🕰️ Historical Suspense

Tension and dread woven through meticulously researched settings, where the stakes feel heightened precisely because the past's rules, dangers, and power structures differ from our own.

Spies of the Balkans

by Alan Furst • 2010

1940 Salonika: a police fixer smuggles Jewish refugees to safety as Nazi spies close in.

3.94

7k+

🕵️ Espionage Noir 🚪 Escape Network 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

Spies of the Balkans 90%

1940 Salonika: a police fixer smuggles Jewish refugees to safety as Nazi spies close in.

by Alan Furst 2010

3.94

7k+ ratings

🕵️ Espionage Noir 🚪 Escape Network 🛡️ Reluctant Hero

The Art of a Lie

by Laura Shepherd-Robinson • 2025

An 18th-century widow killed her husband. The con man courting her chose the wrong mark.

4.10

7k+

🎭 Con Artist Thriller 🏙️ Georgian London 🗡️ Murderess Protagonist

The Art of a Lie 90%

An 18th-century widow killed her husband. The con man courting her chose the wrong mark.

by Laura Shepherd-Robinson 2025

4.10

7k+ ratings

🎭 Con Artist Thriller 🏙️ Georgian London 🗡️ Murderess Protagonist

A Conspiracy of Paper

by David Liss • 2000

A thief-taker in 1719 London probes his father's murder and finds a fraud that keeps killing.

3.87

12k+

🧾 Financial Conspiracy 🕯️ Historical Noir 🥊 Thief-Taker Hero

A Conspiracy of Paper 90%

A thief-taker in 1719 London probes his father's murder and finds a fraud that keeps killing.

by David Liss 2000

3.87

12k+ ratings

🧾 Financial Conspiracy 🕯️ Historical Noir 🥊 Thief-Taker Hero

The King's Deception

by Steve Berry • 2013

An ex-agent's London errand turns lethal: the pickpocket he's escorting holds a Tudor secret.

4.00

15k+

🏰 Tudor Intrigue 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Alternate History

The King's Deception 90%

An ex-agent's London errand turns lethal: the pickpocket he's escorting holds a Tudor secret.

by Steve Berry 2013

4.00

15k+ ratings

🏰 Tudor Intrigue 🕯️ Secret Society 📖 Alternate History

Revelation

by C.J. Sansom • 2008

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

4.37

28k+

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder

Revelation 90%

A Tudor lawyer hunts a serial killer staging murders modeled on the Bible's apocalyptic plagues.

by C.J. Sansom 2008

4.37

28k+ ratings

📜 Tudor Mystery ✝️ Religious Fanaticism 🔪 Ritual Murder

The Bishop's Pawn

by Steve Berry • 2018

A rare gold coin lures a rookie agent into the FBI's cover-up of the King assassination.

4.03

11k+

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔫 Assassination Conspiracy

The Bishop's Pawn 89%

A rare gold coin lures a rookie agent into the FBI's cover-up of the King assassination.

by Steve Berry 2018

4.03

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 🏛️ Political Thriller 🔫 Assassination Conspiracy

Eye of the Needle

by Ken Follett • 1978

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

4.22

171k+

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

Eye of the Needle 89%

A German spy knows the D-Day secret; a woman on a barren island must stop him.

by Ken Follett 1978

4.22

171k+ ratings

🕵️ WWII Espionage 🐈 Cat And Mouse 👩‍👦 Protective Mother

A Death in Vienna

by Daniel Silva • 2004

An art-restoring ex-spy hunts a Nazi war criminal after a Vienna bombing nearly kills his friend.

4.25

32k+

🕵️ Nazi Hunting 📜 Historical Thriller 🕵️‍♂️ Reluctant Spy

A Death in Vienna 89%

An art-restoring ex-spy hunts a Nazi war criminal after a Vienna bombing nearly kills his friend.

by Daniel Silva 2004

4.25

32k+ ratings

🕵️ Nazi Hunting 📜 Historical Thriller 🕵️‍♂️ Reluctant Spy

The Secret Supper

by Javier Sierra • 2007

A Dominican sent to decode da Vinci's Last Supper finds his anonymous informant is staging murders.

