Victorian English Mystery

Twelve sweet Regency Christmas romance stories to make you fall in love this holiday season. Christmas Mystery of the Heart Escaping her past, Lady Sarah Sayers seeks a simple life as a governess. Her world is turned upside down when she meets the Duke of Huntington. Together, they must solve a mystery, but will they also find love in this troubled time? A Duke for Christmas Isabella did not want to end up on Charles’ doorstep, but it might be exactly what both of them need… A clean, Regency romance to warm your heart Christmas Masquerade Ball A Christmas tale of mystery and love from ...

A small village has been struck by a curse! Villagers are dropping dead for no apparent reason. Holmes and Watson are seeking to discover if there's truth behind the legendary curse, or if there's another force at work...far worse!

Amidst the cool of autumn a young woman comes to Baker Street telling of the sudden death of her father out in the great Gray Forest in the west of the country, and of the suspicious circumstances which had marked his last days…events she claims are now mirrored by similar happenings in her own life. Knowing the forest harbours legends concerning a coven of witches which has remained hidden there since the most primeval of times, the young client raises the possibility of their involvement in her father’s strange passing. And so to the largest and most mysterious forest in the realm ...

From the New York Times best-selling writing duo Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly, comes the story of a young woman’s search for true love. Caroline Maxwell would like nothing more than to join her brother, Eddie, and his friend, Jack Culhane, on their adventures. While Jack and Eddie are off seeing the world, buying up businesses, and building wildly successful careers, Caroline's stuck at home frightening off the men her mother hopes will ask for her hand in marriage. When her mother sets her sights on the questionable Lord Bremerton as a possible suitor, Caroline struggles with her instincts and the true nature of her heart.

Harrow-on-the-Hill, March 1836: In a sense, orphans Ollie, John, and Arthur have always been treasure hunters. The mudlarks have gone from a hardscrabble life scavenging the banks of the Thames for bits and bobs to becoming students at a boarding school outside of London, thanks to the kind and generous intercession of Charles Dickens. But now they're missing—as is, apparently, a treasure map. When Charles arrives at the school, he's hit with another twist—the servant girl who was allegedly in possession of the map has been strangled in the icehouse.

Rumors. A whirlwind betrothal. A scandal that shocks London. The Earl of Ancrum has not behaved well. Now back into society, Lord Ancrum is doing all he can to repair his damaged reputation. He ought to stay away from the notorious wealthy widow, Lady Starling, but when she seeks his help, he cannot say no despite his interest in another, Miss Whitaker. Lydia Whitaker has always been a quiet wallflower, saddened by her parents’ lack of interest in her. Realizing that she will soon become a spinster, Lydia determines that she will no longer hide in the shadows. However, nothing has ...

London's social season is in full swing, and Victorian aristocracy can't stop whispering about a certain gentleman who claims to be the direct descendant of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. But he's not the only topic of wagging tongues. Drawing rooms, boudoirs, and ballrooms are abuzz with the latest news of an audacious cat burglar who has been systematically stealing valuable items that once belonged to the ill-fated queen. Light gossip turns serious when the owner of one of the pilfered treasures is found murdered, and the mysterious thief develops a twisted obsession with Lady Emily Ashton.

January 1889. As the newest member of the Curiosity Club - an elite society of brilliant, intrepid women - Veronica Speedwell is excited to put her many skills to good use. As she assembles a memorial exhibition for pioneering mountain climber Alice Baker-Greene, Veronica discovers evidence that the recent death was not a tragic climbing accident but murder.

The Adventure of the Midnight Visitor By Dr. John H. Watson Edited from the personal accounts of John H. Watson, M.D. With notes by Sherlock HolmesDescription On a snow-laden Christmas Eve in 1895, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive an unexpected visitor at 221B Baker Street—one whose very existence challenges Holmes's rigid logical worldview. When the mysterious Kris Kringle reveals that Professor Moriarty has stolen a powerful artifact capable of manipulating time itself, Holmes must confront a case where the impossible and improbable collide. As London's greatest detective races ...

BRITISH LEGAL HISTORY - The Fielding Brothers & Bow Street Runners - the early days and beginnings of policing in England with the infamous Fielding Brothers, the early Bow Street Runners, Robert Peel, Jerome Caminada, and other brutal crime fighters, covering highway robberies, gruesome murders, street crime and a host of dangerous attacks on society. A fascinating slice of legal history and nostalgia, featuring Victorian & Edwardian Manchester crime.

