18 must-read fiction books like The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3) by Sherry Thomas

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The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3)

By: Sherry Thomas

4.22

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, returns in the Victorian-set mystery series from the USA Today bes…

"Well, I always enjoy a case more once witnesses start quoting Shakespeare, don't you?"

-Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3)

"You might be surprised at the strength of the fragile. And for some people it is ordinary life that is most challenging, not so much the extraordinary."

-Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3)

"Miss Holmes eyed a third slice of Madeira cake, but did not reach for it—possibly because she was approaching Maximum Tolerable Chins, the point at which she began regulating further helpings of cakes and puddings."

-Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3)

"Inside the house she took off both her hat and her wig—a woman’s wig, this time—and sat down in front of the vanity table to massage her scalp. In the mirror she seemed thinner. Was she already down to only one point two chins? Another face appeared in the mirror. “Counting your chins?"

-Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3)

If you liked the fiction plot in The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3) by Sherry Thomas , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Mortal Arts (Lady Darby Mystery, #2)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Scotland, 1830. Lady Kiera Darby is no stranger to intrigue—in fact, it seems to follow wherever sh… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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2. The Anatomist's Wife (Lady Darby Mystery, #1)

By: Anna Lee Huber

3.96

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

“A riveting debut…an original premise, an enigmatic heroine, and a compelling Highland setting…a bo… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"We all must deal with our shadows the best we can. No one can conquer them for us."

-Anna Lee Huber, The Anatomist's Wife (Lady Darby Mystery, #1)

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3. A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

London, 1888. As colorful and unfettered as the butterflies she collects, Victorian adventuress Ver… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"She drew in a deep breath, mastering herself. “Forgive me. My nerves are worked to pieces."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

"You rise from your bed every day on two strong legs and can think only to complain that someone once spoke harshly to you."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

"...life is not about achievement. It is about the effort. If one takes pleasure in every step, one enjoys the whole journey."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

"Have you ever looked a starving beggar in the eye and thought that the privileges you enjoy are nothing more than a whim of the cosmos?"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

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4. A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

London, 1887. At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Vic… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Gentlemen are champion sulkers so long as one doesn’t call the behavior by that name."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)

"You do not yet know what it means to love someone more than yourself. I have no pride left, no delicacy. I cannot afford it. So I will tell you the truth: I wanted his happiness above all things."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)

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5. A Grave Matter (Lady Darby Mystery #3)

By: Anna Lee Huber

3.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her dear friend, Lady Kiera Darby is in need of a safe haven… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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6. As Death Draws Near (Lady Darby Mystery, #5)

By: Anna Lee Huber

3.97

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

"The latest mystery from the national bestselling author of A Study in Death tangles Lady Kiera Dar… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook

7. A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell, #1)

By: Deanna Raybourn

3.67

Format: 348 pages,

In her thrilling new series, Deanna Raybourn, the New York Timesbestselling author of the Lady Juli… read more

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8. A Study in Death (Lady Darby Mystery #4)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.90

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the national bestselling author of A Grave Mattercomes the latest riveting mystery featuring a… read more

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9. Murder on Black Swan Lane (A Wrexford & Sloane Mystery, #1)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.65

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In Regency London, an unconventional scientist and a fearless female artist form an unlikely allian… read more

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10. A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.29

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell is whisked off to a remote island off the tip of Cornwall … read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Lord Templeton-Vane bared his teeth in what a stupid person might have mistaken for a smile."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

"It’s the cleverest thing I have ever seen,’ she pronounced. ‘At first glance, you look like any other countrywoman, but you can move like a man in it.’ ‘I can move like a scientist,’ I corrected. ‘An…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

"His lips twisted. ‘Met. So tame a word for it. It was not a meeting, Veronica. I was introduced to her and it was like finding a part of myself that had been somehow walking the earth without me. She…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

"A rush of pleasure surged through me. This was how it had so often been between us, repartee serving as the language of the heart for us. Where others might whisper little poetries, Stoker and I enga…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

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11. A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell, #5)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.14

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beaucl… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"For my part, I ignored her jibes, as I had long ago formed the opinion that it is best never to notice children at all in any capacity lest they take a simple greeting as an overture for discussion -…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell, #5)

Cover of An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7) by Deanna Raybourn

12. An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.09

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell g… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Within a month the ring was gone, pawned to pay a debt, and I realized what I had done. I had shackled myself to a man who could not be trusted, upon whom I could never truly depend. Too late, I unde…"

-Deanna Raybourn, An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7)

Cover of A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) by Deanna Raybourn

13. A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, i… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"A man cannot choose to die when he has not yet learnt to live." Stoker"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"If I could have created a perfect woman, I could never have imagined you. But that is my failure. Not yours."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Not everyone shares your tendency to scorn the company of others." "Scorn the company of others! Thanks to you, I speak to entirely too many people, entirely too often."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Do you mean to dissuade me? Point out the flaws in my plan? Express your objections with vehemence and eloquence?" He tipped his head. "Actually, no." "Are you entirely well? Have you a fever? Should…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

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14. An Artless Demise (Lady Darby Mystery, #7)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.16

Format: 413 pages, ebook

November 1831. After fleeing London in infamy more than two years prior, Lady Kiera Darby’s return … read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Stroke of Malice (Lady Darby Mystery, #8) by Anna Lee Huber

15. A Stroke of Malice (Lady Darby Mystery, #8)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Lady Kiera Darby and her husband Sebastian Gage are looking forward to relaxing with new friends at… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8) by Deanna Raybourn

16. A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.20

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in t… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell, #6) by Deanna Raybourn

17. An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell, #6)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.04

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

A princess is missing, and a peace treaty is on the verge of collapse in this new Veronica Speedwel… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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18. Murder at Half Moon Gate (Wrexford & Sloane, #2)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.17

Format: 220 pages, ebook

A wealthy lord who happens to be a brilliant scientist . . . an enigmatic young widow who secretly … read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"History's boring," grumbled Raven, reluctantly sitting down. "Actually it's not," she countered. "It's all about the fascinating people--the politicians, the philosophers, the artists, the soldiers, …"

-Andrea Penrose, Murder at Half Moon Gate (Wrexford & Sloane, #2)

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19. A Brush with Shadows (Lady Darby Mystery, #6)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.19

Format: 383 pages, None

Sebastian Gage returns home to battle the ghosts of his past and prevent them from destroying his f… read more

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  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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20. The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3)

By: Sherry Thomas

4.22

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, returns in the Victorian-set mystery series from the USA Today bes… read more

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  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Well, I always enjoy a case more once witnesses start quoting Shakespeare, don't you?"

-Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3)

"You might be surprised at the strength of the fragile. And for some people it is ordinary life that is most challenging, not so much the extraordinary."

-Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3)

"Miss Holmes eyed a third slice of Madeira cake, but did not reach for it—possibly because she was approaching Maximum Tolerable Chins, the point at which she began regulating further helpings of cake…"

-Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3)

"Inside the house she took off both her hat and her wig—a woman’s wig, this time—and sat down in front of the vanity table to massage her scalp. In the mirror she seemed thinner. Was she already down …"

-Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3)

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

21. 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
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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook

13 best-selling adult books like The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3) by Sherry Thomas

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3.97

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Anna Lee Huber

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Anna Lee Huber

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Anna Lee Huber

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