Archive Mysteries

The Archive Mysteries

The Old Ledger Press publishes historical mystery novels built around secrets preserved in charters, ledgers, parish records, and forgotten documents.

Across Europe and beyond, the quiet records of history often conceal dangerous truths — truths capable of altering fortunes, reputations, and lives.

Each series from The Old Ledger Press explores a different archive where forgotten records reveal mysteries buried for centuries.

The Borderland Archives Mysteries

Alsace — The Borderlands of Europe

For centuries the lands between France and the German states formed one of Europe’s most contested regions. Languages, loyalties, and governments shifted repeatedly as wars and treaties redrew the borders.

Within the archives of these border cities lie records capable of revealing secrets powerful interests would prefer to keep buried.

The Borderland Archives Mysteries explore cases uncovered in the ledgers, seals, and official documents preserved in the archives of Alsace and the surrounding territories—where forgotten records can expose conspiracies, hidden fortunes, and long-buried crimes.

Books in the series include:

• The Strasbourg Seal
• The Broken Register

The Abercorn Archive Mysteries

Scotland — 1706

Legal investigator Robert Kincaid discovers that the most dangerous secrets are often hidden in ink and seal within the quiet records of parish archives.

In the villages and estates surrounding Abercorn, forgotten charters and parish registers conceal disputes over land, inheritance, and reputation. When these documents surface, they can expose truths that powerful men would rather keep buried.

Each novel uncovers a new case drawn from the documents preserved within the Abercorn archive.

Books in the series include:

• The Abercorn Charter
• Mortcloth Money