3.46

7k+

🎨 Art History Thriller ✝️ Religious Conspiracy 🔥 Cathar Heresy

The Secret Supper 89%

A Dominican sent to decode da Vinci's Last Supper finds his anonymous informant is staging murders.

by Javier Sierra 2007

3.46

7k+ ratings

🎨 Art History Thriller ✝️ Religious Conspiracy 🔥 Cathar Heresy

The Last Kingdom

by Steve Berry • 2023

A mad king's lost deed sends Cotton Malone on a hunt that could redraw the Pacific.

4.10

8k+

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 👑 Royal Intrigue 😈 Rival Brothers

The Last Kingdom 89%

A mad king's lost deed sends Cotton Malone on a hunt that could redraw the Pacific.

by Steve Berry 2023

4.10

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Conspiracy 👑 Royal Intrigue 😈 Rival Brothers

The Venetian Betrayal

by Steve Berry • 2007

A retired agent hunts Alexander's lost tomb, where a dictator seeks a cure to weaponize.

3.97

29k+

🏛️ Historical Thriller ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🕯️ Ancient Conspiracy

The Venetian Betrayal 89%

A retired agent hunts Alexander's lost tomb, where a dictator seeks a cure to weaponize.

by Steve Berry 2007

3.97

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Historical Thriller ⛏️ Archaeological Adventure 🕯️ Ancient Conspiracy

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton

by Jennifer N. Brown • 2026

A Tudor prophet's lost book draws a modern scholar into a manor where rivalry turns lethal.

3.62

2k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📜 Academic Mystery 👑 Tudor England

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton Summary

The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton 89%

A Tudor prophet's lost book draws a modern scholar into a manor where rivalry turns lethal.

by Jennifer N. Brown 2026

3.62

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📜 Academic Mystery 👑 Tudor England

The Darwin Affair

by Timothy Mason • 2019

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

3.66

11k+

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective

The Darwin Affair 89%

A detective hunting a royal assassin uncovers a conspiracy bent on destroying Charles Darwin.

by Timothy Mason 2019

3.66

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Victorian Detective 📜 Historical Conspiracy 👮 Disgraced Detective

1794

by Niklas Natt och Dag • 2019

Wolves are blamed for a bride's savage death. A broken one-armed ex-soldier doubts the story.

3.81

8k+

🕯️ Historical Noir 🔍 Damaged Investigators 😈 Sociopathic Villain

1794 89%

Wolves are blamed for a bride's savage death. A broken one-armed ex-soldier doubts the story.

by Niklas Natt och Dag 2019

3.81

8k+ ratings

🕯️ Historical Noir 🔍 Damaged Investigators 😈 Sociopathic Villain

One Desperate Life

by D.J. Maughan • 2024

A Chicago woman marries a charming stranger whose many names hide a trail of murdered women.

4.17

414

🧠 Psychological Suspense 😈 Charming Sociopath 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run

One Desperate Life 89%

A Chicago woman marries a charming stranger whose many names hide a trail of murdered women.

by D.J. Maughan 2024

4.17

414 ratings

🧠 Psychological Suspense 😈 Charming Sociopath 🏃‍♀️ Woman On The Run

The Atlas Maneuver

by Steve Berry • 2024

An operative shields Bitcoin's secret creator when her invention reveals a WWII gold conspiracy.

4.24

8k+

💰 Stolen War Gold 🏦 Banking Conspiracy 🔗 Crypto Thriller

The Atlas Maneuver 89%

An operative shields Bitcoin's secret creator when her invention reveals a WWII gold conspiracy.

by Steve Berry 2024

4.24

8k+ ratings

💰 Stolen War Gold 🏦 Banking Conspiracy 🔗 Crypto Thriller

The Bookmaker

by Chris Fraser • 2011

A broke bookmaker writes a dying man's memoirs. The man claims he assassinated JFK.

