26 must-read historical books like Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15) by Will Thomas

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Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

By: Will Thomas

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, along with his partner Thomas Llewelyn, has a long, accomplishe…

If you liked the historical plot in Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15) by Will Thomas , here is a list of 26 books like this:

1. What Darkness Brings (Sebastian St. Cyr, #8)

By: C.S. Harris

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

London, September 1812. After a long night spent dealing with the tragic death of a former military… read more

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2. 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 Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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3. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) by Deanna Raybourn

4. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • 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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5. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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6. Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4)

By: Ashley Weaver

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The fourth instalment in the delightful series following safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Naz… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Weaver's Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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7. Taken to the Grave (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #7)

By: Cara Devlin

4.54

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The Bow Street Duchess Mystery series comes to a thrilling conclusion in the seventh and final book… read more

Similar categories in Cara Devlin's Taken to the Grave (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #7) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. The Highgate Cemetery Murder (Tate and Bell Mystery, #1)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.35

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

His heart pounding, the man scribbles the words in his notebook as fast as he can: “Woman dead in H… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's The Highgate Cemetery Murder (Tate and Bell Mystery, #1) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. Deadly Betrayal (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #8)

By: Carla Simpson

4.57

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

"Ghosts of the past…The very case that made Brodie leave the Metropolitan Police returns to jeopard… read more

Similar categories in Carla Simpson's Deadly Betrayal (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #8) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

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

10. 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 Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

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

11. 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 Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • 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)

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12. 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 Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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13. 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

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Resurrection Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 7) by Karen Charlton

14. The Resurrection Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 7)

By: Karen Charlton

4.67

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

A corpse rises from the dead in the morgue at Guy's Hospital, and his missing pantaloons appear to … read more

Similar categories in Karen Charlton's The Resurrection Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 7) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

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

15. 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

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. Secrets of a Scottish Isle (Jane Wunderly, #5)

By: Erica Ruth Neubauer

3.65

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

On an isolated isle off the western coast of Scotland, spirited American Jane Wunderly must investi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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17. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

By: John Shen Yen Nee

3.62

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

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18. 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 Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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19. Speculations in Sin

By: Jennifer Ashley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

To save an innocent man’s life, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must expose a financial scam t… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ashley's Speculations in Sin book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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20. A Darkness in Seven Dials (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Book 17)

By: Ashley Gardner

4.58

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

March 1820When James Denis is arrested for murder and lands himself in Newgate, it falls to me to p… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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21. Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

By: Will Thomas

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, along with his partner Thomas Llewelyn, has a long, accomplishe… read more

Similar categories in Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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22. A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5)

By: Anne Perry

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elena Standish investigates the murder of a fellow MI6 agent near the country estate of one of Engl… read more

Similar categories in Anne Perry's A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1) by Patrice McDonough

23. Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1)

By: Patrice McDonough

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the twilight streets of Victorian London, a gruesome series of murders unfolds, and Dr. Julia Le… read more

Similar categories in Patrice McDonough's Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12) by Anna Lee Huber

24. 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 Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2) by Irina Shapiro

25. Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The chill of winter has descended on London. But for Sebastian Bell and Gemma Tate, there will be l… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Bones Buried Deep (Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries #4) by Emma Jameson

26. Bones Buried Deep (Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries #4)

By: Emma Jameson

4.48

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

In wartime England, love is a secret, and murder is just another casualty—join Dr. Benjamin Bones &… read more

Similar categories in Emma Jameson's Bones Buried Deep (Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries #4) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery
Cover of A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8) by Sherry Thomas

27. A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

By: Sherry Thomas

4.19

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself … read more

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

28. 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

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #7) by Dianne Freeman

29. An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #7)

By: Dianne Freeman

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and Jane Austen alike, the latest in this deligh… read more

Similar categories in Dianne Freeman's An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #7) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) by Allison Montclair

30. Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6)

By: Allison Montclair

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another … read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder of Innocents: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 14 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries) by Irina Shapiro

31. Murder of Innocents: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 14 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.58

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Summoned to a historic Tudor manor, Jason and Daniel are charged with investigating the heart-wrenc… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder of Innocents: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 14 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries) book and Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook

26 must-read fiction books like Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15) by Will Thomas

Transform Your Habits

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

Laurie R. King

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

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A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

Deanna Raybourn

4.19

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

Andrea Penrose

4.11

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20 Top fiction books like A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8) by Sherry Thomas

Transform Your Habits

A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

Deanna Raybourn

4.19

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Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox, #8)

C.J. Archer

4.07

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The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

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The Last Hope

Susan Elia MacNeal

4.16

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