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Historical Fiction October 2025 |
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The missing pages by Alyson RichmanHarry Widener, a promising and passionate book collector, boards the Titanic holding tight to a priceless volume he's just purchased in London. Neither the young man nor the book are ever seen again. Decades later mysterious things begin happening at his memorial library. A library page wonders if Harry Widener's ghost is trying to communicate to uncover a long-buried secret that the ardent young Harry took with him to the grave.
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The Elopement by Gill HornbyMary Dorothea Knatchbull is living under the sole charge of her widowed father, Sir Edward – a man of strict principles and high Christian values. But when her father marries Miss Fanny Knight, Mary’s life is suddenly changed. And as Mary Dorothea starts to bloom into a beautiful young woman, she forms an especial bond with one Mr. Knight in particular.
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The Gun Man Jackson Swagger by Stephen HunterA Pulitzer Prize winner returns with a classic Western—gunfights, horses, saloons and looming above, the ominous presence of the railroad—about a Civil War veteran investigating the dark reality of a prosperous ranch.
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Psychopomp & circumstance by Eden RoycePhee St. Margaret is born to a family of free Black business owners in New Charleston. When her Aunt Cleo, long estranged from the family, passes away, Phee risks her mother's wrath and accepts the highly honored duty of planning the funeral service. Traveling alone to the town of Horizon, Phee soon discovers that some secrets transcend the borders of life and death.
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Boleyn Traitor by Philippa GregoryJane Boleyn watches from the shadows of the Tudor court, where every choice is dangerous, and even the faintest whisper can seal the fate of queens. In a court ruled by ambition and a tyrant's sword, Jane must rely on her sharp wit and skillful maneuvering to outthink those around her, knowing that one wrong move could cost her everything.
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The Hong Kong widow by Kristen LoeschIn 1950s Hong Kong, refugee Mei enters a deadly séance competition in a haunted mansion to seek revenge against the man who ruined her life, but decades later, the horrors of that final night return, demanding she confront what truly happened.
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Shadow Ticket by Thomas PynchonMilwaukee 1932, private eye Hicks McTaggart searches for a Wisconsin cheese fortune heiress, but he's shanghaied onto a transoceanic liner to Hungary; before he finds her he will be entangled with Nazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, practitioners of the paranormal and outlaw motorcyclists.
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Murder at Somerset House by Andrea PenroseLord Wrexford's old friend's brother-in-law is accused of murdering a fellow member of the Royal Society at their London headquarters, Somerset House. Wrexford investigates with help from three young boys in his and Charlotte's care and discovers a technical innovation threatening to ignite a crisis throughout Europe.
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Her Wicked Roots by Tanya PellIn a retelling of the Nathaniel Hawthorne classic gothic story, "Rappaccini's Daughter," a young woman is lured to a lush estate owned by a botanist who might be hiding dark secrets.
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Cry havoc by Jack CarrAmidst the turbulent backdrop of 1968, Navy SEAL Tom Reece navigates a clandestine mission across Vietnam and beyond, uncovering a Soviet plot that threatens to reshape global power in a high-stakes tale of espionage, betrayal and brutal realism.
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The Silver Hills boarding house by Linda Lael MillerIn early-20th-century Montana, in the lead-up to the holiday season, a woman risks everything to protect her younger brother and sister in the unforgiving west -- and a widower sees in them a second chance at love and family.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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