13 must-read historical fiction books like Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day

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Death at Greenway

By: Lori Rader-Day

3.31

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

"Irresistible... a Golden Age homage, an elegantly constructed mystery that on every page reinforce…

"Wasn't it remarkable that one might go about one's life, thinking oneself at the center, barely looking right or left, only to discover that everyone else was exactly the same?"

-Lori Rader-Day, Death at Greenway

"Wasn't it remarkable that one might go about one's life, thinking oneself at the center, barely looking right or left, only to discover that everyone else was exactly the same?"

-Lori Rader-Day, Death at Greenway

"A fete in the streets--what good was it? What good was waving a flag and pointing fingers into the air, when they'd lost so much? Too much. They would erect stone plinths to lay wreaths on for the men, and surely more bronze forms to the commanders. Where would they build the remembrances to the valor of the women who had died, who had protected, who had sacrificed? It was not just a generation of men who was lost or changed. It was all."

-Lori Rader-Day, Death at Greenway

"A fete in the streets--what good was it? What good was waving a flag and pointing fingers into the air, when they'd lost so much? Too much. They would erect stone plinths to lay wreaths on for the men, and surely more bronze forms to the commanders. Where would they build the remembrances to the valor of the women who had died, who had protected, who had sacrificed? It was not just a generation of men who was lost or changed. It was all."

-Lori Rader-Day, Death at Greenway

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Murder at Mullings by Dorothy Cannell

1. Murder at Mullings

By: Dorothy Cannell

3.55

Format: 247 pages, Hardcover

An intriguing 1930s country house murder first in the brand-new Florence Norris series In its 300… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Cannell's Murder at Mullings book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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2. One Man's Flag (Jack McColl, #2)

By: David Downing

3.84

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Spring 1915: World War One rages across Europe, and the British Empire is assailed on all fronts—do… read more

Similar categories in David Downing's One Man's Flag (Jack McColl, #2) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Someone Always Knows (Sharon McCone #31) by Marcia Muller

3. Someone Always Knows (Sharon McCone #31)

By: Marcia Muller

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Hardcover

Finally settled into their new home after losing their house in a fire, and fully established in th… read more

Similar categories in Marcia Muller's Someone Always Knows (Sharon McCone #31) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • audiobook

4. The Seduction of Water

By: Carol Goodman

3.45

Format: None pages, Paperback

Iris Greenfeder, ABD (All But Dissertation), feels the "buts" are taking over her life: all but pub… read more

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5. What Happens At Christmas (Millworth Manor, #1)

By: Victoria Alexander

4.08

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Camille, Lady Lydingham, knows precisely what she wants for Christmas -- an official engagement to … read more

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6. Murder at Mallowan Hall (Phyllida Bright Mystery #1)

By: Colleen Cambridge

3.83

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The first in an exciting new historical mystery series set in the home of Agatha Christie! Colle… read more

Similar categories in Colleen Cambridge's Murder at Mallowan Hall (Phyllida Bright Mystery #1) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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7. The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp

By: Leonie Swann

3.51

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

A quirky group of seniors attempts to solve one murder while covering up another—with the help of a… read more

Similar categories in Leonie Swann's The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

8. 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

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • 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)

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9. 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 Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
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10. A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1)

By: Julia Kelly

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From Julia Kelly, internationally bestselling author of The Last Dance of the Debutante, comes the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cliff's Edge (Bess Crawford, #13) by Charles Todd

11. The Cliff's Edge (Bess Crawford, #13)

By: Charles Todd

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford is caught in a deadly feud between two familie… read more

Similar categories in Charles Todd's The Cliff's Edge (Bess Crawford, #13) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Lady in the Silver Cloud (Stewart Hoag, #13) by David Handler

12. The Lady in the Silver Cloud (Stewart Hoag, #13)

By: David Handler

3.85

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

"This is confection in the guise of a mystery novel; it goes down easy as a milkshake."—Sarah Weinm… read more

Similar categories in David Handler's The Lady in the Silver Cloud (Stewart Hoag, #13) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • historical mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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13. The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)

By: Jess Armstrong

3.56

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

An atmospheric gothic mystery that beautifully brings the ancient Cornish countryside to life, Arms… read more

Similar categories in Jess Armstrong's The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"The only creatures in my whole dismal life who never once failed me were an overly fluffy black house cat and an eccentric Scottish bookseller."

