7 Best historical books like Miss Marley by Vanessa Lafaye

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Miss Marley

By: Vanessa Lafaye

3.91

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

‘Exquisite’ Veronica Henry Before A Christmas Carol there was… Miss Marley A seasonal tale of k…

"but with great attachment comes the pain of great loss"

-Vanessa Lafaye, Miss Marley

"but with great attachment comes the pain of great loss"

-Vanessa Lafaye, Miss Marley

If you liked the historical plot in Miss Marley by Vanessa Lafaye , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. The Coming of Mr. Quin: A Short Story

By: Agatha Christie

4.02

Format: 426 pages, ebook

Previously published in the print anthology The Mysterious Mr. Quin On a dark evening, Mr. Harley Q… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's The Coming of Mr. Quin: A Short Story book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Ralph Manheim, Maurice Sendak

2. Nutcracker

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more

Similar categories in E.T.A. Hoffmann's Nutcracker book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • christmas
  • fiction

3. The Affair of the Pink Pearl

By: Agatha Christie , James Warwick

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Audio Cassette

Did the wealthy kleptomaniacs strike again? Her friends ask Tuppence and Tommy Bereford of Blunt's … read more

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4. Mr. Dickens and His Carol: A Novel of Christmas Past

By: Samantha Silva

3.81

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Shakespeare in Lovemeets A Christmas Carolin this transporting debut novel set during the whirlwind… read more

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5. Hercule Poirot's Christmas (Hercule Poirot, #20)

By: Agatha Christie

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Motives for Murder: A fortune in uncut diamonds, hidden by an eccentric old man - A woman's love, t… read more

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6. A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled wit… read more

Similar categories in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • british literature
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Hallo, my fine fellow!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"God bless us, every one!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"And how did little Tim behave?"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"Marley was dead: to begin with."

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

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7. The Christmasaurus

By: None , Tom Fletcher

4.20

Format: None pages, Audio CD

The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle, and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus… read more

Similar categories in None's The Christmasaurus book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Music is a magic like no other, which can do incredible, unexplainable things."

-None, The Christmasaurus

"Belief is the most powerful magic there is. Believing is the only magic that makes the utterly impossible completely possible, and the undoubtedly undoable undeniable doable!"

-None, The Christmasaurus

"Feeling rottten is much worse than feeling just bad or sad. Feeling rotten is when it seems like no one else in the world understands how you're feeling. When you're feeling rotten everything seems r…"

-None, The Christmasaurus

Cover of Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) by Sophie Hannah

8. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

By: Sophie Hannah

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Hannah's Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • historical
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

By: Alexandra Benedict

3.70

Format: None pages, Audiobook

On 1st of December, renowned puzzle setter, loner and Christmas sceptic Edie O’Sullivan finds a han… read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Benedict's The Christmas Jigsaw Murders book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. Murder on the Christmas Express

By: Alexandra Benedict

3.16

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Eighteen passengers. Seven stops. One killer.In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train… read more

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  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

By: Bridget Collins

4.06

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the creators of The Haunting Season comes a dazzling collection of never-before-seen ghostly t… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. 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

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Christmas Murder Game

By: Alexandra Benedict

3.39

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Twelve clues. Twelve keys. Twelve days of Christmas. But how many will die before Twelfth Night? … read more

Similar categories in Alexandra Benedict's The Christmas Murder Game book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"... przemilczany uraz przechodzi w trwały ból. To, że nie objawia się na zewnątrz, nie znaczy, że zanikł."

-Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game

"Leaves have fallen onto the snow like punctuation marks. They've held on for so long, but winter gets to us all in the end."

-Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game

"Fear and excitement are twins; they live on opposite sides of the same door. It's up to you which room you live in. [Violet Harper Armitage]"

-Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game

"Tragedia nie oznacza, że nie można się dobrze bawić (...) Czasami emocje są ze sobą połączone. (...) Strach jest po drugiej stronie muru ekscytacji. (...) To pomaga nam docenić życie."

-Alexandra Benedict, The Christmas Murder Game

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14. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)

By: Richard Coles

3.90

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2) book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5) by Janice Hallett

15. The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5)

By: Janice Hallett

3.63

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

This immersive holiday caper from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) follows t… read more

Similar categories in Janice Hallett's The Christmas Appeal (The Appeal, #1.5) book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
Cover of A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4) by S.J.  Bennett

16. A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4)

By: S.J. Bennett

4.18

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The royally brilliant fourth book in the Her Majesty the Queen Investigates mystery series! 1957… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Bennett's A Death in Diamonds (Her Majesty the Queen Investigates, #4) book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder Comes to Call (Beryl and Edwina Mystery, #4) by Jessica Ellicott

17. Murder Comes to Call (Beryl and Edwina Mystery, #4)

By: Jessica Ellicott

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The lean years following World War I can lead to desperate acts—even in the quiet English village o… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Ellicott's Murder Comes to Call (Beryl and Edwina Mystery, #4) book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"As so often happened in the village, Beryl had noticed that there were undercurrents and unspoken histories flowing between people. It was something she had never experienced herself, and whenever it…"

-Jessica Ellicott, Murder Comes to Call (Beryl and Edwina Mystery, #4)