3.74

613

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Alternate History 🎯 Political Conspiracy

The Bookmaker 89%

A broke bookmaker writes a dying man's memoirs. The man claims he assassinated JFK.

by Chris Fraser 2011

3.74

613 ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🔄 Alternate History 🎯 Political Conspiracy

The Day of the Jackal

by Frederick Forsyth • 1971

A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.

4.27

147k+

🎯 Political Assassination 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Master Of Disguise

The Day of the Jackal 89%

A hired killer stalks President de Gaulle. One detective must unmask him before Liberation Day.

by Frederick Forsyth 1971

4.27

147k+ ratings

🎯 Political Assassination 🐱 Cat And Mouse 🎭 Master Of Disguise

The Impossible Thing

by Belinda Bauer • 2025

One impossible egg, stolen again. Two misfits hunt it through a century of dangerous obsession.

4.08

6k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Historical Crime 🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist

The Impossible Thing 89%

One impossible egg, stolen again. Two misfits hunt it through a century of dangerous obsession.

by Belinda Bauer 2025

4.08

6k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 🕯️ Historical Crime 🧠 Neurodivergent Protagonist

The Odessa File

by Frederick Forsyth • 1972

A reporter follows a suicide's diary into a secret SS network that hides war criminals from justice.

4.14

64k+

🎯 Nazi Hunting 🕯️ Postwar Reckoning 🎭 False Identity

The Odessa File 89%

A reporter follows a suicide's diary into a secret SS network that hides war criminals from justice.

by Frederick Forsyth 1972

4.14

64k+ ratings

🎯 Nazi Hunting 🕯️ Postwar Reckoning 🎭 False Identity

Red Rabbit

by Tom Clancy • 2002

A Soviet defector's warning sends a CIA analyst into St. Peter's Square to stop an assassination.

3.76

35k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🚂 Defector Extraction 😬 Reluctant Operative

Red Rabbit 89%

A Soviet defector's warning sends a CIA analyst into St. Peter's Square to stop an assassination.

by Tom Clancy 2002

3.76

35k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 🚂 Defector Extraction 😬 Reluctant Operative

Murder in Constantinople

by A.E. Goldin • 2024

A Jewish tailor finds his dead lover alive. Her trail ends at the Sultan’s palace.

3.44

570

🕎 Jewish Historical Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 False Identity

Murder in Constantinople 89%

A Jewish tailor finds his dead lover alive. Her trail ends at the Sultan’s palace.

by A.E. Goldin 2024

3.44

570 ratings

🕎 Jewish Historical Mystery 🕵️ Espionage Thriller 🎭 False Identity

Shelterwood

by Lisa Wingate • 2024

Children's skeletons in an Oklahoma cave pull a ranger toward a girl's desperate escape in 1909.

3.85

37k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family 👭 Sibling Protection

Shelterwood 89%

Children's skeletons in an Oklahoma cave pull a ranger toward a girl's desperate escape in 1909.

by Lisa Wingate 2024

3.85

37k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 🫂 Found Family 👭 Sibling Protection

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

by Amanda Quick • 2017

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

3.83

12k+

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero

The Girl Who Knew Too Much 89%

Fleeing murder, a secretary discovers a starlet's body at a Hollywood hotel run by an ex-magician.

by Amanda Quick 2017

3.83

12k+ ratings

🎬 1930s Hollywood 🎭 Hidden Identity 🖤 Wounded Hero

Jackdaws

by Ken Follett • 2001

Before D-Day, a British agent leads an all-female team of misfits against a Nazi communications hub.

