Victorian Crime Mystery

Penrose and Pyke’s wedding dream turns to ashes when the local women’s refuge goes up in flames. Grace Penrose is used to protesters at Lavender House, but she never expected them to set the refuge on fire, especially not on her wedding day. And her mother’s carefully orchestrated wedding plan definitely did not include Charlie Pyke disappearing into an inferno. The discovery of a woman’s body in the smouldering ruins rouses Grace and Charlie’s detective instincts. With marital bliss on their minds, an investigation is the last thing they need. But how can they ignore a murder, ...

The Ripper Lives: To Catch a Killer (1/10) A city haunted by fear. A case buried in secrecy. A detective who refuses to let the past die. In the gaslit streets of Whitechapel, terror still lingers. Months have passed since the brutal murders that gripped London, yet the killer remains a phantom—unseen, unnamed, unstoppable. As whispers of conspiracy spread and trust in Scotland Yard crumbles, Inspector Frederick Abberline is left with more questions than answers. When the government issues a chilling directive—close the case publicly, but continue the hunt in absolute secrecy—...

Lady Jacqueline invades the Old West. In 1870, the world’s largest diamond field is discovered in American Indian country. London financier Nathan Rothschild joins forces with San Francisco entrepreneur Asbury Harpending to control the new wealth. To protect his investment, Rothschild dispatches consulting detective, and sometime spy, Lady Jacqueline Bennett to shadow Harpending. Jacqueline’s adventures stretch from London to San Francisco. Through the desert and chased by Indians, she finally scales Diamond Mountain to find the secret of the treasure. As with many of my books, this one...

The Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes: Five Favourite Cases, is a sampler from the series that includes five mysteries selected from the three-dozen stories in the canon, with all-new illustrations. This is a way for fans old and new to read some of the most popular stories from author C. Thorne’s The Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes. Included in this collection are: The Case of Cromwell’s Cranium The Case of Moriarty’s Betrayer The Adventure of the Séance Society The Case of the Snowdonia Werewolf The Mystery of Wyvern Hall Journey back to a time in which dangers ...

This gripping historical crime fiction novel, based on fact, is set in Bradford, England, 1888. It explores the horrific murder of Johnny Gill; a murder and mutilation so gruesome, it stuns a nation. Even hardened detectives are affected by its savagery, swiftly comparing it to the work of Jack the Ripper.

Claire Mumford has had enough of the supernatural. The last time she tangled with a ghost almost got her killed. But the lure of an unnamed spirit haunting the waters by Lums Pond State Park is more than she can resist. Can she discover the identity of the ghost who screams so plaintively in the darkness? All that may be left are rumors and speculation. Who was the poor woman who lost her life so brutally by the pond so many years ago? Can the undeniable powers of her two year old daughter finally help her give a name to The Screaming Woman Of Lums Pond? Should Claire risk everything to ...

A mystery novel set in New York City during the tumultuous winter of 1899. As a bitter December night settles over Broadway, an overturned cab becomes the epicenter of a chilling murder mystery. Young reporter Ralph Quentin, armed with keen observational skills and an insatiable curiosity, finds himself embroiled in an investigation that reveals more than he ever anticipated. With a frozen city backdrop and the shadows of greed lurking around every corner, Quentin is determined to uncover the truth behind the tragic events of that fateful night. In a whirlwind of circumstantial evidence and...

A detective mystery novel set in bustling Paddington, London, during the late 19th century. In the heart of Paddington, London, Andrew Hendrickson is a young writer struggling to make ends meet. The pawnshop of Daniel Multenius becomes his lifeline, but he soon finds himself entangled in a web of deception, murder, and intrigue that will keep you on the edge of your seat. When Andrew pawns his watch and later his mother’s rings to stave off financial ruin, he stumbles into a mystery as old as time. Upon discovering Multenius murdered, Andrew is thrust into a perilous situation as a prime ...

Penrose & Pyke are flung into an explosive new mystery during the campaign for women’s suffrage. Politicians are worried that women voters will oust them, liquor barons are terrified that women will favour prohibition, and the man in the street fears his wife will no longer be content with home and hearth. Just how far will they go to stop women from getting the vote? Medical student Grace Penrose and Detective Constable Charlie Pyke are about to find out. The ‘Penrose & Pyke Mysteries’ are a series of heart-warming, pulse-racing historical mysteries, set during a remarkable period of...

Antonia is haunted by a secret. Charles will soon be asking questions and she fears the answers will be devastating for their marriage. With her own guilt weighing heavily on her mind, Antonia and Charles stumble across the murder of frail, elderly Catherine Bacon. Though the killing is blamed on a passing dustman, Lord and Lady Danvers begin tracking clues through Victorian Canterbury. What they find leads to a shocking revelation and a chase scene across the rooftop of Canterbury Cathedral.

