14 Best historical books like The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6) by Óscar de Muriel

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The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

By: Óscar de Muriel

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN on the Frey & McGray mysteries... December, 1889. Ther…

If you liked the historical plot in The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6) by Óscar de Muriel , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Ashes to Dust (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #3)

By: Yrsa Sigurdardottir , Philip Roughton

4.36

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In 1973, a volcanic eruption buried an entire Icelandic village in lava and ash. Now this macabre t… read more

Similar categories in Yrsa Sigurdardottir's Ashes to Dust (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #3) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime

2. A Mystery at Carlton House (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, #12)

By: Ashley Gardner

3.53

Format: None pages,

1818: Captain Lacey is drawn into affairs of the highest in the land when his friend Grenville is a… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Gardner's A Mystery at Carlton House (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries, #12) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

3. Wild Years: The Music and Myth of Tom Waits

By: Jay S. Jacobs

3.88

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Newly updated to include his critically acclaimed post-millennial work, this look at Tom Waits--bot… read more

Similar categories in Jay S. Jacobs's Wild Years: The Music and Myth of Tom Waits book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

4. Beloved Poison (Jem Flockhart, #1)

By: E.S. Thomson

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

The object I drew out was dusty and mildewed, and blotched with dark rust-coloured stains. It smelt… read more

Similar categories in E.S. Thomson's Beloved Poison (Jem Flockhart, #1) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

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5. Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

By: Will Thomas

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

London, 1893 - deadly doings are afoot in the British Museum and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barke… read more

Similar categories in Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. Murder by Degrees

By: Ritu Mukerji

3.68

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Murder by Degrees is a historical mystery set in 19th century Philadelphia, following a pioneering… read more

Similar categories in Ritu Mukerji's Murder by Degrees book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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7. Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.28

Format: 416 pages, ebook

1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chl… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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8. A Corruption of Blood (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #3)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Edinburgh. This city will bleed you dry. Dr Will Raven is a man seldom shocked by human remains,… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's A Corruption of Blood (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #3) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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

Similar categories in C.K. McDonnell's Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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10. The Stranger Times (Stranger Times, #1)

By: C.K. McDonnell

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

There are dark forces at work in our world (and in Manchester in particular), so thank God The Stra… read more

Similar categories in C.K. McDonnell's The Stranger Times (Stranger Times, #1) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

By: Ambrose Parry

3.94

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

A vivid and gripping historical crime novel set in 19th century Edinburgh, from husband-and-wife wr… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Nor did he care for how McLevy used the term ‘females.’ He made it sound as though he were talking about some other manner of species; exotic and of interest, no doubt, but somehow beyond the human. …"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

"James Matthew Duncan, he decided, was going to be insufferable. He had the bearing of a young man who had never been punched full in the face for an unguarded remark, and Raven instinctively felt he …"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

"Sarah poured the tea, thinking how narrow Mina’s assessment of a woman’s role was, how restrictive. Why couldn’t a woman aspire to more? Why shouldn’t she? Why did Raven get to do whatever he wanted?…"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

"Sarah had been speaking the truth when she said she didn’t dislike him, but she did dislike his presumption of superiority over her, as she disliked it in all young men. Given the same chance, she wa…"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

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12. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

By: Bettany Hughes

4.02

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more

Similar categories in Bettany Hughes's The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • historical
  • audiobook
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13. Murder on Bedford Street (Gaslight Mystery, #26)

By: Victoria Thompson

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must stop a killer lurking among … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Thompson's Murder on Bedford Street (Gaslight Mystery, #26) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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14. A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2)

By: Colleen Cambridge

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Postwar Paris is surging back to life, and its citizens are seizing every opportunity to raise a gl… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Cambridge's A Murder Most French (American In Paris Mystery, #2) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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15. The Missing Corpse (Commissaire Dupin #4)

By: Jean-Luc Bannalec

3.89

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Along the picturesque Belon River, home of the world famous oyster beds, between steep cliffs, omin… read more

Similar categories in Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Missing Corpse (Commissaire Dupin #4) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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16. The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Edinburgh, 1850. Despite being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying al… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Louis XIV of France said that only the small man desires always to be right. It struck Raven that the route to discovery and knowledge lay not in the desire to be right, but in one's preparedness to …"

-Ambrose Parry, The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2)

"Raven wondered how many enduring misapprehensions in medicine (and other fields, for that matter) were down to ambition and the desire to be vindicated. How many proud men had only sought out the evi…"

-Ambrose Parry, The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2)

"Men often talked about a woman's intuition. Ostensibly it sounded complimentary and yet its intention was usually patronising and dismissive: a term for irrational flights of fancy that these silly c…"

-Ambrose Parry, The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2)

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17. Nightshade

By: E.S. Thomson

4.19

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1851. Restless and bored after a long hot summer, apothecary and poison expert Jem Flockhar… read more

Similar categories in E.S. Thomson's Nightshade book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6) by Óscar de Muriel

18. The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

By: Óscar de Muriel

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN on the Frey & McGray mysteries... December, 1889. Ther… read more

Similar categories in Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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19. The Spendthrift and the Swallow (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #3.5)

By: Ambrose Parry

3.78

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Edinburgh, 1853. In a city where reputation is everything, it doesn’t take much to destroy a man. … read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's The Spendthrift and the Swallow (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #3.5) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • detective
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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20. Sunset Swing (City Blues Quartet #4)

By: Ray Celestin

4.40

Format: 548 pages, Kindle Edition

Los Angeles. Christmas, 1967. A devil is loose in the City of Angels . . . A young nurse, Kerry … read more

Similar categories in Ray Celestin's Sunset Swing (City Blues Quartet #4) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Killing Near Waterloo Station (Mayfair 100 Crime Series #5) by Lynn Brittney

21. A Killing Near Waterloo Station (Mayfair 100 Crime Series #5)

By: Lynn Brittney

4.48

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

The British public are up in arms, due to the execution, by the Germans,of a British nurse, Edith C… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Brittney's A Killing Near Waterloo Station (Mayfair 100 Crime Series #5) book and Óscar de Muriel's The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • crime
  • historical fiction

16 Best fiction books like The Dance of the Serpents (Frey & McGray, #6) by Óscar de Muriel

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Ashes to Dust (Þóra Guðmundsdóttir, #3)

Yrsa Sigurdardottir , Philip Roughton

4.36

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Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

Will Thomas

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Murder by Degrees

Ritu Mukerji

3.68

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Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4)

Ambrose Parry

4.28

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15 Top fiction books like Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4) by C.K. McDonnell

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Relight My Fire (Stranger Times, #4)

C.K. McDonnell

4.48

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Killing Time (The Time Police, #5)

Jodi Taylor

4.56

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I Have Sinned (McGarry Stateside, #2)

Caimh McDonnell

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Angels in the Moonlight (Dublin Trilogy publication order, #3; Dublin Trilogy chronological order, #1)

Caimh McDonnell

4.41

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