4.09

44k+

🔍 Wwii Espionage 🪖 Women In Wartime ⚔️ French Resistance

Jackdaws 89%

Before D-Day, a British agent leads an all-female team of misfits against a Nazi communications hub.

by Ken Follett 2001

4.09

44k+ ratings

🔍 Wwii Espionage 🪖 Women In Wartime ⚔️ French Resistance

The Redbreast

by Jo Nesbø • 2000

A dying man's confession sends a troubled Oslo detective into the shadow of Norway's Nazi legacy.

3.95

111k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

The Redbreast 89%

A dying man's confession sends a troubled Oslo detective into the shadow of Norway's Nazi legacy.

by Jo Nesbø 2000

3.95

111k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🔍 Police Procedural 🥃 Haunted Detective

The Girl in the Green Dress

by Mariah Fredericks • 2025

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

3.51

2k+

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective

The Girl in the Green Dress 89%

A reporter in Jazz Age New York stalks a locked-room murder and the girl in green.

by Mariah Fredericks 2025

3.51

2k+ ratings

🎷 Jazz Age Mystery 🔒 Locked Room Mystery 📰 Reporter As Detective

A Plague of Zombies

by Diana Gabaldon • 2011

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

3.98

10k+

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic

A Plague of Zombies 89%

Jamaica 1761: a British officer finds the governor devoured and the colony blaming the walking dead.

by Diana Gabaldon 2011

3.98

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Caribbean Gothic 🔍 Historical Mystery 🧐 Rational Skeptic

The Spies of Warsaw

by Alan Furst • 2008

A French attaché in 1937 Warsaw spies on Nazi Germany, but his own government refuses to listen.

3.90

8k+

🕵️ Historical Espionage 📚 Literary Spy Fiction 😬 Reluctant Spy

The Spies of Warsaw 89%

A French attaché in 1937 Warsaw spies on Nazi Germany, but his own government refuses to listen.

by Alan Furst 2008

3.90

8k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Espionage 📚 Literary Spy Fiction 😬 Reluctant Spy

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker

by Patricia Meredith • 2021

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

4.06

190

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker Summary

Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Taker 89%

A beheading forces a masked thief and a detective to hunt a killer in a Spokane mansion.

by Patricia Meredith 2021

4.06

190 ratings

🔍 Historical Whodunit 🕯️ Gothic Atmosphere 🎭 Masked Thief

Aquitania

by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi • 2020

To rule Aquitaine, teenage Eleanor must wed her enemy, wield poison, and find her father's murderer.

3.79

13k+

🕸️ Political Intrigue 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Woman In Power

Aquitania 89%

To rule Aquitaine, teenage Eleanor must wed her enemy, wield poison, and find her father's murderer.

by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi 2020

3.79

13k+ ratings

🕸️ Political Intrigue 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Woman In Power

The Alice Network

by Kate Quinn • 2017

A pregnant girl fleeing a forced abortion enlists a ruined spy to find her missing cousin.

4.32

643k+

🌓 Dual Timeline 🕵️ Female Spies 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Alice Network 89%

A pregnant girl fleeing a forced abortion enlists a ruined spy to find her missing cousin.

by Kate Quinn 2017

4.32

643k+ ratings

🌓 Dual Timeline 🕵️ Female Spies 👨‍👩‍👧 Found Family

The Scarlet Papers

by Matthew Richardson • 2023

A struggling historian inherits a dead spy's memoir and becomes the target of a ruthless cover-up.

4.28

5k+

📡 Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Mole Hunt 🎭 Double Agent

The Scarlet Papers 89%

A struggling historian inherits a dead spy's memoir and becomes the target of a ruthless cover-up.

by Matthew Richardson 2023

4.28

5k+ ratings

📡 Cold War Espionage 🕵️ Mole Hunt 🎭 Double Agent

The Man from St. Petersburg

by Ken Follett • 1982

To prevent a war, an anarchist must kill the prince hidden by his former lover's husband.

