10 must-read crime books like The Canary Keeper by Clare Carson

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The Canary Keeper

By: Clare Carson

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

"In the grey mist of the early morning a body is dumped on the shore of the Thames by a boatman in …

If you liked the crime plot in The Canary Keeper by Clare Carson , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1) by Katherine Woodfine

1. The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1)

By: Katherine Woodfine

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

You are cordially invited to attend the Grand Opening of Sinclair’s department store! Enter a wo… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Woodfine's The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow (The Sinclair’s Mysteries #1) book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • mystery
  • historical
  • crime
  • historical fiction
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2. Murder in the Mews (Hercule Poirot, #18)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser , Nigel Hawthorne

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Audio CD

Three novellas comprise this collection of cases presented to the great Belgian detective: Murder i… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's Murder in the Mews (Hercule Poirot, #18) book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • mystery
  • crime
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3. The Heart of the Matter

By: Graham Greene

3.13

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Scobie is a highly principled officer in a war-torn West African state. When he is passed over for … read more

Similar categories in Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • british literature

4. The Bees

By: Laline Paull

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

The Handmaid's Talemeets The Hunger Gamesin this brilliantly imagined debut. Born into the lowest c… read more

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5. The Resurrectionist

By: James Bradley

4.19

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

London, 1826. Leaving behind his father's tragic failures, Gabriel Swift arrives to study with Edwi… read more

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6. The Woman in the Wood

By: Lesley Pearse

3.60

Format: 96 pages,

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7. Lost For Words

By: Stephanie Butland

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

You can trust a book to keep your secret . . . Loveday Cardew prefers books to people. If you look … read more

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8. The Parrots

By: Howard Curtis , Filippo Bologna

4.20

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

A searing satire of the literary world, in which three men fight - to the death? - for a coveted li… read more

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9. The Nightingale Gallery (Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #1)

By: Paul Doherty

4.15

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In 1376, the famed Black Prince died of a terrible rotting sickness, closely followed by his father… read more

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10. Without a Trace

By: Lesley Pearse

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The compelling new novel from the international number 1 bestselling author. Coronation Day, 1953. … read more

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11. The Bookseller of Inverness

By: S.G. MacLean

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally s… read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's The Bookseller of Inverness book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • historical
  • scotland
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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12. Herc

By: Phoenicia Rogerson

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

This should be the story of Hercules: his twelve labours, his endless adventures…everyone’s favouri… read more

Similar categories in Phoenicia Rogerson's Herc book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • historical
  • historical fiction
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13. 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

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's Daughters of Night book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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14. 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

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's Blood & Sugar book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • british literature
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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15. Platform Seven

By: Louise Doughty

3.52

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkw… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
"The dead don't bother haunting graveyards- they are the last place on earth they need to haunt. The living do that job for them with their messy combination of grief, desire, imagination. There is no…"

-Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

"It's a deal we all make, I remember thinking. What kind of life will I live with this person? All relationships are a balancing act, after all, each individual perched on either side of a seesaw. You…"

-Louise Doughty, Platform Seven

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16. The Second Sleep

By: Robert Harris

3.49

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

All civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none is. 1468. A young priest, C… read more

Similar categories in Robert Harris's The Second Sleep book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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17. 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

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's The Square of Sevens book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
"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

Cover of The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2) by Elodie Harper

18. The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2)

By: Elodie Harper

4.22

Format: 472 pages, Kindle Edition

The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glittering, yet precarious... Amara has escaped her life as … read more

Similar categories in Elodie Harper's The House with the Golden Door (Wolf Den Trilogy, #2) book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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19. That Bonesetter Woman

By: Frances Quinn

4.31

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Meet Endurance Proudfoot – England’s strongest woman, boldest adventurer and first female bonesette… read more

Similar categories in Frances Quinn's That Bonesetter Woman book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • british literature
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20. The Manningtree Witches

By: A.K. Blakemore

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in this beguiling debut novel that brilliantly brings to life the res… read more

Similar categories in A.K. Blakemore's The Manningtree Witches book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • british literature
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-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

"I wish freely to embrace the deliciousness of sin.To sin with abandon is, after all, the only prerogative of the damned."

-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

"I wish freely to embrace the deliciousness of sin. To sin with abandon is, after all, the only prerogative of the damned."

-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

"My imps need no doors, sir, They go where I tell them. Through any crack, be it as narrow as a nun's or wide as your wife's."

-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

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21. The Whispering Muse

By: Laura Purcell

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambit… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Whispering Muse book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • gothic
  • historical
  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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22. Booth

By: Karen Joy Fowler

3.83

Format: 470 pages, Hardcover

Best Book of the Year Real Simple - AARP - USA Today From the Man Booker finalist and bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Karen Joy Fowler's Booth book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • historical
  • historical fiction
"Why does the extraordinary courage of ordinary women go so unsung?"

-Karen Joy Fowler, Booth

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23. Missing Pieces

By: Tim Weaver

4.03

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

THE GRIPPING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM TIM WEAVER IN HIS FIRST STANDALONE, perfect for fans of t… read more

Similar categories in Tim Weaver's Missing Pieces book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • mystery
  • crime
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24. Death in the East (Sam Wyndham, #4)

By: Abir Mukherjee

4.28

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes acro… read more

Similar categories in Abir Mukherjee's Death in the East (Sam Wyndham, #4) book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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25. Bone China

By: Laura Purcell

3.65

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's Bone China book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • gothic
  • british literature
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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26. Queen Hereafter

By: Isabelle Schuler

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

“Suspenseful, atmospheric and full of twists and turns, I loved the brutal, backstabbing world that… read more

Similar categories in Isabelle Schuler's Queen Hereafter book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • historical
  • scotland
  • historical fiction
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27. The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure

By: Katherine Rundell

4.42

Format: 152 pages, Kindle Edition

The world is more astonishing, more miraculous and more wonderful than our wildest imaginings. In … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

"We live in a world of such marvels. We should wake in the morning and as we put on our trousers we should remember the seahorse and we should scream with awe and not stop screaming until we fall asle…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Golden Mole: and Other Living Treasure

Cover of The Canary Keeper by Clare   Carson

28. The Canary Keeper

By: Clare Carson

3.78

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

"In the grey mist of the early morning a body is dumped on the shore of the Thames by a boatman in … read more

Similar categories in Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • romance
  • gothic
  • british literature
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • scotland
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death at the Auction (Stamford Mysteries #1) by E.C. Bateman

29. Death at the Auction (Stamford Mysteries #1)

By: E.C. Bateman

3.77

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

A brilliant whodunnit mystery perfect for fans of M.C. Beaton and Richard Osman! Murder stalks the… read more

Similar categories in E.C. Bateman's Death at the Auction (Stamford Mysteries #1) book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • mystery
  • crime
  • british literature
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30. The Invisible Woman

By: Erika Robuck

4.22

Format: 353 pages, Paperback

In the depths of war, she would defy the odds to help liberate a nation...a gripping historical nov… read more

Similar categories in Erika Robuck's The Invisible Woman book and Clare Carson's The Canary Keeper

  • historical
  • historical fiction

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Katherine Woodfine

3.99

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S.G. MacLean

4.08

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Phoenicia Rogerson

3.53

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Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.17

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Alasdair Gray

3.94

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Michael Bible

3.60

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Donatella Di Pietrantonio

3.73

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Silvia Avallone

4.25

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