Historical House Mysteries

Un hombre se despierta aterrorizado: sufre una especie de resaca y no tiene la menor idea ni de quién es ni de cómo ha llegado hasta estos inmundos baños públicos. Cuando encuentra un periódico descubre que es el 29 de enero de 1958, y la noticia del día es el tercer intento de lanzar el Explorer, el primer satélite espacial estadounidense. Si el lanzamiento resulta fallido una vez más, la URSS dominará la carrera espacial en el futuro inmediato.

Territorial marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch figured things had finally settled down in Appaloosa when Boston Bill Black's murder charge was dropped. But all that changed when Augustus Noble Driggs was transferred to a stateside penitentiary just across the border from Mexico. Square-jawed, handsome, and built like a muscled thoroughbred stallion, Driggs manages to intimidate everyone inside the prison walls, including the upstart young warden.

Appaloosa, the hometown of Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, continues to prosper, but with prosperity comes a slew of new trouble: carpetbaggers, gamblers, migrants, peddlers, drifters, thieves, and whores, all boiling in a cauldron of excess and greed. And there's a new menace in town: a wealthy, handsome easterner - and the owner of Appaloosa's new casino - Boston Bill Black.

Ria ist zehn Jahre alt, als ihre Eltern von der Staatssicherheit abgeholt werden. Sie wird von ihrer kleinen Schwester getrennt und in einer Adoptivfamilie untergebracht. Seither führt Ria in Ostberlin ein scheinbar angepasstes Leben. Erst als der BND sie als Informantin rekrutiert, sieht sie ihre Chance gekommen. Mithilfe des westlichen Geheimdienstes will Ria sich an der DDR rächen und endlich ihre Schwester wiederfinden. Doch dann erfährt sie im Sommer 1961 von einem ungeheuerlichen Plan, der ihr Schicksal und die Zukunft beider deutscher Staaten für immer verändern könnte.

In 1901, a handsome young man named John Glenarm halts his world traveling when he inherits a mysterious unfinished Tudor mansion, Glenarm House, deep in the Indiana forests. In order to fulfill the conditions of his grandfather's will, he must live a year in the massive house, studying the architectural library. If he fails, the estate goes to a mysterious person named Oliver Armstrong.

When Sir William and Lady Withers invite friends and family to a weekend house party at their country home, Ashgrove House, they are faced with the arrival of both invited and uninvited guests, the consequence of which is murder. Set in 1930, Murder at Ashgrove House is full of intrigue, clues, and red herrings, with nearly everyone having a motive for wishing the victim dead. This is a classic country house murder mystery set during the golden age of crime and will appeal to fans of Agatha Christie and Downton Abbey.

In 1925, the international treasure-hunting scene is a man’s world, and no woman knows this better than Irene Blum, who is passed over for the coveted curator position at Seattle’s renowned Brooke Museum. But she is not ready to accept defeat. Skilled at acquiring priceless, often illicitly trafficked artifacts, Irene is given a rare map believed to lead to a set of copper scrolls that chronicle the lost history of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer civilization. Such a find would not only restore her reputation, it would be the greatest archaeological discovery of the century.

Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in Appaloosa, where their work enforcing the law has been exceptionally quiet. All that is about to change. An ominous storm rolls in, and along with it a band of night riders with a devious scheme, who show up at the Rio Blanco camp, where a three-hundred-foot bridge is under construction.

Professor Moriarty’s new client is the manager of a West End theater. He’s three weeks away from opening his Christmas pantomime, the expensive spectacle that pays for the rest of the year. But after months of freak accidents and spooky incidents, the cast and crew are convinced the show is cursed. Worse, he’s out of money, and the rent is due.

Does love conquer all? Nell’s not so sure. Adjusting to wedlock isn’t easy for a woman whose initial aversion to the married state took her to the Poor Farm. When a tragedy out of the blue prompts her to repay past debts, her charitable instincts threaten to wreck her happy new life. What does she really want - and what does she really need? Join the beloved characters from the House of Closed Doors series as we bridge the years between Nell’s story and Sarah’s, interweaving stories of love and despair, darkness and light in the turbulent Chicago of the late 1870s.

