19 Best fiction books like A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5) by Charles Todd

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A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5)

By: Charles Todd

4.01

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Bess Crawford mystery series, a short story that …

"A lot of people have to spend so much energy on overcoming their low opinion of themselves that they seldom get round to asking about the purpose of their existence. And if they do, it is often out of fear."

-Charles Todd, A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5)

"A lot of people have to spend so much energy on overcoming their low opinion of themselves that they seldom get round to asking about the purpose of their existence. And if they do, it is often out of fear."

-Charles Todd, A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5)

"A lot of people have to spend so much energy on overcoming their low opinion of themselves that they seldom get round to asking about the purpose of their existence. And if they do, it is often out of fear."

-Charles Todd, A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5)

"A lot of people have to spend so much energy on overcoming their low opinion of themselves that they seldom get round to asking about the purpose of their existence. And if they do, it is often out of fear."

-Charles Todd, A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5)

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1. Dust (Richard Jury, #21)

By: Martha Grimes

3.67

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

Richard Jury returns to the back streets and back rooms of London in "The New York Times" bestselli… read more

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  • mystery
  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • british literature
"Remember the great film with Bette Davis, All About Eve? There's a scene after the scheming Eve steals Margo's role through trickery & then gets this magnificent review. Margo of course is effing & b…"

-Martha Grimes, Dust (Richard Jury, #21)

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
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook

3. Freedom of Simplicity: Finding Harmony in a Complex World

By: Richard J. Foster

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

A revised and updated edition of the manifesto that shows how simplicity is not merely having less … read more

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4. The Hawk and the Dove (The Hawk and the Dove #1)

By: Penelope Wilcock

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

14th-century Yorkshire, the time of Chaucer Father Peregrine is appointed Abbot of St. Alcuin's Ben… read more

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5. 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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6. 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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7. I Am the Only Running Footman (Richard Jury, #8)

By: Martha Grimes

2.83

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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8. The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

By: Laurie R. King

4.41

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone (Death by Chocolate Mystery, #7) by Sarah Graves

9. Death by Chocolate Raspberry Scone (Death by Chocolate Mystery, #7)

By: Sarah Graves

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Summer guests are eager to sink their teeth into the tantalizing desserts Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree an… read more

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

10. 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
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

11. The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

A milestone in historical mystery fiction as Maisie Dobbs takes her final bow! Psychologist and… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"You've go to get on with it, my boy. Stop feeling sorry for yourselft, because what's done is done. You can't change it, so you've got to stiffen your backbone. You've a good job, a very nice roof ov…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

Cover of A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17) by Jacqueline Winspear

12. A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.27

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"Yet the alternative he had suggested smacked of privilege, and wasn't privilege always bolstered by a discrimination of sorts?"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

"...places leave their mark in the same way that a human being can touch us. We have to make our peace with place, with the locations where we have spent time. We consider how we've been affected by b…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

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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
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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14. The White Lady

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.07

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine/sleuth from Jacqueline Winspear, creato… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"Give me strong young womenfolk with sharp elbows, Charlotte, my dear, and they will make a good account of themselves in this world."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

"And then there's that double-barreled name a lot of them toffs have, like they have to drag their ancestors up from the grave so we all know who they're related to."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

". . . it was known German soldiers would go door-to-door to take males of working age, or boys on the cusp of manhood. They always took the men, leaving only the women, children and elderly. Women we…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

Cover of Penny for Your Secrets (Verity Kent, #3) by Anna Lee Huber

15. Penny for Your Secrets (Verity Kent, #3)

By: Anna Lee Huber

3.96

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

England, 1919. In Anna Lee Huber’s latest mystery, former Secret Service agent Verity Kent is findi… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Fatal Illusion (Lady Darby Mystery, #11) by Anna Lee Huber

16. A Fatal Illusion (Lady Darby Mystery, #11)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

New parents Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage look forward to introducing Sebastian’s father to h… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11) by Iona Whishaw

17. Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.39

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

Beginning with a bang, the latest mystery in the series Publishers Weekly calls “highly entertainin… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16) by Jacqueline Winspear

18. The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"Children should always be believed until proven otherwise."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"know that expression—only a man could cause a woman to look like that"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"Fear had to be handled with care, managed so it became a tool, not a weight."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"I believe it’s called ‘irrational reasoning.’ It’s what happens to people when they’re scared"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

