London 1671, and the damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital. And when a man’s brutally disfigured body is discovered in the ruins of an ancient almshouse, architect Cat Hakesby is ordered to stop restoration work. It is obvious he has been murdered, and Whitehall secretary James Marwood is ordered to investigate. […]
The Book of Eve by Meg Clothier
Beatrice is the convent’s librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts. Then, one carnival night, two women, bleeding and stricken, are abandoned outside the convent’s walls. Moments from death, one of them presses something into Beatrice’s hands: a bewitching book whose pages have a dangerous […]
Blood Eagle by Tim Hodkinson
In AD936, Brittany is torn apart by war. Many nobles have sought refuge in King Athelstan’s England, including Louis, prospective king of Francia. Einar and the Wolf Coats, disillusioned by events in Norway, are also at Athelstan’s court. When Louis decides to take up his throne, Athelstan sees a way to make a crucial ally: […]
The Bookseller of Inverness by SG MacLean
After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drummossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally slashed, he survived only by pretending to be dead as the Redcoats patrolled the corpses of his Jacobite comrades. Six years later, with the clan chiefs routed and the Highlands subsumed into the British state, Iain lives a quiet life, […]
The Darkest Sin by DV Bishop
Florence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city’s northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets. When a man’s body is found deep inside the convent, stabbed more than two dozen times, the case becomes even more complicated. Unthinkable […]
A New Home in the Dales by Betty Firth
October 1940. Twenty-three-year-old Bobby Bancroft is working as a typist for a city newspaper, but she longs to be breaking the news herself. When she successfully applies for a junior reporter role at The Tyke, a magazine serving the Yorkshire Dales, she’s thrilled to be entering the world of journalism – even if she only […]
Historia giveaway: the 2022 HWA Debut Crown Award shortlist
The 2023 HWA Crown Awards are now open for entry! Details are at the bottom of this page and full information is on the HWA website. To celebrate, Historia is giving away all six books shortlisted for the Debut Crown Award in 2022. Two winners will each receive:The Leviathan by Rosie AndrewsMoonlight and the Pearler’s […]
Paris Requiem by Chris Lloyd
Paris, September 1940, and after three months under Nazi Occupation, not much can shock Detective Eddie Giral. That is, until he finds a murder victim who was supposed to be in prison. Eddie knows, because he put him there. The dead man is not the first or the last criminal being let loose onto the […]