12 Best crime books like People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield

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People of Abandoned Character

By: Clare Whitfield

3.76

Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition

Marry in haste . . . Murder at leisure? London, 1888: Susannah rushes into marriage to a young a…

If you liked the crime plot in People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield , here is a list of 12 books like this:

1. The Girl On The Landing

By: Paul Torday

3.98

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Is Michael ill, or could the disturbing events he is witnessing possibly be real? A thrilling novel… read more

Similar categories in Paul Torday's The Girl On The Landing book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction

2. The Silent Companions

By: Laura Purcell

4.46

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country e… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Silent Companions book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

3. 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 Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

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4. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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5. The Black Feathers

By: Rebecca Netley

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Black Feathers book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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6. Signed Sealed Dead

By: Cynthia Murphy

3.93

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

True-Crime obsessed Paige, and her family, move across the Atlantic to her father's eerie hometown,… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Murphy's Signed Sealed Dead book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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7. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
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8. The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

By: Janice Hallett

3.95

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into belie… read more

Similar categories in Janice Hallett's The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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9. Daughters of Night

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.17

Format: 580 pages, Hardcover

From the brothels and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shephe… read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's Daughters of Night book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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10. The Hemlock Cure

By: Joanne Burn

3.73

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

It is 1665 and the women of Eyam keep many secrets. Isabel Frith, the village midwife, walks a d… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Burn's The Hemlock Cure book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • adult
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11. The Shape of Darkness

By: Laura Purcell

3.83

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

As the age of the photograph dawns in Victorian Bath, silhouette artist Agnes is struggling to keep… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Shape of Darkness book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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12. Mrs England

By: Stacey Halls

3.91

Format: 424 pages, Hardcover

West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the chi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's Mrs England book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
"I wondered if there was a word for homesickness not for a place but for people."

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

"The room was so quiet I could hear my heart breaking, and it sounded like a daisy snapping at the stem."

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

"sometimes,' I said, 'When people we love die, we have all sorts of thoughts to try to cope with it better. We try to imagine their last hours and what we might have done differently."

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

"It made my spirits low, and when your spirits are low it's hard to see the point in anything. Nobody understood how I suffered. Everybody told me I was lucky to be alive, that it was a miracle. They …"

-Stacey Halls, Mrs England

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13. The Doll Factory

By: Elizabeth Macneal

3.77

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Doll Factory book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"You have everything you want! You cleave to your principles, and you are a man with the advantage of station! This - this interaction with me - it doesn't degrade you. In the eyes of the world, it ma…"

-Elizabeth Macneal, The Doll Factory

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14. Lily

By: Rose Tremain

3.82

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Nobody knows yet that she is a murderer... Abandoned at the gates of a London park one winter's … read more

Similar categories in Rose Tremain's Lily book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. The Spirit Engineer

By: A.J. West

3.71

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Belfast, 1914. Two years after the sinking of the Titanic, high society has become obsessed with sp… read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Spirit Engineer book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
"Death is a beginning."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"It is a brave thing to die."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"If ghosts are real, death is not."

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

"A mystery is only a fact in disguise"

-A.J. West, The Spirit Engineer

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16. A Fatal Crossing

By: Tom Hindle

3.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail from Southampton carrying 2,000 passengers and crew on a wee… read more

Similar categories in Tom Hindle's A Fatal Crossing book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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17. The Whispering Muse

By: Laura Purcell

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambit… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Whispering Muse book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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18. Bone China

By: Laura Purcell

3.65

Format: 433 pages, Hardcover

Consumption has ravaged Louise Pinecroft's family, leaving her and her father alone and heartbroken… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's Bone China book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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19. The Burial Plot

By: Elizabeth Macneal

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable his… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Macneal's The Burial Plot book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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20. The Book of Secrets

By: Anna Mazzola

4.26

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Months after the plague ravaged Rome, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it t… read more

Similar categories in Anna Mazzola's The Book of Secrets book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • historical
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The Beholders

By: Hester Musson

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of th… read more

Similar categories in Hester Musson's The Beholders book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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22. The Darlings of the Asylum

By: Noel O'Reilly

3.41

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

To marry is madness. To escape is impossible. Noel O’Reilly returns with a gripping historical no… read more

Similar categories in Noel O'Reilly's The Darlings of the Asylum book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • crime
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23. The Lodger

By: Helen Scarlett

3.83

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

This second novel from the author of The Deception of Harriet Fleet takes us back to the aftermath … read more

Similar categories in Helen Scarlett's The Lodger book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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24. People of Abandoned Character

By: Clare Whitfield

3.76

Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition

Marry in haste . . . Murder at leisure? London, 1888: Susannah rushes into marriage to a young a… read more

Similar categories in Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • adult
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Trials of Marjorie Crowe by C.S. Robertson

25. The Trials of Marjorie Crowe

By: C.S. Robertson

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you solve a murder when everyone thinks you're guilty? Marjorie Crowe lives in Kilgoyne, … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Robertson's The Trials of Marjorie Crowe book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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26. The Hitchcock Hotel

By: Stephanie Wrobel

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed ho… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Wrobel's The Hitchcock Hotel book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • mystery thriller
  • adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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27. The Wayward Girls

By: Amanda Mason

3.61

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

The Girls meets The Little Stranger in this dark and captivating debut about sisterhood, family sec… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Mason's The Wayward Girls book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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28. The Bone Hunters

By: Joanne Burn

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

When Ada Winters finds the fossilised remains of an unrecognisable creature up on the cliffs, she b… read more

Similar categories in Joanne Burn's The Bone Hunters book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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29. Letters from the Dead

By: Sam Hurcom

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

1905. A year after ‘the affair’ in Dinas Powys, Thomas Bexley has become a drunkard and recluse, ha… read more

Similar categories in Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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30. Beautiful Ugly

By: Alice Feeney

4.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously d… read more

Similar categories in Alice Feeney's Beautiful Ugly book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • adult
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31. The Small Museum

By: Jody Cooksley

3.83

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A chilling historical mystery set against the Gothic backdrop of Victorian London London, 1873. … read more

Similar categories in Jody Cooksley's The Small Museum book and Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels

Janice Hallett

3.95

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Daughters of Night

Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.17

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The Hemlock Cure

Joanne Burn

3.73

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The List of Suspicious Things

Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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The Black Feathers

Rebecca Netley

4.00

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Louise Welsh

3.71

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