9 Top historical fiction books like This is the Night They Come for You by Robert Goddard

Cover of This is the Night They Come for You by Robert Goddard

This is the Night They Come for You

By: Robert Goddard

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

On a stifling afternoon at Police HQ in Algiers, Superintendent Taleb, coasting towards retirement,…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in This is the Night They Come for You by Robert Goddard , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Act of Oblivion by Robert   Harris

1. Act of Oblivion

By: Robert Harris

4.07

Format: 463 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Fatherland, The Ghostwriter, Munich, and Conclave comes this spellbi… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Act of Oblivion book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
"He had no idea where they would go, or what they would do, or what dangers lay ahead. But with their love, and their Bible, with their absolute certainty in the power of the Lord and the protection o…"

-Robert Harris, Act of Oblivion

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2. The Secret Hours

By: Mick Herron

4.29

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, investigating "historical … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Secret Hours book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"We’re the Secret Service. We’re not here to be liked."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"And you can shut your damn mouth too." "Now now. Casual profanity’s the sign of a small fucking mind."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"Come on. You can buy me breakfast." "I've already had breakfast." "So have I. What's that got to do with it?"

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

"First Desk enjoyed coincidences the way she liked happy endings: outside of fiction, they were as trustworthy as a Tinder Profile."

-Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

Cover of The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) by Mark Billingham

3. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

By: Mark Billingham

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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4. The Trial

By: Rob Rinder

4.24

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

An unputdownable murder mystery by Britain's best-loved criminal barrister Rob Rinder. ONE MURDE… read more

Similar categories in Rob Rinder's The Trial book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Luckily,Mum,there aren't any nice young ladies in my life so that's not really a problem."

-Rob Rinder, The Trial

Cover of The Scarlet Papers by Matthew Richardson

5. The Scarlet Papers

By: Matthew Richardson

4.33

Format: 567 pages, Kindle Edition

VIENNA, 1946: A brilliant German scientist snatched from the ruins of Nazi Europe. MOSCOW, 1964:… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Scarlet Papers book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook

6. The Insider (Solomon Vine, #2)

By: Matthew Richardson

4.20

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

The thrilling novel of espionage and murder set in the dark heart of Westminster, from the UK's mos… read more

Similar categories in Matthew Richardson's The Insider (Solomon Vine, #2) book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • thriller
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7. Yesterday's Spy

By: Tom Bradby

3.89

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From British journalist and bestselling author, Tom Bradby, Yesterday's Spy is a brilliantly plotte… read more

Similar categories in Tom Bradby's Yesterday's Spy book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid

8. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. A Winter Grave

By: Peter May

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

It is the year 2051. Warnings of climate catastrophe have been ignored, and vast areas of the plane… read more

Similar categories in Peter May's A Winter Grave book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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10. A Spy Alone

By: Charles Beaumont

4.14

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

'This is first class' The Times 'A stunning debut' Maxim Jakubowski, Crime Time ‘A marvellously con… read more

Similar categories in Charles Beaumont's A Spy Alone book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) by Charles Cumming

11. Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3)

By: Charles Cumming

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Veteran agent Lachlan Kite―“a spy for the 21st century” ( Daily Mail )―reckons with the fallout fro… read more

Similar categories in Charles Cumming's Kennedy 35 (BOX 88 #3) book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • thriller
  • fiction
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12. Munich Wolf

By: Rory Clements

4.24

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

The gripping new 2024 thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The English Führer. In t… read more

Similar categories in Rory Clements's Munich Wolf book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) by Simon Mason

13. The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2)

By: Simon Mason

4.33

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

A four-year-old girl goes missing in plain sight outside her nursery in Oxford, a middle-class, aff… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's The Broken Afternoon (DI Ryan Wilkins, #2) book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Shadows of London (Marwood and Lovett #6) by Andrew  Taylor

14. The Shadows of London (Marwood and Lovett #6)

By: Andrew Taylor

4.38

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

London 1671 The damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital. When a man’s brut… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Taylor's The Shadows of London (Marwood and Lovett #6) book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of This is the Night They Come for You by Robert Goddard

15. This is the Night They Come for You

By: Robert Goddard

4.24

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

On a stifling afternoon at Police HQ in Algiers, Superintendent Taleb, coasting towards retirement,… read more

Similar categories in Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • mystery thriller
  • africa
  • thriller
  • unfinished
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre

16. The Cracked Mirror

By: Chris Brookmyre

4.07

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL You know Johnny Hawke. Hard-bitten LAP… read more

Similar categories in Chris Brookmyre's The Cracked Mirror book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Shadow Network (Dempsey/Devlin Book 5) by Tony Kent

17. The Shadow Network (Dempsey/Devlin Book 5)

By: Tony Kent

4.19

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you take down an enemy when no one believes they exist? When the lawyers of alleged war crim… read more

Similar categories in Tony Kent's The Shadow Network (Dempsey/Devlin Book 5) book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Crocodile Hunter: The spellbinding new thriller from the master of the genre (Jonas Merrick series) by Gerald Seymour

18. The Crocodile Hunter: The spellbinding new thriller from the master of the genre (Jonas Merrick series)

By: Gerald Seymour

4.01

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

'Compelling . . . almost Dickensian' The Times'The best thriller writer in the world' Daily Telegra… read more

Similar categories in Gerald Seymour's The Crocodile Hunter: The spellbinding new thriller from the master of the genre (Jonas Merrick series) book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Cook (Kamil Rahman, #2) by Ajay Chowdhury

19. The Cook (Kamil Rahman, #2)

By: Ajay Chowdhury

3.90

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

'A refreshing and welcome addition to the world of detective fiction' Abir Mukherjee'A real surpris… read more

Similar categories in Ajay Chowdhury's The Cook (Kamil Rahman, #2) book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Waiter (Kamil Rahman, #1) by Ajay Chowdhury

20. The Waiter (Kamil Rahman, #1)

By: Ajay Chowdhury

3.78

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Kamil Rahman, disgraced detective, turned waiter, is about to find himself embroiled in a case that… read more

Similar categories in Ajay Chowdhury's The Waiter (Kamil Rahman, #1) book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Precipice by Robert Harris

21. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's Precipice book and Robert Goddard's This is the Night They Come for You

  • audiobook
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

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Robert Harris

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4.11

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Rob Rinder

4.24

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Charles Cumming

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