7 best-selling mystery thriller books like The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1) by K.J. Maitland

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The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

By: K.J. Maitland

3.70

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

1606. A year to the day that men were executed for conspiring to blow up Parliament, a towering wav…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1) by K.J. Maitland , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. 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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2. Prophecy (Giordano Bruno, #2)

By: S.J. Parris

3.62

Format: 186 pages,

S. J. Parris returns with the next Giordano Bruno mystery, set inside Queen Elizabeth's palace and … read more

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3. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Black Drop (Laurence Jago, #1)

By: Leonora Nattrass

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This is the confession of Laurence Jago. Clerk. Gentleman. Reluctant spy. July 1794, and the str… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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5. Daughters of Night

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.17

Format: 580 pages, Hardcover

From the brothels and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shephe… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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6. Blood & Sugar

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

3.93

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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7. The Other Gwyn Girl

By: Nicola Cornick

4.30

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

1671 – London The Civil War is over and Charles II, the ‘Merry Monarch’, is revelling in the thr… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Cornick's The Other Gwyn Girl book and K.J. Maitland's The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

  • 17th century
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • historical mystery
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8. 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
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9. Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy)

By: Dan Jones

4.16

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The epic sequel to Essex Dogs, continuing the New York Times bestselling historian's trilogy of nov… read more

Similar categories in Dan Jones's Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy) book and K.J. Maitland's The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
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10. 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

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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11. Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.28

Format: 416 pages, ebook

1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chl… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) book and K.J. Maitland's The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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12. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

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13. Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7)

By: S.J. Parris

4.28

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

Prague, 1588 A COURT IN TURMOIL The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundari… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Parris's Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7) book and K.J. Maitland's The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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14. The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #3)

By: Kate Mosse

4.05

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Next in the #1 Sunday Times bestselling series, New York Times bestselling author Kate Mosse return… read more

Similar categories in Kate Mosse's The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #3) book and K.J. Maitland's The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. 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

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  • 17th century
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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16. The Rebel's Mark (Nicholas Shelby #5)

By: S.W. Perry

4.50

Format: 459 pages, Kindle Edition

Elizabeth's reign is reaching its winter and England's old adversaries are fading. But in a world o… read more

Similar categories in S.W. Perry's The Rebel's Mark (Nicholas Shelby #5) book and K.J. Maitland's The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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17. The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

By: K.J. Maitland

3.70

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

1606. A year to the day that men were executed for conspiring to blow up Parliament, a towering wav… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Maitland's The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1) book and K.J. Maitland's The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • 17th century
  • british literature
  • historical
  • religion
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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18. Blue Water (Laurence Jago, #2)

By: Leonora Nattrass

3.51

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Death came aboard with the cormorant. It arrived on the seventh day of our voyage... This is the… read more

Similar categories in Leonora Nattrass's Blue Water (Laurence Jago, #2) book and K.J. Maitland's The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Scarlet Town (Laurence Jago, #3) by Leonora Nattrass

19. Scarlet Town (Laurence Jago, #3)

By: Leonora Nattrass

3.97

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

1796. A rigged election. A town at war. a murderer at large... Disgraced former Foreign Office c… read more

Similar categories in Leonora Nattrass's Scarlet Town (Laurence Jago, #3) book and K.J. Maitland's The Drowned City (Daniel Pursglove, #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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20. The Darkest Sin (Cesare Aldo #2)

By: D.V. Bishop

4.21

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The Darkest Sin is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Florence … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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21. The King’s Mother

By: Annie Garthwaite

4.49

Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition

1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – ei… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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