-Jess Armstrong, The Curse of Penryth Hall (Ruby Vaughn #1)

Cover of A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5) by Anne Perry

14. A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5)

By: Anne Perry

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elena Standish investigates the murder of a fellow MI6 agent near the country estate of one of Engl… read more

Similar categories in Anne Perry's A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of I Saw Him Die (Agatha Christie #4) by Andrew    Wilson

15. I Saw Him Die (Agatha Christie #4)

By: Andrew Wilson

3.77

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

“Fiendishly well-plotted, hugely entertaining.” —Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Part… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Wilson's I Saw Him Die (Agatha Christie #4) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
Cover of Death at Greenway by Lori Rader-Day

16. Death at Greenway

By: Lori Rader-Day

3.31

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

"Irresistible... a Golden Age homage, an elegantly constructed mystery that on every page reinforce… read more

Similar categories in Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
  • audiobook
"Wasn't it remarkable that one might go about one's life, thinking oneself at the center, barely looking right or left, only to discover that everyone else was exactly the same?"

-Lori Rader-Day, Death at Greenway

"A fete in the streets--what good was it? What good was waving a flag and pointing fingers into the air, when they'd lost so much? Too much. They would erect stone plinths to lay wreaths on for the me…"

-Lori Rader-Day, Death at Greenway

Cover of The Life of Crime: Unravelling the Mysteries of Fiction’s Favourite Genre by Martin Edwards

17. The Life of Crime: Unravelling the Mysteries of Fiction’s Favourite Genre

By: Martin Edwards

4.02

Format: 724 pages, Hardcover

In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, The Life of Crime: Detecting the Histor… read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's The Life of Crime: Unravelling the Mysteries of Fiction’s Favourite Genre book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Stolen Child (Maggie D'arcy #4) by Sarah Stewart Taylor

18. A Stolen Child (Maggie D'arcy #4)

By: Sarah Stewart Taylor

3.99

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

After months of training, former Long Island homicide detective Maggie D’arcy is now officially a G… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Stewart Taylor's A Stolen Child (Maggie D'arcy #4) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of Father's Day by Simon Van Booy

19. Father's Day

By: Simon Van Booy

3.90

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

When devastating news shatters the life of six-year-old Harvey, she finds herself in the care of a … read more

Similar categories in Simon Van Booy's Father's Day book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"That's truth, Harvey, not what's written on a piece of paper or in blood too small to see - but the memory of how it felt being together."

-Simon Van Booy, Father's Day

Cover of The Stolen Queen by Fiona  Davis

20. The Stolen Queen

By: Fiona Davis

4.35

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transp… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Davis's The Stolen Queen book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
Cover of Death on the Agenda: Inspector Tibbett #3 (Henry Tibbett) by Patricia Moyes

21. Death on the Agenda: Inspector Tibbett #3 (Henry Tibbett)

By: Patricia Moyes

3.72

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

Amazingly enough, Henry Tibbett is at work! Crime tends to catch him when he’s on vacation, but thi… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Moyes's Death on the Agenda: Inspector Tibbett #3 (Henry Tibbett) book and Lori Rader-Day's Death at Greenway

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction

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Dorothy Cannell

3.55

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David Downing

3.84

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Someone Always Knows (Sharon McCone #31)

Marcia Muller

3.81

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Colleen Cambridge

3.83

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Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)

Marcia Muller

3.57

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Before She Finds Me

Heather Chavez

3.82

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Home at Night (Mercy & Elvis Mysteries, #5)

Paula Munier

4.20

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Ann Cleeves

4.01

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