20 must-read fiction books like The Prisoner in the Castle (Maggie Hope, #8) by Susan Elia MacNeal

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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…

"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)

"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)

"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)

If you liked the fiction plot in The Prisoner in the Castle (Maggie Hope, #8) by Susan Elia MacNeal , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4) by Jacqueline Winspear

1. Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.02

Format: 322 pages, Hardcover

London, 1931. On the night before the opening of his new and much-anticipated exhibition at a famed… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"I've come to the conclusion that liking a person we are required to have dealings with is not of paramount importance. But respect is crucial, on both sides, as is tolerance, and a depth of understan…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4)

"It's because it's the beginning, and also the end. That was what she loved about the place where the water met the land. A promise of something fresh, a suggestion that even if what is happening now …"

-Jacqueline Winspear, Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4)

"With a true masterpiece, there are no words required. Discourse is rendered redundant. That's why the work of a master transcends all notions of education, of class. It rises above the onlooker's und…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4)

"She had always told herself that she did hti job because she wanted to help others; afterall, hadn't Maurice told her once that the most important question any individual could ask was, "How might I …"

-Jacqueline Winspear, Messenger of Truth (Maisie Dobbs, #4)

2. Leaving Everything Most Loved (Maisie Dobbs, #10)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The death of an Indian immigrant leads Maisie Dobbs into a dangerous yet fascinating world and take… read more

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3. Elegy for Eddie (Maisie Dobbs, #9)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Hardcover

In this latest entry in the acclaimed, bestselling mystery series, Maisie Dobbs takes on her most p… read more

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4. Journey to Munich (Maisie Dobbs, #12)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.06

Format: None pages, ebook

Working with the British Secret Service on an undercover mission, Maisie Dobbs is sent to Hitler's … read more

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5. Pardonable Lies (Maisie Dobbs, #3)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.16

Format: 320 pages,

In the third novel of this bestselling series, London investigator Maisie Dobbs faces grave danger … read more

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6. Birds of a Feather (Maisie Dobbs, #2)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.53

Format: 320 pages,

It is the spring of 1930, and Maisie has been hired to find a runaway heiress. When three of the he… read more

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7. An Incomplete Revenge (Maisie Dobbs, #5)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

3.99

Format: 11 pages, Hardcover

In her fifth outing, Maisie Dobbs, the extraordinary Psychologist and Investigator, delves into a s… read more

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8. The Mapping of Love and Death (Maisie Dobbs, #7)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.32

Format: 312 pages,

In the latest mystery in the New York Timesbestselling series, Maisie Dobbs must unravel a case of … read more

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9. 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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10. Among the Mad (Maisie Dobbs, #6)

By: Jacqueline Winspear , Orlagh Cassidy

2.33

Format: None pages, Audio CD

In the thrilling new novel by the New York Timesbestselling author of An Incomplete Revenge, Maisie… read more

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11. In This Grave Hour (Maisie Dobbs, #13)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.08

Format: 432 pages, ebook

"A female investigator every bit as brainy and battle-hardened as Lisbeth Salander." --Maureen Corr… read more

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12. Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4)

By: Ashley Weaver

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The fourth instalment in the delightful series following safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Naz… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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13. The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Lady Georgiana Rannoch is looking forward to her first ever turn as hostess for her very own house … read more

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  • british literature
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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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14. 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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  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
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  • 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)

Cover of A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17) by Jacqueline Winspear

15. 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
  • world war ii
  • 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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16. 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
  • world war ii
  • 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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17. Deadly Wedding (Deadly, #2)

By: Kate Parker

4.15

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Why murder a dying man? Olivia Denis is hesitant to help an old family friend get ready for her wed… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Penny for Your Secrets (Verity Kent, #3) by Anna Lee Huber

18. Penny for Your Secrets (Verity Kent, #3)

By: Anna Lee Huber

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

England, 1919. In Anna Lee Huber’s latest mystery, former Secret Service agent Verity Kent is findi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1) by Julia  Kelly

19. A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1)

By: Julia Kelly

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the … read more

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  • british literature
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  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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20. Murder Most Fair (Verity Kent, #5)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.15

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

All is far from quiet on the home front in national bestselling author Anna Lee Huber's captivating… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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21. 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
  • world war ii
  • scotland
  • 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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22. 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
  • world war ii
  • 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)

Cover of Treacherous Is the Night (Verity Kent, #2) by Anna Lee Huber

23. Treacherous Is the Night (Verity Kent, #2)

By: Anna Lee Huber

3.99

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

In 1919 England, in the shadow of The Great War, many look to the spirit world for answers. But it … read more

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  • historical
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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs, #14) by Jacqueline Winspear

24. 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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  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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"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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25. A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5)

By: Anne Perry

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elena Standish investigates the murder of a fellow MI6 agent near the country estate of one of Engl… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15) by Jacqueline Winspear

26. 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
  • world war ii
  • 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)

Cover of A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12) by Anna Lee Huber

27. A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.24

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, hope they’ve finally found peace after a … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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28. Deadly Gamble (Deadly #11)

By: Kate Parker

4.43

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1940s Portugal, everyone is willing to trade secrets if the price is right. Britain stands al… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • world war ii
  • historical fiction
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29. Deadly Darkness (Deadly, #6)

By: Kate Parker

4.26

Format: 318 pages, ebook

As Britain prepares for an imminent invasion, the murder of a celebrated Arctic explorer leads to t… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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30. Deadly Travel (Deadly, #5)

By: Kate Parker

4.38

Format: 321 pages, Kindle Edition

Travel to Berlin in 1939 is treacherous. Carrying out two clandestine missions in the enemy capital… read more

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  • historical
  • world war ii
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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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31. Deadly Deception (Deadly #4)

By: Kate Parker

4.31

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

How long can Britain hold out against Nazi aggression when traitors hide along the vulnerable south… read more

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  • historical mystery
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