It is March 1870. London is in the grip of fog and ice. But Scotland Yard's Inspector Ben Ross has more than the weather to worry about when the body of a young woman is found in a dustbin at the back of a Piccadilly restaurant. Ben must establish who the victim is before he can find out how and why she came to be there. His enquiries lead him first to a bootmaker in Salisbury and then to a landowner in Yorkshire.

Inspector Bloodstone storms Holmes's privacy at midnight, urgent about a crime he has to investigate. Two happily married people have suddenly and tragically been murdered. When Holmes and Watson travel to a remote part of England to solve the mystery.... They discover that evil has been at play unlike any other!

Sherlock Holmes and Watson are requested by Inspector Bloodstone to investigate the deaths of two high ranking officials in the government of Good Queen Mary. As Homes and Watson discover the clues, they find that both victims have been drained of blood. None of the victims struggled against their deaths. Very puzzling. With no visible signs of struggle, there had to be something diabolical that had a hand in their death. What kind of fiend is behind these deaths? What must they do to prevent a third death? A thrilling adventure in the supernatural and impossible where science and magic ...

Champagne corks only hint at the pressure that builds as this New Year’s witching hour approaches. Maggie Bixler, a saucy ghost who runs a spectral speakeasy in the gloomy basement of the old family home, was brutally betrayed and is ready to POP! She’s hired me, Seymour—part-time detective, full-time parakeet—to find who double-crossed her a hundred years ago. I’m game! (Get it?) Meanwhile, my former wife (and now owner) Sharon throws a wing-ding on New Year’s Eve and the whole town crashes the private party. Seymour Triplett’s the name. Once human and a full-time gumshoe, I ...

On December 10, 1880, Coroner Sévère makes a gruesome discovery: nine newborns, buried in flowerpots, and hidden in plain sight in Whitechapel. A mortician receives the bodies and vanishes. Clues for the two seemingly unconnected cases are scarce. When police and coroner learn that the missing mortician might have spent his last moments at the bosom of the infamous prostitute Miss Mary, a series of events is nudged into motion. Lies are unearthed, rumours spread. Yet, the killer remains a faceless phantom. His secret seems buried forever. Until the night Sévère requests Miss Mary’s ...

"Murder in a Small English Town," a mystery-thriller book set in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, during the late 19th to early 20th century, we follow the epic tale of a young man, Hugh Rogers, who becomes inextricably caught in a labyrinth of betrayal and homicide. This happens when a enigmatic boarder, James Cooper, steps into his tranquil existence, setting off a chain of events that irrevocably change life in this typically serene town. Unraveling the Conspiracy Within these suspenseful pages, Hugh is enmeshed in a sinister plot thick with undisclosed identities and concealed family ...

An historic necklace tied to a tumultuous love affair between Lord Byron and Lady Caroline Lamb back in the early days of the century, gifted by a starry-eyed suitor to a young American woman visiting London with her family, is audaciously stolen from a posh hôtel suite in broad daylight on a stormy afternoon, and provides the impetus for Sherlock Holmes to respond to the outcry of an angry father, who consults with him at 221B Baker Street, leading the great detective to investigate the circumstances of the necklace’s cruelly well-planned theft. Who has absconded with the glittering ...

Rayner’s Ripper, the sixth book in the Victorian Casebook series, is an exciting story of murder and intrigue based on the infamous Whitechapel murders committed in the Autumn of 1888 by the serial killer popularly known as ‘Jack the Ripper’.Scotland Yard’s dandy, Inspector Richard Rayner and his close associate, Sergeant Henry Bustle are faced with tracking down the killer who has brought fear and terror to the people of London’s East End, but the challenges presented are vast and mystifying. When more prostitutes are slain by the Ripper, public concern results in protests and ...

Whispers of misconduct swirl around Grace Penrose, when a prominent surgeon has a fatal seizure on their moonlit stroll together. Grace and the victim are on opposing sides of a feud over hospital services for women. How could she refuse his invitation to resolve their differences in private? When he dies despite her attempts to save him, and his unusual symptoms further implicate her, it’s not only her personal and professional reputation at risk. As the case becomes ever more baffling, the only thing Grace needs more than Charlie Pyke’s sleuthing skills is his uncanny knack of ...

Amanda is running from her past. Will she miss the Blessings on the Horizon? Amanda Hall never felt as if she fit into the high society in which her parents participated. Growing up attending functions left a bad taste in her mouth, and the idea of spending the rest of her life participating in the silly practice filled her with a sense of distaste. When her parents arrange a marriage for her to a dangerous man, she finds herself singularly focused on one thing: escape. Answering an ad for a mail-order bride, Amanda embarks on an adventure she’ll never forget. Tucker Martin isn’t ...