10 must-read mystery thriller books like Death and the Maiden (Mistress of the Art of Death #5) by Ariana Franklin

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Death and the Maiden (Mistress of the Art of Death #5)

By: Ariana Franklin

3.73

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

At long last, the much-anticipated final installment in Ariana Franklin’s popular Mistress of the A…

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Cover of Plague Land (Somershill Manor Mystery, #1) by S.D. Sykes

1. Plague Land (Somershill Manor Mystery, #1)

By: S.D. Sykes

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Oswald de Lacy was never meant to be the Lord of Somerhill Manor. Despatched to a monastery at the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. The Chinese Bell Murders

By: Robert van Gulik

4.08

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

A.D. 668 Meet Judge Dee, the detective lauded as the "Sherlock Holmes of ancient China" — Fans o… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
"Justice outweighs human life."

-Robert van Gulik, The Chinese Bell Murders

"Con người chỉ là vật mọn Công lý mới là trên hết."

-Robert van Gulik, The Chinese Bell Murders

Cover of A Catch of Consequence (Makepeace Hedley #1) by Diana Norman

3. A Catch of Consequence (Makepeace Hedley #1)

By: Diana Norman

3.89

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

A captivating historical novel from the national bestselling author, as Ariana Franklin, of Mistres… read more

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  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1) by Susanna Gregory

4. A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)

By: Susanna Gregory

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Ellis Peters, A Plague on Both Your Houses introduces the physician Matthew Bar… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
Cover of The Wild Hunt (Ravenstow Trilogy #1) by Elizabeth Chadwick

5. The Wild Hunt (Ravenstow Trilogy #1)

By: Elizabeth Chadwick

4.20

Format: 288 pages,

During the 12th-century Welsh March Wars, King William Rufus orders Guyon, 28, to marry nearly 16-y… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • medieval
Cover of Sacrilege (Giordano Bruno, #3) by S.J. Parris

6. Sacrilege (Giordano Bruno, #3)

By: S.J. Parris

2.00

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical thriller set in sixteenth-century England and centered on the highly secretiv… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

7. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)

By: S.J. Parris

3.55

Format: 288 pages,

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more

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8. Absolution by Murder (Sister Fidelma, #1)

By: Peter Tremayne

4.40

Format: 80 pages,

In A.D. 664, King Oswy of Northumbria has convened a synod at Whitby to hear debate between the Rom… read more

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9. Taking Liberties

By: Diana Norman

3.50

Format: 134 pages,

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Cover of Murder at la Villette (Aimée Leduc Investigations, #21) by Cara Black

10. Murder at la Villette (Aimée Leduc Investigations, #21)

By: Cara Black

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc has been framed for the murder of her daughter’s father—n… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Suppression and Suspicion (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #15) by Melvin R. Starr

11. Suppression and Suspicion (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #15)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.21

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Delve into the world of fourteenth-century England in this thrilling historical mystery, the fiftee… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
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12. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) by C.S. Harris

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
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Winter List (Damian Seeker #6) by S.G. MacLean

14. The Winter List (Damian Seeker #6)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.38

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer, 1660. Cromwell is dead and Charles Stuart has been restored to the throne. Men who supporte… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia #11) by Lindsey Davis

15. Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia #11)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In first century Rome, Flavia Albia takes on an easy case that soon proves to be anything but as, a… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6) by Ellis Peters

16. The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

By: Ellis Peters

4.17

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael’s tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturb… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Love shared is no sin."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

"There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful."

-Ellis Peters, The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)

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17. Death and the Maiden (Mistress of the Art of Death #5)

By: Ariana Franklin

3.73

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

At long last, the much-anticipated final installment in Ariana Franklin’s popular Mistress of the A… read more

Similar categories in Ariana Franklin's Death and the Maiden (Mistress of the Art of Death #5) book and Ariana Franklin's Death and the Maiden (Mistress of the Art of Death #5)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5) by Ellis Peters

18. The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)

By: Ellis Peters

4.16

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

October 1139. A savage murder interrupts an ill-fated marriage set to take place at Brother Cadfael… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • medieval
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael)"

-Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)

"I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians."

-Ellis Peters, The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)

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

19. 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
Cover of Elusive (Scarlet Revolution, #2) by Genevieve Cogman

20. Elusive (Scarlet Revolution, #2)

By: Genevieve Cogman

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Revolutionary France is full of blood and bite as vampires plot for power. Eleanor, once a lowly… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

21. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

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

18 Best fiction books like Death and the Maiden (Mistress of the Art of Death #5) by Ariana Franklin

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S.D. Sykes

3.63

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Robert van Gulik

4.08

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A Catch of Consequence (Makepeace Hedley #1)

Diana Norman

3.89

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A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)

Susanna Gregory

3.00

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Barbara Nadel

3.65

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An Honourable Thief (Company of Rogues #1)

Douglas Skelton

4.09

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The King’s Evil (Marwood and Lovett #3)

Andrew Taylor

4.19

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S.G. MacLean

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