Books tagged: historical thriller

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The Cyclist - A World War II Thriller    by Fred Nath
Price: $2.99 USD. 87620 words. Published by Fingerpress  on November 29, 2010. .

"Brilliantly executed..." "A haunting and bittersweet novel" Nazi-occupied Aquitaine, 1943: A beautiful young woman is found murdered in the shadow of the Bergerac Prefecture. The Chief of Police suspects a German Security Police Major of the crime. His actions result in a desperate trek towards neighbouring Switzerland, pursued by the German Sicherheitspolizei. A gripping wartime story.
The Grace    by Jacob Magnus
Price: Free! 4470 words. Published on March 30, 2011. .

The armies of Assyria hound Nabopolassar to Babylon. Can he save the city…and himself?
The Lost Mine Murders    by Sharon Rowse
Price: $4.99 USD. 79620 words. Published by Three Cedars Press  on April 21, 2011. .

An infant sold into slavery. A legendary lost gold mine. A murdered client. It’s December, 1899 and gentleman/adventurer John Lansdowne Granville has given his word to return the child to her mother. Tension sizzles as Granville and Emily race against time and implacable enemies to catch the killers and find the little girl in this fast-paced sequel to The Silk Train Murder.
In All His Glory: A Novel of Ancient Egypt    by John Howard Reid
Price: $3.99 USD. 72270 words. Published on May 13, 2011. .

Lifted from the pages of The Book of Kings, the story of Jeroboam in Ancient Egypt is brought to life. With splendid detail, the reader is transported back to the days of the Pharaohs and submerged into the ordeals of a hostile desert land, as Jeroboam, an outcast from his own country, struggles to survive among Egyptian royalty. Reid has obviously done his homework. Details are full and vibrant.
Dark Streets of Whitechapel: A Jack The Ripper Mystery    by R. Barri Flowers
Price: $7.99 USD. 63660 words. Published on July 24, 2011. .

This is a heart-pounding historical thriller featuring Jack the Ripper. In New York City in 1888, Dr. Jack Lewiston, a respected surgeon and madman, escapes from custody and flees to London. Detective Henry Marboro is brought out of retirement and heads to London to find the doctor and bring him back to America--dead or alive--hopefully before any more prostitutes are murdered.
Depth of Deception (A Titanic Murder Mystery)    by Alexander Galant
Price: $0.99 USD. 96870 words. Published on March 23, 2012. .

"Award-Winning Finalist in the E-Book: Mystery/Thriller/Adventure category of the 2012 International Book Awards" It is 1982, and a young woman in Edwardian clothing is foundfloating unconscious in the Atlantic with a ticket for the RMS Titanic. Is it a bizarre case of time-travel that links her to anunsolved murder from 1909, or an elaborate hoax?
House of Corruption    by Erik Tavares
Price: $1.99 USD. 91050 words. Published on May 10, 2012. .

In 1890s New Orleans, three unusual men cross paths: Reynard LaCroix, his lycanthropy in remission with a silver bullet lodged against his heart; Artémius Savoy, a lapsed secular priest keeping vigil over Reynard's progress; and Mahonri Grant, a Mormon gunslinger on the run. Brought together by murder, united in a common cause, they pursue an unholy creature to save a young woman's life.
Beneath the Satin Gloves    by Britt Skrabanek
Price: $3.99 USD. 73930 words. Published on July 23, 2012. .

A modern day woman, torn by her illusive dreams, awakens to a strange life in 1943, hurdled against the throes of destruction in wartime Berlin. Following a haphazard trail of clues, she discovers her new identity as Alina Feuer, code-named Sparrow, a famous entertainer, seducing a high-ranking SS officer to gather vital information for the Allies.
The Absinthe Cloud    by Timothy Everhart
Price: $2.99 USD. 82000 words. Published on July 28, 2012. .

The Absinthe Cloud is a fast-paced historical thriller about a group of intelligence agents on the trail of anarchist bombers in Paris in 1900. It features Patrick Dupuy, a young man recruited into intelligence work by a spy named Robert LePage, whom Patrick is uncertain he can trust. Together, they canvass the city and uncover a larger plot to send France on the path to war.
Considerable Advantage    by GJ Kelly
Price: $1.99 USD. 68660 words. Published on August 31, 2012. .

An author searching for his family roots discovers a journal written by his great-grandfather. The journal contains remarkable revelations and curious items of physical evidence relating to murder and political conspiracy at the height of Victorian England's golden age of progress.