11 Best historical mystery books like Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17) by Edward Marston

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Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

By: Edward Marston

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Halloween, 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its…

If you liked the historical mystery plot in Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17) by Edward Marston , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Murder on the Minnesota (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #3)

By: Conrad Allen

3.87

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Fresh from a harrowing trans-Atlantic crossing aboard the Mauretania, and having recently earned a … read more

Similar categories in Conrad Allen's Murder on the Minnesota (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #3) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder on the Marmora (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #5) by Conrad Allen

2. Murder on the Marmora (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #5)

By: Conrad Allen

3.99

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, used to the grand opulence of the Cunard cruise line… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder on the Salsette (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #6) by Conrad Allen

3. Murder on the Salsette (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #6)

By: Conrad Allen

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Genevieve Masefield and George Porter Dillman make a living anonymously, cruising the seven seas ab… read more

Similar categories in Conrad Allen's Murder on the Salsette (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #6) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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4. Murder on the Oceanic (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #7)

By: Conrad Allen

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

When the Oceanicsets sail from England's Port of Southampton, its ultimate destination is New York.… read more

Similar categories in Conrad Allen's Murder on the Oceanic (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #7) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Critic (Enzo Files, #2) by Peter  May

5. The Critic (Enzo Files, #2)

By: Peter May

4.01

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

Gil Petty, the worlds number one wine critic, went missing during a tasting tour of the little-know… read more

Similar categories in Peter May's The Critic (Enzo Files, #2) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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6. Murder on the Lusitania (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #1)

By: Conrad Allen

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

September 1907. George Porter Dillman sets sail from Liverpool on the Lusitania's maiden voyage. Hi… read more

Similar categories in Conrad Allen's Murder on the Lusitania (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #1) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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7. Murder on the Celtic (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #8)

By: Conrad Allen

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield have crossed the Atlantic Ocean numerous times in the… read more

Similar categories in Conrad Allen's Murder on the Celtic (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #8) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

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

8. Murder on Amsterdam Avenue (Gaslight Mystery, #17)

By: Victoria Thompson

5.00

Format: 64 pages,

In this Gaslight Mystery from the national bestselling author of Murder in Murray Hill, midwife Sar… read more

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9. The Cruel Sea

By: Nicholas Monsarrat

2.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

A powerful novel of the North Atlantic in World War II, this is the story of the British ships Comp… read more

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10. Direct Hit (The Blitz Detective #1)

By: Mike Hollow

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

The jagged blast of high explosives rips through the evening air. In the sky over East London the s… read more

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11. Murder on the Caronia (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #4)

By: Conrad Allen

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Genevieve Masefield and George Porter Dillman have met all kinds of people while sailing as ship de… read more

Similar categories in Conrad Allen's Murder on the Caronia (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #4) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

12. Murder on the Mauretania (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #2)

By: Conrad Allen

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

November 1907. George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield sail from Liverpool on the maiden voya… read more

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13. What Darkness Brings (Sebastian St. Cyr, #8)

By: C.S. Harris

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

London, September 1812. After a long night spent dealing with the tragic death of a former military… read more

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14. The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

By: Mark Billingham

4.11

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

The first new series in two decades from multi-award-winning international bestseller Mark Billingh… read more

Similar categories in Mark Billingham's The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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15. Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller)

By: Simon Scarrow

4.25

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Germany, 1940. The world holds its breath and hopes for peace. At home, the Nazi Party’s grip on po… read more

Similar categories in Simon Scarrow's Dead of Night (A Berlin Wartime Thriller) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2) by Richard  Coles

16. A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2)

By: Richard Coles

3.90

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Cl… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's A Death in the Parish (Canon Clement, #2) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10) by T.E. Kinsey

17. A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

By: T.E. Kinsey

4.50

Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition

May 1912. After the previous year’s deadly heatwave, it’s been an uneventful spring in Littleton Co… read more

Similar categories in T.E. Kinsey's A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
"Butts are for rainwater, my little Baumkuchen"

-T.E. Kinsey, A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

"Perhaps we should all just accept the peculiarities of the world and the people in it."

-T.E. Kinsey, A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

"One doesn't have to toil to be enraged at the system that requires it of others. Unfairness and injustice affect us all."