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18. The Christmas Love Letters

By: Sue Moorcroft

4.22

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

A secret romance was just the start of the story… Tucked into a crook of the Norfolk coast lies … read more

Similar categories in Sue Moorcroft's The Christmas Love Letters book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Christmas Cupid by Jennifer  Joyce

19. The Christmas Cupid

By: Jennifer Joyce

3.44

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

Zoey Beake is having a bad December. She’s just been dumped, she’s had an extremely dodgy haircut t… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Joyce's The Christmas Cupid book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • romance
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) by A.J. Pearce

20. Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

By: A.J. Pearce

4.19

Format: 313 pages, Hardcover

London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away … read more

Similar categories in A.J. Pearce's Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3) book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"You didn’t miss someone any less, you just made room for other things to surround the gap they had left."

-A.J. Pearce, Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)

Cover of Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3) by Richard  Coles

21. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)

By: Richard Coles

3.87

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3) book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • audiobook
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Sentence by Christina Dalcher

22. The Sentence

By: Christina Dalcher

3.74

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

A law intended to end capital punishment. Prosecutors who seek the death penalty put their lives… read more

Similar categories in Christina Dalcher's The Sentence book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of How the Ghost Stole Christmas (Murder By Design #4) by Erin McCarthy

23. How the Ghost Stole Christmas (Murder By Design #4)

By: Erin McCarthy

3.84

Format: 79 pages, Kindle Edition

All Bailey Burke wants for Christmas is to stop seeing dead people. A reluctant spiritual medium, s… read more

Similar categories in Erin McCarthy's How the Ghost Stole Christmas (Murder By Design #4) book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • romance
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Miss Marley by Vanessa Lafaye

24. Miss Marley

By: Vanessa Lafaye

3.91

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

‘Exquisite’ Veronica Henry Before A Christmas Carol there was… Miss Marley A seasonal tale of k… read more

Similar categories in Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • romance
  • retellings
  • british literature
  • historical
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"but with great attachment comes the pain of great loss"

-Vanessa Lafaye, Miss Marley

Cover of Lost and Never Found  (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3) by Simon Mason

25. Lost and Never Found (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3)

By: Simon Mason

4.35

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

'Ryan and Ray go from strength to strength, and this, their third outing, is the best yet. Simon Ma… read more

Similar categories in Simon Mason's Lost and Never Found (DI Wilkins Mysteries #3) book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Girl in the Walls by A.J. Gnuse

26. Girl in the Walls

By: A.J. Gnuse

3.37

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing and suspenseful coming-of-age novel about an orphan hiding within the walls of her fo… read more

Similar categories in A.J. Gnuse's Girl in the Walls book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Últimamente he intentado cambiar la imagen en mi cabeza. Imaginarme que quienquiera que se esconda ahí tiene el rostro de alguien que recuerdo. Alguien que he perdido. No siempre es fácil, pero creo …"

-A.J. Gnuse, Girl in the Walls

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27. The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography

By: Benjamin Zephaniah

4.33

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Benjamin Zephaniah, who has travelled the world for his art and his humanitarianism, now tells the … read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Zephaniah's The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • audiobook
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28. Marley

By: Jon Clinch

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

“By some uncanny act of artistic appropriation, [Clinch] has, without imitating Dickens, entered in… read more

Similar categories in Jon Clinch's Marley book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • retellings
  • british literature
  • historical
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The situation is unendurable, and yet he endures."

-Jon Clinch, Marley

"The orchestra concludes to a merry burst of applause and the orchestra slides into a waltz—a much-needed chance for the dancers to catch their breath, perhaps even an opportunity for the whispering o…"

-Jon Clinch, Marley

Cover of The Cats We Meet Along the Way by Nadia Mikail

29. The Cats We Meet Along the Way

By: Nadia Mikail

3.49

Format: 151 pages, Paperback

A stunning debut young adult novel set in Malaysia, charting Aisha and her family on a roadtrip thr… read more

Similar categories in Nadia Mikail's The Cats We Meet Along the Way book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"What happened when someone who made a home a home for you was not there to make it one any more?"

-Nadia Mikail, The Cats We Meet Along the Way

Cover of Every Happy Family by Sarah Stovell

30. Every Happy Family

By: Sarah Stovell

3.84

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Minnie and Bert are over the moon to have their three grown-up children home for the first time in … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Stovell's Every Happy Family book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of All the Fun of the Fair by Caroline  Hulse

31. All the Fun of the Fair

By: Caroline Hulse

3.81

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

'Completely hilarious' LUCY VINE 'Incredibly poignant' BETH O'LEARY 'The new Adrian Mole' NICOLA MO… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Hulse's All the Fun of the Fair book and Vanessa Lafaye's Miss Marley

  • fiction

12 Best holiday books like Miss Marley by Vanessa Lafaye

Transform Your Habits

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Christmasaurus

None , Tom Fletcher

4.20

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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

Sophie Hannah

3.75

Transform Your Habits

The Christmas Jigsaw Murders

Alexandra Benedict

3.70

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21 best-selling fiction books like A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2) by Richard Coles

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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

Sophie Hannah

3.75

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Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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Tom Hindle

3.55

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