15 Best historical mystery books like From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17) by James R. Benn

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From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

By: James R. Benn

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In southern France in 1944, Captain Billy Boyle works with French Resistance fighters to protect a …

If you liked the historical mystery plot in From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17) by James R. Benn , here is a list of 15 books like this:

1. Lehrter Station (John Russell, #5)

By: David Downing

3.66

Format: 256 pages,

Paris, November 1945. John Russell is walking home along the banks of the Seine on a cold and misty… read more

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2. Jack of Spies (Jack McColl, #1)

By: David Downing

4.33

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Set on the eve of the First World War, across oceans and continents, steamliners and cross-country … read more

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3. 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 James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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4. Union Station

By: David Downing

3.82

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In this fascinating historical thriller, a British journalist (and former spy) is adrift in McCarth… read more

Similar categories in David Downing's Union Station book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • espionage
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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5. 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 James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"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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6. 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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  • espionage
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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7. Deadly Rescue (Deadly #9)

By: Kate Parker

4.28

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

As the Phony War morphs into the Blitzkrieg, two British intelligence officers risk getting trapped… read more

Similar categories in Kate Parker's Deadly Rescue (Deadly #9) book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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8. 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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  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
"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

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9. What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19)

By: C.S. Harris

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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10. Murder at the Serpentine Bridge (Wrexford & Sloane, #6)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.19

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Charlotte, now the Countess of Wrexford, would like nothing more than a summer of peace and quiet w… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at the Serpentine Bridge (Wrexford & Sloane, #6) book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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11. 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

Similar categories in Julia Kelly's A Traitor in Whitehall (Parisian Orphan, #1) book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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12. 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 James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of A Certain Darkness (Verity Kent, #6) by Anna Lee Huber

13. A Certain Darkness (Verity Kent, #6)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Set in Downton Abbey-era post-World War I England, this action-packed series from the USA Today bes… read more

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

14. 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 James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • detective
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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15. Night Flight to Paris (Kate Rees, #2)

By: Cara Black

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

October 1942: it’s been two years since Kate Rees was sent to Paris on a British Secret Service mis… read more

Similar categories in Cara Black's Night Flight to Paris (Kate Rees, #2) book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • espionage
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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16. The Last Paladin

By: P.T. Deutermann

4.58

Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition

A gripping tale of anti-submarine warfare in the World War II Pacific Theater, by a master of milit… read more

Similar categories in P.T. Deutermann's The Last Paladin book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • thriller
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • action
Cover of A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5) by Anne Perry

17. 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 James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • espionage
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of A Truth to Lie For (Elena Standish, #4) by Anne Perry

18. A Truth to Lie For (Elena Standish, #4)

By: Anne Perry

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A lethal new weapon endangers all of Europe--unless Elena Standish can rescue an ingenious scientis… read more

Similar categories in Anne Perry's A Truth to Lie For (Elena Standish, #4) book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • espionage
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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19. From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

By: James R. Benn

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In southern France in 1944, Captain Billy Boyle works with French Resistance fighters to protect a … read more

Similar categories in James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17) book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • espionage
  • detective
  • historical mystery
  • action
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Dark Edge of Night by Mark Pryor

20. The Dark Edge of Night

By: Mark Pryor

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“Sharp eyed and sharp mouthed police detective”* Henri Lefort, is determined to solve homicides and… read more

Similar categories in Mark Pryor's The Dark Edge of Night book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of Die Around Sundown (Inspector Henri Lefort, #1) by Mark Pryor

21. Die Around Sundown (Inspector Henri Lefort, #1)

By: Mark Pryor

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Mark Pryor's Die Around Sundown is the first entry in a mystery series set in Paris during World Wa… read more

Similar categories in Mark Pryor's Die Around Sundown (Inspector Henri Lefort, #1) book and James R. Benn's From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17)

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller

18 Top fiction books like From the Shadows (Billy Boyle WWII #17) by James R. Benn

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

Will Thomas

4.22

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Union Station

David Downing

3.82

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The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18)

Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

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Susan Elia MacNeal

4.16

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Laurie R. King

4.41

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A Killing of Innocents (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #19)

Deborah Crombie

4.25

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Playing It Safe (Electra McDonnell, #3)

Ashley Weaver

4.18

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All that Is Hidden (Molly Murphy, #19)

Rhys Bowen

4.25

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