Cover of Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1) by Patrice McDonough

19. Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1)

By: Patrice McDonough

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the twilight streets of Victorian London, a gruesome series of murders unfolds, and Dr. Julia Le… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart by Brian D. McLaren

20. Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart

By: Brian D. McLaren

4.17

Format: 290 pages, Hardcover

A highly readable, deeply insightful exploration of how to live with wisdom, resilience and love in… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of Flying, Falling, Catching: an Unlikely Story of Finding Freedom by Henri J.M. Nouwen

21. Flying, Falling, Catching: an Unlikely Story of Finding Freedom

By: Henri J.M. Nouwen

4.11

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Henri Nouwen’s never-before-published story of his surprising friendship with a traveling trapeze t… read more

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Cover of Letters of C. S. Lewis by C.S. Lewis

22. Letters of C. S. Lewis

By: C.S. Lewis

4.18

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

A repackaged edition of the revered author’s collection of personal letters—a curated selection of … read more

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"Isn’t it funny the way some combinations of words can give you – apart from their meaning – a thrill like music?"

-C.S. Lewis, Letters of C. S. Lewis

"Don’t you simply love going to bed. To curl up warmly in a nice warm bed, in the lovely darkness. That is so restful and then gradually drift away into sleep…"

-C.S. Lewis, Letters of C. S. Lewis

"Of Course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did, He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is)... Continue seeking Him with seriousness. Unless He wanted you, you would not be …"

-C.S. Lewis, Letters of C. S. Lewis

"A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to…"

-C.S. Lewis, Letters of C. S. Lewis

Cover of A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5) by Charles Todd

23. A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5)

By: Charles Todd

4.01

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Bess Crawford mystery series, a short story that … read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • novella
  • short stories
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"A lot of people have to spend so much energy on overcoming their low opinion of themselves that they seldom get round to asking about the purpose of their existence. And if they do, it is often out o…"

-Charles Todd, A Hanging at Dawn (Bess Crawford, #11.5)

Cover of The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray

24. The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh

By: Claudia Gray

4.10

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facin… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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25. A Gospel of Hope

By: Walter Brueggemann

4.17

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

Beloved and respected by scholars, preachers, and laity alike, Walter Brueggemann offers penetratin… read more

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Cover of The Missing Maid (The Baker Street Mysteries, #1) by Holly Hepburn

26. The Missing Maid (The Baker Street Mysteries, #1)

By: Holly Hepburn

4.01

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

A GLORIOUS SHERLOCK HOLMES-INSPIRED MYSTERY FOR FANS OF NITA PROSE AND JANICE HALLETT London, 19… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Taste and See: Discovering God among Butchers, Bakers, and Fresh Food Makers by Margaret Feinberg

27. Taste and See: Discovering God among Butchers, Bakers, and Fresh Food Makers

By: Margaret Feinberg

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Join Margaret Feinberg, one of America's most beloved teachers and writers, as she sets out on a re… read more

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"Just as salt brings out the best in food, so too, Christ brings out the best in us as others experience the flavor of Christ through us."

-Margaret Feinberg, Taste and See: Discovering God among Butchers, Bakers, and Fresh Food Makers

"IN the midst of a busy life, we can all create a space to taste and see God's goodness. This begins by recognizing food as a gift from God instead of a commodity. Every mealtime is an opportunity to …"

-Margaret Feinberg, Taste and See: Discovering God among Butchers, Bakers, and Fresh Food Makers

Cover of The God of Wild Places: Rediscovering the Divine in the Untamed Outdoors by Tony Jones

28. The God of Wild Places: Rediscovering the Divine in the Untamed Outdoors

By: Tony Jones

3.99

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

"I have read a lot of books in my life, but never one like this... This captivating memoir will tak… read more

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29. Anxious in Nevada (Midlife Crisis Mystery #1)

By: Diana Xarissa

4.10

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

I'm Holly Parker, and on my fiftieth birthday I decided that it was about time I stopped adding thi… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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30. The Booklover's Library

By: Madeline Martin

4.24

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A heartwarming story about a mother and daughter in wartime England and the power of the books that… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness by Jamil Zaki

31. Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness

By: Jamil Zaki

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Cynicism is making us sick; Stanford Psychologist Dr. Jamil Zaki has the cure—a “ray of light for … read more

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  • audiobook

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