Historical Crime Books & Mysteries
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Step back in time with some spine-chilling stories. Here you’ll find our bestselling historical crime fiction, and the most popular series in the genre. If Restoration London is your cup of tea, Andrew Taylor’s James Marwood and Cat Lovett series is your perfect fit, while Ambrose Parry’s The Way of All Flesh will whisk you away to Victorian Edinburgh.
Our Best Historical Crime Fiction
£20.00
£17.99
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Coming soon
- 02/03/2023
Awaiting publication
Marwood and Lovett investigate the murder of a man discovered in the ruins of an ancient almshouse in another brilliantly realised historical mystery from the author of The Ashes of London and The Royal Secret.
Our Best New Historical Crime Books
Our Choice of Historical Crime
C.J. Sansom's Shardlake Series
The Giordano Bruno Series
Susanna Gregory's Chronicles of Matthew Bartholomew
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