Historical Fiction

The New York Times bestselling, Sydney Taylor Honor winning, critically acclaimed tour de force historical mystery from Monica Hesse, author of Girl in the Blue Coat Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the...

A love story against all odd, The Prophets is filled to the brim with poetic voice and heartrending emotion. Despite unrelenting hardship and painful obstacles, this debut is ultimately one of hope and resilience.Finalist for the National Book...

Now an AMC+ original miniseries event starring Colin Farrell and Jack O'Connell! A nineteenth-century whaling ship sets sail for the Arctic with a killer aboard in this dark, sharp, and highly original tale that grips like a thrillerOne of The New York...

Murder Most Unladylike’s exceptional detective duo face a devilish whodunit amidst the glamour of London’s West End. This pin-sharp and perfectly-pitched series goes from strength to strength. Someone will take their final bow... Fresh from their...

With more than a nod to Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile, the final chapter in the Murder Most Unladylike series finds Wells and Wong cruising down the iconic river in the company of a mysterious society. The ninth and final novel in the...

The third mystery in the bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series; just like the iconic Agatha Christie, Hazel and Daisy have boarded the Orient Express! 'A delight . . . Hazel and Daisy are aboard the Orient Express: cue spies, priceless jewels, a...

Wells and Wong return for another gripping tale of blackguardly behaviour at Deepdean, where old allies have become foes and old certainties are in flux. As the school prepares to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary, there are sinister goings on in the...

When Hazel Wong's beloved grandfather passes away, Daisy Wells is all too happy to accompany her friend (and Detective Society Vice President) to Hazel's family estate in beautiful, bustling Hong Kong. But when they arrive they discover something they...

A gripping mini-mystery from the bestselling author of Murder Most Unladylike.'I, the Honourable Daisy Wells, have decided to give an account of another mystery the Detective Society has faced in recent weeks. It was very exciting, and very heroic, and I...

She longed to be reunited with her family. The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Workhouse Girl.Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-mouth. Leaving...

Pull back the curtain and enter a world where mystery and magic take centre stage . . . Twelve-year-old Tig works at the Theatre Royale, cleaning, selling tickets and doing anything else that is asked of her by her tyrannical boss, Mr Snell. But Tig will...

Selah Hopewell seems to be the only woman in the Virginia colony who has no wish to wed. True, there are too many men and far too few women in James Towne. But Selah already has her hands full assisting her father in the family's shop. And now she is in...

Queen Elizabeth’s spymasters recruit an unlikely agent—the only Muslim in England—for an impossible mission in a mesmerizing novel from “one of the best writers in America” (The Washington Post)“Evokes flashes of Hilary Mantel, John le Carré and Graham...

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS CHOICE   “An expansive fictional epic addressing themes of art, religion and power in the mode of Ken Follett or Umberto Eco... Hopkins’s compelling and descriptive tale will leave readers eager for more.”—Shelf...

From the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Sharon Kay Penman comes the story of the reign of King Baldwin IV and the Kingdom of Jerusalem's defense against Saladin's famous army.The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer, is...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   “I gulped it right down. Excellent, as always. . . . Cornwell brings battles to life like no one else.” –George R.R. Martin, Author of Game of Thrones The final installment in Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Saxon Tales series,...

'A darkly scattered fable told with beauty, magic, love but also heart-wrenching realism ... Fans of The Familiars and The Binding will love this' --  MY WEEKLY 'It's fabulous, we should all have copies' --  Simon Mayo, Scala Radio 'A glorious love...

A retelling of Arthurian myth from World Fantasy Award-winner Lavie Tidhar, By Force Alone.Everyone thinks they know the story of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.The fact is they don't know sh*t.Arthur? An over-promoted gangster.Merlin? An...

Set amidst the brutality of Idi Amin’s Uganda, Makumbi's wise and tender novel is a hymn to survival, rebellion and the enduring power of the female spirit. Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction 2021 Shortlisted for the Jhalak...

From the multi-award-winning master of crime, Denise Mina delivers a radical new take on one of the darkest episodes in Scottish history—the bloody assassination of David Rizzo private secretary to Mary, Queen of Scots, in the queen’s chambers in...