22 best-selling historical books like The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3) by Ovidia Yu

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The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3)

By: Ovidia Yu

3.99

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Su Lin is doing her dream job: assistant at Singapore's brand new detective agency. Until Bald Bern…

"It felt good to be alive. Better to be living with fools than dead in the company of sages, as my grandmother always said."

-Ovidia Yu, The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3)

"It felt good to be alive. Better to be living with fools than dead in the company of sages, as my grandmother always said."

-Ovidia Yu, The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3)

If you liked the historical plot in The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3) by Ovidia Yu , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.05

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The second book in the heartwarming and charming Baby Ganesh series. For centuries the Koh-i-Noo… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Ganesha: a riddle inside an enigma wrapped inside an elephant. Often, when he looked into Ganesha’s gentle brown eyes, he would think he saw his Uncle Bansi staring back at him."

-Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

"No one seemed to know how Ganesha had escaped from Kondvilkar’s clutches or, for that matter, how he had ended up with Irfan. From the boy there came only a simple explanation. ‘Ganesha found me and …"

-Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

"Ganesha turned to admire himself in the mirror. The elephant calf wore a ridiculously coloured caparison across his back, with a Keralan-style nettipattam headdress tied over his forehead. The nettip…"

-Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

Cover of The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan

2. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

By: Vaseem Khan

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries. The first is the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • asia
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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3. The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star

By: Vaseem Khan

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Mumbai is a city that thrives on extravagant spectacles and larger-than-life characters. But as Cho… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

4. Frogkisser!

By: Garth Nix

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The last thing she needs is a prince. The first thing she needs is some magic. Poor Princess Anya. … read more

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5. A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (Inspector Singh Investigates #1)

By: Shamini Flint

3.60

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Inspector Singh is in a bad mood. He's been sent from his home in Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to solv… read more

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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

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  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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7. Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.02

Format: 344 pages, Kindle Edition

Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Pe… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Just because a cow stands in a field all day doesn’t make it a philosopher"

-Vaseem Khan, Midnight at Malabar House (Malabar House #1)

Cover of The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) by Harini Nagendra

8. The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a charming, joyful cozy crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing de… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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9. A Royal Affair (Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery #2)

By: Allison Montclair

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

More goes wrong than could be imagined when Iris Sparks and Gwendolyn Bainbridge of The Right Sort … read more

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  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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10. Evil in Emerald (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #3)

By: A.M. Stuart

4.27

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Craving a change of pace, Harriet Gordon, joins a local musical theatre production but when a fello… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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11. Terror in Topaz (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #4)

By: A.M. Stuart

4.37

Format: 373 pages, ebook

The next instalment in the riveting HARRIET GORDON MYSTERIES. The chance to pursue a new opportu… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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12. The Winter List (Damian Seeker #6)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.38

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer, 1660. Cromwell is dead and Charles Stuart has been restored to the throne. Men who supporte… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4) by Vaseem Khan

13. Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.25

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

*** SHORTLISTED FOR HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR at the FINGERPRINT AWARDS ***In the fourth rip-roa… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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14. The Lost Man of Bombay (Malabar House #3)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.26

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

THE THRILLING NEW MYSTERY FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSEBombay, 1950Whe… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) by John Shen Yen Nee

15. 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
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"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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16. Chasing the Dragon: BY NEW BLOOD DAGGER AND SCOTTISH CRIME DEBUT SHORTLISTED AUTHOR (Betancourt Mystery Series Book 2)

By: Mark Wightman

4.25

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

The much-awaited follow up to Waking the Tiger, shortlisted for the 2022 Crime Writers’ Association… read more

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  • crime
  • historical fiction
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17. Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The latest novel in the acclaimed Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murt… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Long Odds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 13) by Harriet Steel

18. Long Odds in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 13)

By: Harriet Steel

4.39

Format: 214 pages, Kindle Edition

When Nuala’s premier race meeting ends in controversy and a tragic death, Inspector Shanti de Silva… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
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19. A Mumbai Murder Mystery (Temple Hill Mystery #1)

By: Meeti Shroff-Shah

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Among the rarefied circles of Mumbai’s posh Temple Hill, there is nothing more tragic than the loss… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
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20. The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4)

By: Sujata Massey

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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21. Waking the Tiger

By: Mark Wightman

4.35

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for a Crime Writers' Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger 2022.Finalist for the … read more

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  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5) by Allison Montclair

22. The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5)

By: Allison Montclair

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Allison Montclair's The Lady from Burma, murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right S… read more

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  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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23. Singapore Sapphire (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #1)

By: A.M. Stuart

4.04

Format: 367 pages, Paperback

Harriet Gordon stumbles into a murderous web of stolen gems and cutthroat thieves as she runs from … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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24. The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.21

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A priceless manuscript. A missing scholar. A trail of riddles.Bombay, 1950For over a century, one o… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • asia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"His hair gushed up in Brylcreemed fountains and an ill-advised pencil moustache lingered in embarrassment above his upper lip."

-Vaseem Khan, The Dying Day (Malabar House #2)

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25. Revenge in Rubies (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #2)

By: A.M. Stuart

4.16

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

When Harriet Gordon receives word from a friend about a tragic death, she and Inspector Curran are … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • asia
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Retreat from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 14) by Harriet Steel

26. Retreat from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 14)

By: Harriet Steel

4.27

Format: 198 pages, Kindle Edition

Shanti and Jane de Silva’s peaceful retreat at a mountain monastery rapidly turns into something fa… read more

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  • mystery
Cover of The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3) by Ovidia Yu

27. The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3)

By: Ovidia Yu

3.99

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Su Lin is doing her dream job: assistant at Singapore's brand new detective agency. Until Bald Bern… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • asia
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"It felt good to be alive. Better to be living with fools than dead in the company of sages, as my grandmother always said."

-Ovidia Yu, The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3)

Cover of The Right Sort of Man (Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery #1) by Allison Montclair

28. The Right Sort of Man (Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery #1)

By: Allison Montclair

3.94

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

First comes love, then comes murder.In a London slowly recovering from World War II, two very diffe… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Break from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 11) by Harriet Steel

29. Break from Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries Book 11)

By: Harriet Steel

4.38

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

It is autumn 1940, and Inspector de Silva and his wife Jane are looking forward to a well-earned ho… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Cold Case in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #10) by Harriet Steel

30. Cold Case in Nuala (The Inspector de Silva Mysteries #10)

By: Harriet Steel

4.44

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s January 1940 and the day of Nuala’s famous motor rally. Excitement is at full throttle, but ma… read more

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

31. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

25 best-selling fiction books like The Paper Bark Tree Mystery (Crown Colony, #3) by Ovidia Yu

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The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

Vaseem Khan

4.05

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The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

Vaseem Khan

3.70

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The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star

Vaseem Khan

4.08

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Ashley Weaver

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The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

Vaseem Khan

3.70

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The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star

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