17 best-selling fiction books like A Cruel Deception (Bess Crawford, #11) by Charles Todd

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A Cruel Deception (Bess Crawford, #11)

By: Charles Todd

3.98

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford attempts to save a troubled former soldier fro…

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1. The Care and Management of Lies

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.53

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The New York Timesbestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs series turns her prodigious talents to thi… read more

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  • world war i
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"Their love was thus seeded in the rich soil of mutual understanding."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Care and Management of Lies

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2. The Prime Minister's Secret Agent (Maggie Hope, #4)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.90

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry, The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent is… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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3. The Paris Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery #7)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

4.00

Format: 32 pages,

American-born codebreaker extraordinaire, Maggie Hope, must stop a traitor from uncovering England'… read more

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  • historical
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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4. The Queen's Accomplice (Maggie Hope Mystery #6)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.16

Format: 315 pages,

Spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope returns to war-weary London, where she is thrust in… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery

5. Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante (Maggie Hope Mystery, #5)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

December 1941. Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C.… read more

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6. A Lesson in Secrets (Maisie Dobbs, #8)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

0.00

Format: None pages,

In the summer of 1932, Maisie Dobbs' career goes in an exciting new direction when she accepts an u… read more

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7. His Majesty's Hope (Maggie Hope Mystery, #3)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.16

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

World War II has finally come home to Britain, but it takes more than nightly air raids to rattle i… read more

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8. Murder in Morningside Heights (Gaslight Mystery, #19)

By: Victoria Thompson

3.00

Format: 9 pages,

In the latest from the bestselling author of Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue, former police sergeant … read more

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9. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

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10. A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.27

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"Yet the alternative he had suggested smacked of privilege, and wasn't privilege always bolstered by a discrimination of sorts?"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

"...places leave their mark in the same way that a human being can touch us. We have to make our peace with place, with the locations where we have spent time. We consider how we've been affected by b…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

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11. The Last Hope

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

All will be revealed in the no-holds-barred finale of the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Awar… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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12. The White Lady

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.07

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine/sleuth from Jacqueline Winspear, creato… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"Give me strong young womenfolk with sharp elbows, Charlotte, my dear, and they will make a good account of themselves in this world."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

"And then there's that double-barreled name a lot of them toffs have, like they have to drag their ancestors up from the grave so we all know who they're related to."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

". . . it was known German soldiers would go door-to-door to take males of working age, or boys on the cusp of manhood. They always took the men, leaving only the women, children and elderly. Women we…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

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13. What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19)

By: C.S. Harris

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11) by Iona Whishaw

14. Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.39

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

Beginning with a bang, the latest mystery in the series Publishers Weekly calls “highly entertainin… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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15. A Cruel Deception (Bess Crawford, #11)

By: Charles Todd

3.98

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford attempts to save a troubled former soldier fro… read more

Similar categories in Charles Todd's A Cruel Deception (Bess Crawford, #11) book and Charles Todd's A Cruel Deception (Bess Crawford, #11)

  • mystery thriller
  • world war i
  • british literature
  • historical
  • france
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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16. The Prisoner in the Castle (Maggie Hope, #8)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.97

Format: 321 pages, ebook

American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope must solve a baffling series of murde… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"Always remember, when you're on the run, instinct will take over- and if you're not careful, you'll become nothing more than an animal."

-Susan Elia MacNeal, The Prisoner in the Castle (Maggie Hope, #8)

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17. The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"Children should always be believed until proven otherwise."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"know that expression—only a man could cause a woman to look like that"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"Fear had to be handled with care, managed so it became a tool, not a weight."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"I believe it’s called ‘irrational reasoning.’ It’s what happens to people when they’re scared"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

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18. The King's Justice (Maggie Hope #9)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

4.02

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Could a stolen violin be linked to a serial killer terrorizing London during World War II? Only sec… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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19. Murder on Bedford Street (Gaslight Mystery, #26)

By: Victoria Thompson

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must stop a killer lurking among … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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20. To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs, #14)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.22

Format: 352 pages, ebook

During the months following Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, Maisie Dobbs investigates the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"There is no path set for this kind of shock, and for the grief that attends such terrible news."

-Jacqueline Winspear, To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs, #14)

"about putting on the light in a dark room. He told me that when we keep secrets they grow inside us, and we can’t see the truth of them anymore."

-Jacqueline Winspear, To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs, #14)

"Tragedy is so personal, but it doesn’t mean it hasn’t happened before, to someone, somewhere—it’s what helps us to understand and bring solace to others, knowing something of what they feel."

-Jacqueline Winspear, To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs, #14)

"And I know only too well how time can cast a sort of skin over an event—a membrane that gets thicker until a point where broaching the subject is all but impossible, even when you think you can face …"

-Jacqueline Winspear, To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs, #14)

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21. The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.32

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs, “one of the great fictional heroines” (Parade), investigates the myst… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"The irony in any investigation was that lies were often protectors of the truth—unless they became too powerful, in which case lies were like worker bees who turn on their queen."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

"People don't realize how desolate you feel. How this ache never goes; it's like a weight in the middle of the body, a bad ache in the gut every single day. And the thing is, it's not simply a case of…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

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3.90

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4.46

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