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Historical mysteries

Paperback. A brutal triple murder in a remote northwestern crofting community in 1869 leads to the arrest of a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae. A story ingeniously recounted through the accused's memoir, trial transcripts and newspaper reports, His Bloody Project is a riveting literary thriller that will appeal to fans of Hannah Kent's Burial Rites. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Saraband
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910192146
ISBN
9781910192146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.82

Hardback. Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in The Magician's Lie, a debut novel in which the country's most notorious female illusionist stands accused of her husband's murder-and she has only one night to convince a small-town policeman of her innocence. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FH; FRH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Legend Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781787199965
ISBN
9781787199965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.00

Paperback. In 1892 Arthur Conan Doyle, exhausted by his creation Sherlock Holmes, retires to the spa at Bad Homburg. The first person he encounters is Oscar Wilde. When the two friends make a series of macabre discoveries amongst the portmanteau of fan mail Conan Doyle has brought to answer, the game is once more afoot. Series: Oscar Wilde Mystery. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848542525
ISBN
9781848542525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. In OSCAR WILDE AND THE RING OF DEATH, the second in Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries series featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle, a parlour game of 'Murder' has lethal consequences.. 'Intelligent, amusing and entertaining' Alexander McCall Smith Series: Oscar Wilde Mystery. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
John Murray
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719569609
ISBN
9780719569609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848542495
ISBN
9781848542495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Series: K2 and Patricia Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FFC; FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509809509
ISBN
9781509809509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.11

Paperback. It's New Year's, 1950.. the end of a tumultuous decade. Lamont Cranston, the man that the world and the underworld know all too well as The Shadow, has had enough. It's time for the mysterious nemesis of crime to hang up his cloak, his slouch hat, and his twin 45s, and retire from public life. Num Pages: 144 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FFH; FXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 260 x 10. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Dynamic Forces Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606906828
ISBN
9781606906828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
The Funny Book Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992939328
ISBN
9780992939328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 131 x 25. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
The Funny Book Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992939311
ISBN
9780992939311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.69

Paperback. Sold to Pamela Dorman Books/Viking US in a significant six-figure two-book deal Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 30. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755348442
ISBN
9780755348442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Sold to Pamela Dorman Books/Viking US in a significant six-figure two-book deal Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780755348411
ISBN
9780755348411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. April 1933. To the costermongers of Covent Garden Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When Eddie is killed in a violent accident, the grieving costers are deeply skeptical about the cause of his death. Who would want to kill Eddie, and why? Series: Maisie Dobbs. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 272. Series: Maisie Dobbs. April 1933. To the costermongers of Covent Garden Eddie Pettit was a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When Eddie is killed in a violent accident, the grieving costers are deeply skeptical about the cause of his death. Who would want to kill Eddie, and why?. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FFH. Dimension: 203 x 137 x 24. Weight: 272.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749012243
ISBN
9780749012243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.22

Paperback. 1932. The remains of a young American cartographer, listed as missing in action, are unearthed in a French field, and his devastated parents engage investigator Maisie Dobbs, hoping she can find the unnamed nurse whose love letters were among their late son's belongings. Series: Maisie Dobbs. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 134 x 26. Weight in Grams: 284. Series: Maisie Dobbs. 416 pages. 1932. The remains of a young American cartographer, listed as missing in action, are unearthed in a French field, and his devastated parents engage investigator Maisie Dobbs, hoping she can find the unnamed nurse whose love letters were among their late son's belongings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FFH. Dimension: 199 x 134 x 26. Weight: 286.
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780749040888
ISBN
9780749040888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.21

Paperback. London, 1933. Two months after an Indian woman, Usha Pramal, is found murdered, her brother turns to Maisie Dobbs to find the truth about her death. But Maisie's investigation becomes clouded by the unfinished business of a previous case and at the same time her lover, James Compton, gives her an ultimatum she cannot ignore .. Series: Maisie Dobbs. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0002157
ISBN
9780749014599
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. April 1943 - A Mitsubishi transport plane plunges from the sky over the island of Bougainville. On board is Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, architect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In a document case chained to his wrist is the greatest secret of the Second World War - a revelation with the potential to change the world if it is ever revealed. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 122 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Corgi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780552167932
ISBN
9780552167932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.88

Paperback. 1913. The clouds of war are gathering and Europe is in turmoil. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes' retirement cottage. As Holmes and Watson investigate, they uncover a conspiracy with shocking ramifications: men who welcome the idea of a world war are seeking divine aid to make it a reality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781165430
ISBN
9781781165430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.83

Hardback. Series: A Henry Johnstone Mystery. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First World Publication
Condition
New
SKU
V9780727886552
ISBN
9780727886552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.81

Hardback. Series: A Henry Johnstone Mystery. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Severn House Publishers Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780727887030
ISBN
9780727887030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 7.28

Paperback. The debut novel by actress and presenter Janet Ellis, The Butcher's Hook is the dark and twisted tale of a young girl in 18th-century London determined to take her life in her own hands. No matter the cost. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FJH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 278 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473625150
ISBN
9781473625150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. Its 1655 years after Eden, and life on earth has already gone to hell. The world of man is a place of wanton cruelty and wickedness. Prehistoric monsters and stone-age marauders roam the land. Murder and destruction are the rule of the day. Humankind is a failed experiment. The story of man on the verge of his first apocalypse. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FFH; FX. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 170 x 259 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Image Comics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632157003
ISBN
9781632157003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

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