20 Best mystery books like An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12) by Charles Todd

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An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

By: Charles Todd

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the uneasy peace following World War I, nurse Bess Crawford runs into trouble and treachery in I…

If you liked the mystery plot in An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12) by Charles Todd , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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1. 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

Similar categories in Susan Elia MacNeal's The Prime Minister's Secret Agent (Maggie Hope, #4) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

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

2. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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3. Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.11

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Responding to an urgent plea from a troubled family friend, the Earl of Wrexford journeys to Oxford… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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4. 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
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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5. In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mystery #20)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.22

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the latest book in t… read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mystery #20) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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6. 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

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • 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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7. 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

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • 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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8. 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

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The White Lady book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • 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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9. 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

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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10. 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

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's Penny for Your Secrets (Verity Kent, #3) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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11. Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18)

By: C.S. Harris

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

June 1815. The people of London wait, breathlessly, for news as Napoleon and the forces united agai… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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12. Peril in Paris (Her Royal Spyness Mystery, #16)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.11

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her dashing husband, Darcy, are awaiting a bundle of joy, but an unexpec… read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's Peril in Paris (Her Royal Spyness Mystery, #16) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"We had a creamed turnip soup followed by a terrine that was composed of delightful layers of goodness knows what. Then a poached fillet of sole with pommes dauphine and finally a baba au rhum and cof…"

-Rhys Bowen, Peril in Paris (Her Royal Spyness Mystery, #16)

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13. 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

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • 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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14. An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

By: Charles Todd

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the uneasy peace following World War I, nurse Bess Crawford runs into trouble and treachery in I… read more

Similar categories in Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • world war i
  • british literature
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • ireland
  • audiobook
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15. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • british literature
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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16. A Certain Darkness (Verity Kent, #6)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Set in Downton Abbey-era post-World War I England, this action-packed series from the USA Today bes… read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's A Certain Darkness (Verity Kent, #6) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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17. 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

Similar categories in Susan Elia MacNeal's The King's Justice (Maggie Hope #9) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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18. 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

Similar categories in Anne Perry's A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5) book and Charles Todd's An Irish Hostage (Bess Crawford, #12)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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19. The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope, #10)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Los Angeles, 1943. As the Allies beat back the Nazis in the Mediterranean and the United States mil… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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20. 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)

Cover of A Truth to Lie For (Elena Standish, #4) by Anne Perry

21. A Truth to Lie For (Elena Standish, #4)

By: Anne Perry

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A lethal new weapon endangers all of Europe--unless Elena Standish can rescue an ingenious scientis… read more

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  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook

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