Emily Jacobs is the descendant of a serial killer. Now she's become the hunted. She's on a quest that will take her to the secret underground of Europe and the inner circles of three ancient orders - one determined to kill her, one devoted to keeping her alive, and one she must ultimately save.

In this riveting debut novel, See What I Have Done, Sarah Schmidt recasts one of the most fascinating murder cases of all time into an intimate story of a volatile household and a family devoid of love. On the morning of August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden calls out to her maid, "Someone's killed Father." The brutal ax murder of Andrew and Abby Borden in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts, leaves little evidence and many unanswered questions.

Lukas Yoder, a novelist who has enjoyed a long, successful career, has finished what he believes to be his final work. Then a tragedy strikes in his community, and he becomes obsessed with writing about it. Meanwhile, Yoder's editor fights to preserve her integrity - and her author - as her firm becomes the target of a corporate takeover; a local critic who teaches literature struggles with his ambitions and with his feelings about Yoder's success; and a devoted reader holds the key to solving the mystery that haunts Yoder's hometown.

For unwed mother Nell Lillington, 1876 Chicago - and her new wealth - offer the promise of longed-for independence. She dreams of a place in society for her daughter Sarah and contentment for her friend Tess. Yet, how can she settle in a town where she’s far too likely to run into Martin Rutherford and his glittering, faithless wife, Lucetta? Can she resist her love for Martin for Sarah’s sake?

Kansas, 1872. Unwed mother Nell Lillington hopes to support her daughter Sarah and friend Tess by working as a seamstress in an isolated seminary. When her only ally among the seminary's leaders dies, she must choose between returning to her old life in Chicago and remaining in charge of her destiny.

An exotic mystery set in 11th-century Japan....Akitada is on his way to the bedside of his dying mother when bad weather forces him to take refuge in a temple whose central treasure is a brilliantly painted hell screen. Perhaps its violent imagery influences his dreams: that night he is awakened by a terrible scream.

It's only after Akitada returns to his family and a scene of domestic unhappiness and scandal that the significance of that cry becomes clear.

Año 1940. Europa está en manos de los nazis. En plena posguerra, Madrid pasa hambre y se ha convertido en un hervidero de espías de todas las potencias mundiales. Harry Brett, un antiguo soldado inglés que participó en la guerra civil y trabaja para el servicio secreto británico, debe ganarse la confianza de un antiguo condiscípulo, Sandy Forsyth, a fin de averiguar a qué negocios turbios se dedica en la España de Franco.ció tras la Batalla del Jarama.

La enfermera Hester Latterly debe acompañar a una anciana señora durante una visita a Londres. El asunto se complica cuando la mujer muere durante la noche. Al practicarle la autopsia se descubre que ha sido envenenada y ¿quién si no Hester puede haber sido la asesina? El inspector William Monk deberá hallar las pruebas incriminatorias para demostrar la culpabilidad de la enfermera o encontrar un asesino entre los miembros del enigmático y cerrado clan de los Farraline.

En el hospital londinense Royal Free cada día se combate con la muerte; no con el asesinato. Así que el hallazgo del cadáver de Prudence Barrymore, una amable enfermera de buena familia crea confusión y asombro. Pese a que la policía señala que Kristian Beck, un médico extranjero, es el culpable, la dirección del hospital encarga la investigación del caso a William Monk. Este, junto a la enfermera y amiga de la víctima Hester Latterly y el brillante abogado defensor Oliver Rathbone, desvelará los secretos intereses que en ocasiones empañan la imparcialidad de la justicia.

La lista de sospechosos de tanta desgracia y vergüenza nacional incluye al presidente Plutarco Elías Calles, al fundador de la crom, Luis N. Morones, a la renombrada madre Conchita, y a una serie de oscuros personajes encumbrados del clero de México, quienes organizaron un boicot comercial a nivel nacional para poner de rodillas al gobierno y cerraron los templos para privar de consuelo espiritual a la feligresía y enardecerla.