15 Top historical mystery books like The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15) by Jacqueline Winspear

Cover of The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15) by Jacqueline Winspear

The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.32

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs, “one of the great fictional heroines” (Parade), investigates the myst…

"The irony in any investigation was that lies were often protectors of the truth—unless they became too powerful, in which case lies were like worker bees who turn on their queen."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

"People don't realize how desolate you feel. How this ache never goes; it's like a weight in the middle of the body, a bad ache in the gut every single day. And the thing is, it's not simply a case of missing a person--it's missing everything that came with that person."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

If you liked the historical mystery plot in The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15) by Jacqueline Winspear , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of Princess Elizabeth's Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery, #2) by Susan Elia MacNeal

1. Princess Elizabeth's Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery, #2)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Susan Elia MacNeal introduced the remarkable Maggie Hope in her acclaimed début, Mr. Churchill’s Se… read more

Similar categories in Susan Elia MacNeal's Princess Elizabeth's Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery, #2) book and Jacqueline Winspear's The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"Jolly good!" ... King [George VI] exclaimed [after Queen Elizabeth fired the gun at Hitler's photograph]. "You got him right in the n-n-n-naughty bits."... "Good," she said. "That's where I was aimin…"

-Susan Elia MacNeal, Princess Elizabeth's Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery, #2)

Cover of The Prime Minister's Secret Agent (Maggie Hope, #4) by Susan Elia MacNeal

2. The Prime Minister's Secret Agent (Maggie Hope, #4)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.90

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Charles Todd, and Anne Perry, The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent is… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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3. The Piper (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #0.3)

By: Charles Todd

3.92

Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition

Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge returns shell shocked from the trenches of World War I, tormen… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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4. The Paris Spy (Maggie Hope Mystery #7)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

4.00

Format: 32 pages,

American-born codebreaker extraordinaire, Maggie Hope, must stop a traitor from uncovering England'… read more

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  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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5. The Queen's Accomplice (Maggie Hope Mystery #6)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.16

Format: 315 pages,

Spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope returns to war-weary London, where she is thrust in… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope Mystery, #1) by Susan Elia MacNeal

6. Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope Mystery, #1)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

For fans of Jacqueline Winspear, Laurie R. King, and Anne Perry, Mr. Churchill’s Secretary captures… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"She wasn't happy, exactly; she was still too raw for that. But she was satisfied. Satisfied and relieved, too, with maybe just a bit of joy thrown in for good measure. Yes, that was it. She'd made it…"

-Susan Elia MacNeal, Mr. Churchill's Secretary (Maggie Hope Mystery, #1)

7. Mrs. Roosevelt’s Confidante (Maggie Hope Mystery, #5)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.36

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

December 1941. Soon after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Winston Churchill arrives in Washington, D.C.… read more

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8. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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9. His Majesty's Hope (Maggie Hope Mystery, #3)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.16

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

World War II has finally come home to Britain, but it takes more than nightly air raids to rattle i… read more

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10. All that Is Hidden (Molly Murphy, #19)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in th… read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's All that Is Hidden (Molly Murphy, #19) book and Jacqueline Winspear's The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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11. The Last Remains (Ruth Galloway, #15)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.41

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a missing woman's bones forces Ruth and Nelson to finally confront their feelings … read more

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

12. 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

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

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Fourth Enemy (Daniel Pitt #6) by Anne Perry

14. The Fourth Enemy (Daniel Pitt #6)

By: Anne Perry

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Pitt prosecutes a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark--and dangerous--secr… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18) by Louise Penny

15. A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

By: Louise Penny

4.46

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns in the eighteenth book in #1 New York Times bestseller Louis… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"They didn’t need proof. All a woman had to be was alive. Just being a woman was, in the church’s eyes, evil."

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

"He look at the canvas and saw bold swirls of reds and greens and yellows and bright blues all intermingled. They formed no image, and he got no feeling. He closed his eyes and paused. When he open th…"

-Louise Penny, A World of Curiosities (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #18)

Cover of The Cliff's Edge (Bess Crawford, #13) by Charles Todd

16. The Cliff's Edge (Bess Crawford, #13)

By: Charles Todd

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford is caught in a deadly feud between two familie… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Prisoner in the Castle (Maggie Hope, #8) by Susan Elia MacNeal

17. The Prisoner in the Castle (Maggie Hope, #8)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.97

Format: 321 pages, ebook

American-born spy and code-breaker extraordinaire Maggie Hope must solve a baffling series of murde… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"Always remember, when you're on the run, instinct will take over- and if you're not careful, you'll become nothing more than an animal."

-Susan Elia MacNeal, The Prisoner in the Castle (Maggie Hope, #8)

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18. The Night Hawks (Ruth Galloway, #13)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.27

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr Ruth Galloway returns to the moody and beautiful landscape of North Norfolk to confront another … read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The King's Justice (Maggie Hope #9) by Susan Elia MacNeal

19. The King's Justice (Maggie Hope #9)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

4.02

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Could a stolen violin be linked to a serial killer terrorizing London during World War II? Only sec… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope, #10) by Susan Elia MacNeal

20. The Hollywood Spy (Maggie Hope, #10)

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

3.97

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Los Angeles, 1943. As the Allies beat back the Nazis in the Mediterranean and the United States mil… read more

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  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15) by Jacqueline Winspear

21. The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.32

Format: 400 pages, ebook

Beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs, “one of the great fictional heroines” (Parade), investigates the myst… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15) book and Jacqueline Winspear's The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"The irony in any investigation was that lies were often protectors of the truth—unless they became too powerful, in which case lies were like worker bees who turn on their queen."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

"People don't realize how desolate you feel. How this ache never goes; it's like a weight in the middle of the body, a bad ache in the gut every single day. And the thing is, it's not simply a case of…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs, #15)

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William Kent Krueger

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Abraham Verghese

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