Lord Lindale wants the truth. Lady Ellen wants to keep her family’s secret hidden. One lady intrigues the new Marquess of Lindale. He is interested in getting to know Lady Ellen. However, Lord Lindale does not believe she is entirely trustworthy. He even believes that she stole something of great importance from his house. *** Lady Ellen does not trust anybody who holds the Marquess of Lindale title. How could the new marquess be any different from his late uncle? When Ellen does the unthinkable and steals from Lord Lindale, she believes it will right the Lindale line's wrongs. What she ...

Someone is killing the people of London, leaving behind bodies drained of blood and bite marks upon their necks. Faced with the possibility of a vampire attack in London, Sherlock Holmes is called upon by Scotland Yard to uncover the identity of the killer. Once on the case, it doesn’t take long for the detective to follow a trail leading to a bar along St. Katherine Docks. Soon after, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson stumble upon an improbable ring of immortal spies, into which they are promptly recruited. It is a cat and mouse game, with Sherlock and Watson as the bait. But with London's ...

Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life. Against her stern father's wishes and society's expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle's laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. Audrey's work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags her into the investigation of a serial murderer.

Keira desperately wants to belong somewhere Gideon is haunted by a secret too horrible to share Fate conspires against them… Keira Cameron came to Boston from Scotland after the death of her parents. She wanted a job, a husband, and eventually a family. She fees rejected because she’s too tall, too foreign, and too pretty for a wife to want her working near her husband. Were her expectations unreasonable? Her cousin convinces her to enter a proxy marriage to his friend, Gideon Ross, who lives in Montana Territory. Out of options, she agrees and hopes her goals will be realized. Gideon ...

Mr. James Harding was a lot of things - businessman, well-to-do, probable scoundrel - but a drinker he most assuredly was not. So when Harding is believed to have drunkenly fallen to his death into the icy River Avon, Lord William Wethington is immediately suspicious. Finding Lord William's name on a letter in the victim's pocket, the local constabulary summons William to identify the victim. Police detectives learn that William had been one of Harding's business clients - and undoubtedly not the only client the dead man had cheated.

Enter the fog-cloaked past, as Sherlock Holmes undertakes his first case since recovering from an attempt on his life that left him wounded in body and spirit, traveling to the westernmost reaches of Suffolk, where a client from a previous mystery, a retired military man named Colonel Morley, has pleaded for aid in finding his young grandson, who went missing from his bed sometime in the night. Thus do Holmes and Watson venture to a secluded country estate with a long history of hauntings, which members of the staff claim are manifesting once more, centering around the infamous spirit of an...

It is San Francisco in the summer of 1882, and Annie and Nate Dawson have finally found a good balance between the demands of family and work. Nate has an interesting legal case defending a young woman who has been left out of her mother’s will. Annie is looking into whether the financial difficulties facing the Potrero Woolen Mills are caused by bad management or bad luck.

More dastardly than Jack the Ripper in Whitechapel; more vile than the dense fog of a London Particular, an arch-fiend prowls the Victorian city streets. Nobody is safe from his experiments, whether peer or prostitute, preacher or policeman in this in this shocking tale of murder. Will Inspector Albert Sutton, aided by his wife Nell and her cat, be able to unmask and apprehend the heartless serial killer, or will they become the next novelty specimens of the Death Collector? In this riveting melodrama, Toni Mount explores the darker side of Victorian London, creating a gripping thriller ...

A plain envelope addressed to Mr. Sherlock Holmes has been delivered to 221B Baker Street. The stock is cheap and could have been purchased at any general shop. The hand, however, is rare for its graceful sweep and regularity. “A true technician,” Holmes noted. “Mr. Holmes,” it begins. “You don’t know me and I am a man of no importance to anyone except my employer, and he couldn’t function without my services. My only significance to you, Sir, lies in the fact that I mean to kill. Only a few additional clews for the great man are in order. I live in Whitechapel and have done ...

Previously published as Deadly Secrets: Hidden Game by Madalena Melchior. SECRET GAME In the absence of Sherlock Holmes, his brother Mycroft helps to solve a deadly mystery – while sitting on a sofa in Holmes and Watson's apartment at 221B Baker Street. There's another mystery besides the crime – and Mycroft Holmes will solve that one, too.