by hope in the wake of World War I. England 1922. It’s been four years since Rudy’s brother Edgar went missing in war-torn France. Still deep in mourning and grappling with unanswered questions, Rudy and his mother struggle to move on... -
Murder at the Foundling Hospital by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsGemma’s boots slip on uneven ground and her black cape catches in the wind as she runs. “Please, not Lucy,” she prays. Nurse Gemma Tate is heartbroken when she hears that one of her young charges at the Foundling Hospital has been killed... -
Marriage and Murder by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings#1 NYT-bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a puzzling case in which her favorite sleuths must untangle a slew of secrets to expose a coldblooded murderer... -
Of Silver and Secrets : A Victorian Romance with Mystery and an Archeological Dig in England by Michelle Griep
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn 1889 England, Eva Inman finds herself overwhelmed with responsibility. Haunted by guilt over her parents' deaths, Eva struggles to care for her blind sister and manage her family's crumbling estate. With the threat of overdue taxes looming, Eva's situation grows dire until an ancient silver ring is unearthed on her property... -
The Poison Puzzle by Emily Organ
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA secret society. A suspicious death. A trail of deadly clues. London, 1889. When Emma Langley discovers a mysterious symbol in her late husband’s diary, she uncovers a connection to a secretive treasure-hunting group with powerful members. Her investigation takes an unexpected turn when Lord Charles Harpole, a society member, is found dying in his hotel room... -
Lethal Remedies by M. Louisa Locke
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnnie has a problem. She has a beautiful child, a loving husband, a well-run boardinghouse with a supportive circle of friends and family, but she’s feeling restless and unhappy. Dr. Charlotte Brown, the doctor who delivered Annie’s baby, has a different problem... -
The Murder of Thomas Cardwell by Stephanie Laurens
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratings#1 NYT-bestselling author Stephanie Laurens returns with a perplexing case in which her favorite sleuths must untangle a web of interconnected motives to identify the man who killed Thomas Cardwell... -
The Trick of the Treasure by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNavigating mystery and lies – and their own precarious love. Struggling with the novelty of their engagement, Constance and Solomon are delighted to dig their teeth into a new mystery – the vanishing of a treasure hoard from a locked strong room. The treasure, only just brought home by adventurer Barnabas Lloyd, was supposed to pay off his debts and rebuild the family’s finances... -
Henrietta by Beverley Watts
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHenrietta Carew has always been practical, sensible, and generally immune to flights of fancy. Until she meets Raphael Augustin. King William IV's most dangerous intelligence agent is everything Henrietta shouldn't want - ruthless, secretive, and devastatingly handsome... -
Death on the Doorstep by Mary Lancaster
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe gentleman and the vagrant – both dead on her doorstep. Constance and Solomon return to London from their honeymoon – and straight into a very personal mystery. Not one but two bodies are discovered on the doorstep of her “establishment”... -
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Once Upon an Aggravatingly Heroic Kiss by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA meddlesome lady. An honor-bound lord. And quite a few misunderstandings. England 1749: LADY EDITH WESTON, daughter to the EARL OF SWANSBOROUGH, is determined to see her friend wed to a man she loves. Unfortunately, Lady Adele, however, has been promised since birth and refuses to break her father’s heart by going against his wishes... -
A Murder in Mayfair: A Victorian Historical Mystery by Magda Alexander
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA sinister murder. An impossible alliance. A scandal-ridden investigation. London, 1889. Lady Rosalynd, a fervent champion of women’s rights, is no stranger to challenging the status quo. But when a brutal murder casts suspicion on Rosalynd’s beloved cousin and implicates the enigmatic Duke of Steele's brother, her fiercely guarded independence is put to the ultimate test... -
Murder at Hambledon Hall by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe genteel tranquility of a country house party is shattered when the gamekeeper is shot. Was his death the result of his recent indiscretions, or long-buried secrets? The weekend was supposed to be an enjoyable time with her family at the neo-Gothic manor of Lord and Lady Kershaw, but when the gamekeeper is murdered, Cleo can’t rest until the killer is caught... -
The Nurse's Secret by Amanda Skenandore
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsThe unflinching, spellbinding new book from the acclaimed author of The Second Life of Mirielle West... -
