14 Best historical mystery books like A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3) by Anne Perry

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A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

By: Anne Perry

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A personal trip turns perilous for Elena Standish after the murder of a British spy forces her to f…

If you liked the historical mystery plot in A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3) by Anne Perry , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) by Laurie R. King

1. The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

By: Laurie R. King

4.41

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) book and Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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2. 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 Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5) by Andrea Penrose

3. Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.13

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The upcoming marriage of the Earl of Wrexford and Lady Charlotte Sloane promises to be a highlight … read more

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5) book and Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"Without laughter to counter the injustices and absurdities of the world, life could so easily crush one's spirit."

-Andrea Penrose, Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

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4. Wild Irish Rose (Molly Murphy, #18)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen, now writing in partnership with her daughter, Clare B… read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's Wild Irish Rose (Molly Murphy, #18) book and Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17) by Rhys Bowen

5. 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

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's The Proof of the Pudding (Her Royal Spyness #17) book and Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mystery #20) by Rhys Bowen

6. 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 Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

7. 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 Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • 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)

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

8. 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 Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • 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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9. 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

Similar categories in Susan Elia MacNeal's The Last Hope book and Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • espionage
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear

10. 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 Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • 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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11. Murder at the Serpentine Bridge (Wrexford & Sloane, #6)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.19

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Charlotte, now the Countess of Wrexford, would like nothing more than a summer of peace and quiet w… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at the Serpentine Bridge (Wrexford & Sloane, #6) book and Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18) by C.S. Harris

12. 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 Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in Rose Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #27) by Victoria Thompson

13. Murder in Rose Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #27)

By: Victoria Thompson

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private detective husband Frank discover that the cure is worse than t… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Thompson's Murder in Rose Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #27) book and Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3) by Anne Perry

14. A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

By: Anne Perry

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

A personal trip turns perilous for Elena Standish after the murder of a British spy forces her to f… read more

Similar categories in Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3) book and Anne Perry's A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3)

  • espionage
  • historical
  • suspense
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

14 Best fiction books like A Darker Reality (Elena Standish #3) by Anne Perry

Transform Your Habits

The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

Laurie R. King

4.41

Transform Your Habits

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

Andrea Penrose

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

Andrea Penrose

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Wild Irish Rose (Molly Murphy, #18)

Rhys Bowen

4.05

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13 Top fiction books like Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7) by Andrea Penrose

Transform Your Habits

A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Transform Your Habits

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

Andrea Penrose

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Taken to the Grave (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #7)

Cara Devlin

4.54

Transform Your Habits

The Highgate Cemetery Murder (Tate and Bell Mystery, #1)

Irina Shapiro

4.35

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