-T.E. Kinsey, A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

"Wherever I've been, people have thought I've been up to something nefarious," she said. "A single woman in possession of a profitable business must be in want of locking up."

-T.E. Kinsey, A Fire at the Exhibition (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #10)

Cover of The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) by Robert Thorogood

18. The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3)

By: Robert Thorogood

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

The Marlow Murder Club is on the hunt for a killer... Geoffrey Lushington, Mayor of Marlow, dies su… read more

Similar categories in Robert Thorogood's The Queen of Poisons (The Marlow Murder Club, #3) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) by Elly Griffiths

19. The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The next gripping volume in The Brighton Mysteries series by bestselling author Elly Griffiths. … read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries, Book 7) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Goliath: Wharton Book 4 (The Wharton Series) by George Edwardson

20. Goliath: Wharton Book 4 (The Wharton Series)

By: George Edwardson

4.45

Format: 119 pages, Kindle Edition

France and Britain are finally at peace and many of the ships in the Royal Navy’s vast fleet are la… read more

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21. Majestic: Book 2 in the Wharton series

By: George Edwardson

4.30

Format: 121 pages, Kindle Edition

Majestic is a novel set in the turbulent years of the Napoleonic Wars as the Royal Navy fights the … read more

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22. Wharton (The Wharton Series Book 1)

By: George Edwardson

4.28

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Midshipman Johnnie Wharton has no idea when he joins HMS St George as a 12-year-old that he is soon… read more

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Cover of The Killing Place (D.I. Wesley Peterson, #27) by Kate Ellis

23. The Killing Place (D.I. Wesley Peterson, #27)

By: Kate Ellis

4.32

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' THE TIMES November. With the tourist seaso… read more

Similar categories in Kate Ellis's The Killing Place (D.I. Wesley Peterson, #27) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Pawful Truth (Cat in the Stacks, #11) by Miranda James

24. The Pawful Truth (Cat in the Stacks, #11)

By: Miranda James

4.10

Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition

When Charlie Harris decides to go back to school, he and his Maine Coon cat, Diesel, find themselve… read more

Similar categories in Miranda James's The Pawful Truth (Cat in the Stacks, #11) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3) by Richard  Coles

25. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)

By: Richard Coles

3.87

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more

Similar categories in Richard Coles's Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15) by Will Thomas

26. Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

By: Will Thomas

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, along with his partner Thomas Llewelyn, has a long, accomplishe… read more

Similar categories in Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17) by Edward Marston

27. Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

By: Edward Marston

4.04

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Halloween, 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its… read more

Similar categories in Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • novels
  • crime
Cover of Blood Roses (The Warsaw Quartet #1) by Douglas     Jackson

28. Blood Roses (The Warsaw Quartet #1)

By: Douglas Jackson

4.35

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

As the Nazis roll into Warsaw, a serial killer is unleashed… September 1939. A city ruled by fear. … read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) by Ben Aaronovitch

29. The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2)

By: Ben Aaronovitch

4.28

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - … read more

Similar categories in Ben Aaronovitch's The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London #9.2) book and Edward Marston's Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder at the Ritz (Hotel Mysteries, #1) by Jim Eldridge

30. Murder at the Ritz (Hotel Mysteries, #1)

By: Jim Eldridge

3.92

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

August 1940. On the streets of London, locals watch with growing concern as German fighter planes p… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation by Tim Birkhead

31. Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation

By: Tim Birkhead

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer and ornithologist Tim Birkhead takes us on an epic and dazzling journey throug… read more

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22 Best fiction books like Fear on the Phantom Special (The Railway Detective #17) by Edward Marston

Transform Your Habits

Murder on the Minnesota (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #3)

Conrad Allen

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Murder on the Marmora (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #5)

Conrad Allen

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Murder on the Salsette (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #6)

Conrad Allen

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Murder on the Oceanic (George Porter Dillman & Genevieve Masefield, #7)

Conrad Allen

3.75

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Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

Sophie Hannah

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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The Last Dance (Detective Miller #1)

Mark Billingham

4.11

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Murder on Lake Garda

Tom Hindle

3.55

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