A Midwinter Murder: A gripping and addictive historical cozy murder mystery by Verity Bright
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHomemade baubles, reindeer-shaped cookies and snowy walks across the rolling moors… but Lady Swift’s festive plans are ruined when a body turns up! Winter 1924. When Lady Eleanor Swift unexpectedly finds herself a guest of the reclusive Duke of Auldwyke, she’s determined to enjoy Christmas with all the trimmings at his sprawling manor house... -
Deadly Illusion by Carla Simpson
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat is real or only an illusion? Ghostly images that appear and float across the stage, objects that levitate into the air, and a beautiful assistant who disappears inside a glass box, then reappears inside a second glass box. All while the audience at the Crystal Palace, including amateur investigator Mikaela Forsythe, watch the performance... -
The Mistletoe Seller by Dilly Court
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt’s Christmas Eve. Flurries of snow fall on the cobbled streets of Whitechapel and an abandoned baby, swaddled in a blanket, is found on a doorstep in Angel Lane . . . Named after the street on which she was found, Angel Winter was blessed to be taken from the harsh streets into a loving home... -
My Merry Marquess by Annabelle Anders
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Marquess to keep the holidays Merry…. Stranded by a snowstorm in Maybridge Falls, the Marquess of Merriweather runs into the last person in the world he wants to see—Lady Eve Bailey. Because the last time he saw the auburn-haired beauty, she stole his heart and then crushed it into a thousand pieces. Lucky for him, he’s over her... -
The Art of Deception by Pam Lecky
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFresh from her adventures abroad, Victorian widow Lucy Lawrence returns to London, eager to start a new chapter. Her world is rocked when an assassin's bullet strikes her new fiancé. As he lies gravely injured, Lucy vows to unmask the culprit. .. London, 1888. When a brutal murder occurs at her engagement party, Lucy Lawrence finds herself pulled into a new investigation... -
The Girl in the Picture by Kerry Barrett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsTwo women. One house. Centuries of secrets. East Sussex Coast, 1855. Violet Hargreaves is the lonely daughter of a widowed industrialist, and an aspiring Pre-Raphaelite painter. One day, the naïve eighteen-year-old meets Edwin; a mysterious and handsome man on the beach, who promises her a world beyond the small costal village she’s trapped in... -
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The Royal Assassin: A Victorian era clean cozy mystery by Kate Parker
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen the Duke of Blackford enters her bookstore, Georgia knows the Archivist Society is in need of her services. The Tsar of Russia and his family are visiting Queen Victoria on the auspices of the engagement of the Russian princess Kira to the son of the Queen’s cousin... -
O Jerusalem by Laurie R. King
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Laurie R. King's Pirate King. With her bestselling mystery series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell, Laurie R. King has created "lively adventure in the very best of intellectual company," according to The New York Times Book Review... -
The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsEdinburgh, 1850. Despite being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying all across the city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. But it is not just the deaths that dismay the esteemed Dr James Simpson - a whispering campaign seeks to blame him for the death of a patient in suspicious circumstances... -
Found by Tammy Andresen
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Baron Brightmore is the exact sort of rake a debutante should stay far away from…. Not that Miss Alexi Starlit need worry about rogues. She’s too busy blending into the wall to catch the eye of a man like that. That is until this wallflower stumbles across a derelict and drunk baron having a tryst in the garden with an unknown lady... -
Watch and Ward: A Becky & Flynn WWI Mystery by Anna Elliott
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA wounded heroine. Mysterious murders. And a new baby on the way. London, December 1915. It’s a wartime Christmas in London. In the night sky, Santa’s sleigh has been upstaged by Zeppelin bombers. On the ground, Becky and Flynn are investigating a military clinic for wounded soldiers, where mysterious deaths may indicate new dangers from a deadly experimental German poison... -
The Christmas Shop by Hattie Finch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Christmas Shop was a place of magic. A place of wonder. But for Hope, it would be the last happy place she visited for many years. ***FREE with Kindle Unlimited***. Hope and her parents are visiting London in the weeks before Christmas. When the unthinkable happens, and she is separated from them in the middle of a busy market, finding them again should be a simple matter...
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