3.95

38k+

🕵️ Historical Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plot 👤 Secret Parentage

The Man from St. Petersburg 89%

To prevent a war, an anarchist must kill the prince hidden by his former lover's husband.

by Ken Follett 1982

3.95

38k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Espionage 🎯 Assassination Plot 👤 Secret Parentage

Summer of the Smoke

by Luke Short • 1958

Wounded and broke, a scout stranded at a frontier post uncovers a trader's murderous double game.

4.18

101

🏜️ Frontier Justice 🌵 Gritty Western 🏘️ Small-Town Western

Summer of the Smoke 89%

Wounded and broke, a scout stranded at a frontier post uncovers a trader's murderous double game.

by Luke Short 1958

4.18

101 ratings

🏜️ Frontier Justice 🌵 Gritty Western 🏘️ Small-Town Western

The Rembrandt Affair

by Daniel Silva • 2010

A restorer is killed, a Rembrandt taken: a spy tracks the Nazi loot to a Swiss billionaire.

4.33

38k+

🎨 Art World Espionage 📜 Nazi-Looted Art 🕵️ Reluctant Spy

The Rembrandt Affair 89%

A restorer is killed, a Rembrandt taken: a spy tracks the Nazi loot to a Swiss billionaire.

by Daniel Silva 2010

4.33

38k+ ratings

🎨 Art World Espionage 📜 Nazi-Looted Art 🕵️ Reluctant Spy

1795

by Niklas Natt och Dag • 2021

1795. One woman's secret could topple Stockholm's rulers, if she lives long enough to use it.

3.46

4k+

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🏃‍♀️ Hunted Woman ⚖️ Systemic Corruption

1795 89%

1795. One woman's secret could topple Stockholm's rulers, if she lives long enough to use it.

by Niklas Natt och Dag 2021

3.46

4k+ ratings

🖤 Scandinavian Noir 🏃‍♀️ Hunted Woman ⚖️ Systemic Corruption

A Pair of Aces

by Marie Benedict • 2026

A notorious madam and a Black prosecutor secretly team up to take down Lucky Luciano.

4.06

7k+

🏛️ Legal Drama 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🗽 1930s New York

A Pair of Aces 89%

A notorious madam and a Black prosecutor secretly team up to take down Lucky Luciano.

by Marie Benedict 2026

4.06

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Legal Drama 🤝 Unlikely Allies 🗽 1930s New York

A Column of Fire

by Ken Follett • 2017

A Protestant spy loves a Catholic woman through decades of Tudor treachery and the Gunpowder Plot.

4.27

127k+

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elizabethan England 💔 Forbidden Love 🕵️ Spymaster Protagonist

A Column of Fire 89%

A Protestant spy loves a Catholic woman through decades of Tudor treachery and the Gunpowder Plot.

by Ken Follett 2017

4.27

127k+ ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elizabethan England 💔 Forbidden Love 🕵️ Spymaster Protagonist

Alex Cross's Trial

by James Patterson • 2009

Sent by Roosevelt to probe Mississippi lynchings, a lawyer learns his oldest friend leads the Klan.

4.01

32k+

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🌾 Jim Crow South 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Alex Cross's Trial 89%

Sent by Roosevelt to probe Mississippi lynchings, a lawyer learns his oldest friend leads the Klan.

by James Patterson 2009

4.01

32k+ ratings

⚖️ Legal Thriller 🌾 Jim Crow South 🤝 Unlikely Allies

Agony Hill

by Sarah Stewart Taylor • 2024

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

3.83

2k+

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

Agony Hill 89%

In 1960s Vermont, a grieving detective questions a farmer's barn-fire death the town calls suicide.

by Sarah Stewart Taylor 2024

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Mystery 📖 Literary Mystery 🔒 Family Secrets

The Secret Keeper

by Kate Morton • 2012

A girl saw her mother commit murder. Fifty years later, she unearths the wartime secret.

