7 must-read historical mystery books like A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9) by Lindsey Davis

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A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Rome, 89 A.D., poisonings, murders, and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the f…

If you liked the historical mystery plot in A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9) by Lindsey Davis , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of The Marathon Conspiracy (The Athenian Mysteries, #4) by Gary Corby

1. The Marathon Conspiracy (The Athenian Mysteries, #4)

By: Gary Corby

4.09

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The rollicking fourth book in the Nicolaos and Diotima mystery series set in Classical Athens. Nic… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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2. Medicus (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #1)

By: Ruth Downie

3.69

Format: 143 pages,

Gaius Petrius Ruso is a divorced and down-on his luck army doctor who has made the rash decision to… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies by C.S. Forester

3. Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

By: C.S. Forester

3.13

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Horatio Hornblower, now Admiral, sails over seas as challenging as any in his victorious career. As… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Terra Incognita (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #2) by Ruth Downie

4. Terra Incognita (Gaius Petreius Ruso, #2)

By: Ruth Downie

4.01

Format: 30 pages,

In this highly anticipated sequel to Ruth Downie's New York Timesbestselling debut, beloved army do… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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5. A Pattern of Blood (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #2)

By: Rosemary Rowe

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Libertus witnesses the stabbing of Quintus Ulpius, a wealthy decurion--but he is not fatally wounde… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

6. The Lady Julia Grey Bundle (Lady Julia Grey, #1-3)

By: Deanna Raybourn

3.72

Format: 272 pages, ebook

To say that I met Nicholas Brisbane over my husband's dead body is not entirely accurate. Edward, i… read more

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7. Empire: the Novel of Imperial Rome (Roma, #2)

By: Steven Saylor

3.50

Format: 140 pages,

Continuing the saga begun in his New York Timesbestselling novel Roma, Steven Saylor charts the des… read more

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8. A Sea of Troubles (Commissario Brunetti, #10)

By: Donna Leon

4.40

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

The murder of two clam fishermen off the island of Pellestrina, south of the Lido on the Venetian l… read more

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9. The Ghosts of Glevum (Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, #6)

By: Rosemary Rowe

3.49

Format: None pages, Paperback

Despite the opulence of the evening's banquet, Libertus is keen to return to his wife and a warm be… read more

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10. The Ionia Sanction (The Athenian Mysteries, #2)

By: Gary Corby

3.81

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The case takes Nico, in the company of a beautiful slave girl, to the land of Ionia within the Pers… read more

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Cover of There was a Crooked Man (Stephen Attebrook Mystery #15) by Jason Vail

11. There was a Crooked Man (Stephen Attebrook Mystery #15)

By: Jason Vail

4.52

Format: 223 pages, Kindle Edition

The corpse of one of medieval Ludlow’s tavern keepers, popular Red John Griffin, is found by the be… read more

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12. About Time (The Time Police, #4)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.58

Format: 470 pages, Kindle Edition

Patience is not a virtue known to the Time Police. And Commander Hay is facing the longest day of h… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4)

By: C.K. McDonnell

4.48

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

Some comebacks can be murder . . . Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4) by Ellis Peters

14. Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)

By: Ellis Peters

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

In the twelfth century, merchants gather at a summertime fair—but when one of them is found dead in… read more

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  • detective
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Child, [death] is with us always,"

-Ellis Peters, Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)

"There has many a man gone through that gate without a safe-conduct, who will reach heaven ahead of some who were escorted through with absolution and ceremony, and had their affairs in order. Kings a…"

-Ellis Peters, Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)

Cover of Killing Time (The Time Police, #5) by Jodi Taylor

15. Killing Time (The Time Police, #5)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.56

Format: 461 pages, Kindle Edition

A ghost train, lost in Time, hurtles through the night... Two members of Team 236 are trapped on… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A False Step (Abbott Agency #3) by Veronica Heley

16. A False Step (Abbott Agency #3)

By: Veronica Heley

4.38

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s the strangest sight Bea has ever come across. The dead man is lying in bed wearing a lavish sc… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9) by Lindsey Davis

17. A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Rome, 89 A.D., poisonings, murders, and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the f… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Davis's A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9) book and Lindsey Davis's A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9)

  • italy
  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Santa Grint (The Time Police, #4.5) by Jodi Taylor

18. Santa Grint (The Time Police, #4.5)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.45

Format: 113 pages, Kindle Edition

Pre-order a brand new TIME POLICE short story from million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLE… read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Uhtred's Feast: Inside the World of The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell

19. Uhtred's Feast: Inside the World of The Last Kingdom

By: Bernard Cornwell

3.81

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this engaging social history New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, “the most proli… read more

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  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Marcus Aurelius Betrayed (Judge Marcus Flavius Severus Mystery #3) by Alan Scribner

20. Marcus Aurelius Betrayed (Judge Marcus Flavius Severus Mystery #3)

By: Alan Scribner

4.35

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

Judge Severus returns in "Marcus Aurelius Betrayed", the third of the highly acclaimed and best sel… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Conspiracy of Wolves (Owen Archer, #11) by Candace Robb

21. A Conspiracy of Wolves (Owen Archer, #11)

By: Candace Robb

4.37

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

When a prominent citizen is murdered, former Captain of the Guard Owen Archer is persuaded out of r… read more

Similar categories in Candace Robb's A Conspiracy of Wolves (Owen Archer, #11) book and Lindsey Davis's A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction

13 must-read fiction books like A Comedy of Terrors (Flavia Albia Mystery #9) by Lindsey Davis

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Gary Corby

4.09

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Ruth Downie

3.69

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Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies

C.S. Forester

3.13

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Ruth Downie

4.01

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Empire (The Golden Age #2)

Conn Iggulden

4.39

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Ben Kane

4.04

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The Shadow of War: A Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jeff Shaara

4.33

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Wolves of Winter (Essex Dogs Trilogy)

Dan Jones

4.16

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