4.16

175k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets 💔 Love Triangle Tragedy

The Secret Keeper 89%

A girl saw her mother commit murder. Fifty years later, she unearths the wartime secret.

by Kate Morton 2012

4.16

175k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Secrets 💔 Love Triangle Tragedy

The 14th Colony

by Steve Berry • 2016

A former spy races to stop a Soviet sleeper from nuking the inauguration.

4.07

13k+

🥶 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Sleeper Agent ☢️ Nuclear Terrorism

The 14th Colony 89%

A former spy races to stop a Soviet sleeper from nuking the inauguration.

by Steve Berry 2016

4.07

13k+ ratings

🥶 Cold War Thriller 🕵️ Sleeper Agent ☢️ Nuclear Terrorism

The Lost Order

by Steve Berry • 2017

A rare book dealer follows his ancestor's coded clues to a secret society's lost Confederate vault.

4.09

11k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🗺️ Treasure Hunt 🕯️ Secret Society

The Lost Order 89%

A rare book dealer follows his ancestor's coded clues to a secret society's lost Confederate vault.

by Steve Berry 2017

4.09

11k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🗺️ Treasure Hunt 🕯️ Secret Society

Lord John and the Private Matter

by Diana Gabaldon • 2003

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

3.76

51k+

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives

Lord John and the Private Matter Summary

Lord John and the Private Matter 89%

Diseased fiancé, murdered spy: Lord John Grey follows the trail into London's Georgian molly-houses.

by Diana Gabaldon 2003

3.76

51k+ ratings

🕵️ Historical Mystery 🏳️‍🌈 Gay Protagonist 🎭 Hidden Lives

The Chase

by Clive Cussler • 2007

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

4.00

20k+

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective

The Chase 89%

A detective hunts a disguise artist whose bank heists kill without witnesses in the Old West.

by Clive Cussler 2007

4.00

20k+ ratings

🔍 Cat And Mouse Pursuit 🎭 Master Of Disguise 🕵️ Wealthy Detective

The Small Boat of Great Sorrows

by Dan Fesperman • 2003

A Bosnian exile in Berlin goes undercover to trap a war criminal who knew his father.

4.01

808

🔍 Hunting War Criminals 🧬 Inherited Guilt 🕵️ Undercover Operation

The Small Boat of Great Sorrows 89%

A Bosnian exile in Berlin goes undercover to trap a war criminal who knew his father.

by Dan Fesperman 2003

4.01

808 ratings

🔍 Hunting War Criminals 🧬 Inherited Guilt 🕵️ Undercover Operation

An Assassination on the Agenda

by T.E. Kinsey • 2024

A murdered agent draws Lady Hardcastle and her companion into a plot to assassinate an archduke.

4.48

5k+

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo 🌍 Pre-WWI Intrigue 🕯️ Secret Conspiracy

An Assassination on the Agenda 89%

A murdered agent draws Lady Hardcastle and her companion into a plot to assassinate an archduke.

by T.E. Kinsey 2024

4.48

5k+ ratings

🕵️ Amateur Sleuth Duo 🌍 Pre-WWI Intrigue 🕯️ Secret Conspiracy

The Phoenix Crown

by Kate Quinn • 2024

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

3.86

51k+

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Phoenix Crown 89%

In 1906 San Francisco, three women track a vanished artist into a charming patron's private asylum.

by Kate Quinn 2024

3.86

51k+ ratings

🔍 Historical Mystery 💕 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity

The Jefferson Key

by Steve Berry • 2011

Framed for a presidential hit, an ex-agent follows a Jefferson cipher into a war with pirate heirs.

3.92

22k+

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 📜 Historical Conspiracy 🗝️ Ancient Secret Society

The Jefferson Key 89%

Framed for a presidential hit, an ex-agent follows a Jefferson cipher into a war with pirate heirs.

by Steve Berry 2011

3.92

22k+ ratings

🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 📜 Historical Conspiracy 🗝️ Ancient Secret Society

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