15 Best crime books like The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5) by Kerry Tombs

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The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

By: Kerry Tombs

4.29

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

AN EVOCATIVE VICTORIAN DETECTIVE STORY FULL OF CLEVER TWISTS Droitwich, April 1890. A nine-year-o…

If you liked the crime plot in The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5) by Kerry Tombs , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1) by S.G. MacLean

1. The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London, 1657, the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. No one knows where Damian Seeker originated from… read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 2) by Karen Charlton

2. The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 2)

By: Karen Charlton

3.96

Format: None pages,

On a cold February night in Regency London, a dark curtain falls on the Sans Pareil Theatre followi… read more

Similar categories in Karen Charlton's The Sans Pareil Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 2) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Hanging Cage (The Northminster Mysteries Book 4) by Harriet Smart

3. The Hanging Cage (The Northminster Mysteries Book 4)

By: Harriet Smart

4.00

Format: 117 pages,

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Similar categories in Harriet Smart's The Hanging Cage (The Northminster Mysteries Book 4) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery

4. The Sculthorpe Murder (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 3)

By: Karen Charlton

3.82

Format: None pages,

Northamptonshire, 1810: As a new canal network snakes across the landscape, a vicious mob stakes it… read more

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5. The Ghosts of Ardenthwaite (The Northminster Mysteries Book 5)

By: Harriet Smart

3.92

Format: None pages,

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Cover of The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1) by Anthony Trollope, David Skilton

6. The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

By: Anthony Trollope , David Skilton

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in p… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Trollope's The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • fiction
  • audiobook
"It is much less difficult for the sufferer to be generous than for the oppressor."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"... In what I do I may appear to be interfering with you, and I hope you will forgive me for doing so."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"He never quarreled with his wife, but he never talked to her;--he never had time to talk, he was so taken up with speaking."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"They say that faint heart never won fair lady. It is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men's hearts!"

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

Cover of Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7) by Andrea Penrose

7. Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.11

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Responding to an urgent plea from a troubled family friend, the Earl of Wrexford journeys to Oxford… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Highgate Cemetery Murder (Tate and Bell Mystery, #1) by Irina Shapiro

8. The Highgate Cemetery Murder (Tate and Bell Mystery, #1)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.35

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

His heart pounding, the man scribbles the words in his notebook as fast as he can: “Woman dead in H… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's The Highgate Cemetery Murder (Tate and Bell Mystery, #1) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder of a Hangman (Redmond and Haze #13) by Irina Shapiro

9. Murder of a Hangman (Redmond and Haze #13)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.55

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

When a severed head is left on the steps of Newgate Prison, Lord Redmond and Inspector Haze are lef… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder of a Hangman (Redmond and Haze #13) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Deadly Obsession (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #6) by Carla Simpson

10. Deadly Obsession (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #6)

By: Carla Simpson

4.55

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

A photograph taken of the daughter of one of London’s most prominent citizens in a private setting … read more

Similar categories in Carla Simpson's Deadly Obsession (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #6) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • mystery
  • historical
Cover of Murder at the Abbey (Redmond and Haze Mysteries #2) by Irina Shapiro

11. Murder at the Abbey (Redmond and Haze Mysteries #2)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.38

Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition

When the body of a young woman is found near the ruins of a haunted abbey, everyone assumes she die… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder at the Abbey (Redmond and Haze Mysteries #2) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in Highgate (Redmond & Haze #9) by Irina Shapiro

12. Murder in Highgate (Redmond & Haze #9)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.49

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

When a young man is found hanging inside the Ashford family tomb, Redmond and Haze assume the man h… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder in Highgate (Redmond & Haze #9) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder on the Sea Witch (Redmond and Haze #7) by Irina Shapiro

13. Murder on the Sea Witch (Redmond and Haze #7)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.46

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

When the body of a renowned British archeologist is found inside a sarcophagus he was bringing back… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder on the Sea Witch (Redmond and Haze #7) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in the Mews (Redmond & Haze #10) by Irina Shapiro

14. Murder in the Mews (Redmond & Haze #10)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.55

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

When the Earl of Granville is skewered with a pitchfork in his own stables, Inspector Haze and Lord… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder in the Mews (Redmond & Haze #10) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Deadly Illusion (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #4) by Carla Simpson

15. Deadly Illusion (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #4)

By: Carla Simpson

4.40

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

What is real or only an illusion? Ghostly images that appear and float across the stage, objects… read more

Similar categories in Carla Simpson's Deadly Illusion (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #4) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
Cover of Murder in Half Moon Street (Redmond and Haze #8) by Irina Shapiro

16. Murder in Half Moon Street (Redmond and Haze #8)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.50

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

When a gentlewoman is savagely murdered in her own bed, Lord Redmond and Inspector Haze must pick a… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder in Half Moon Street (Redmond and Haze #8) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the Seven Dials (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #1) by Cara Devlin

17. Murder at the Seven Dials (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #1)

By: Cara Devlin

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A murdered opera singer. A duke drenched in her blood. For Bow Street Officer Hugh Marsden, the bru… read more

Similar categories in Cara Devlin's Murder at the Seven Dials (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #1) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Plague Pits & River Bones (Detective Lavender Mysteries #4) by Karen Charlton

18. Plague Pits & River Bones (Detective Lavender Mysteries #4)

By: Karen Charlton

4.41

Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition

London 1812: Treacherous gangs roam the capital, and not even the Palace of Westminster is safe. Wh… read more

Similar categories in Karen Charlton's Plague Pits & River Bones (Detective Lavender Mysteries #4) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Willow Marsh Murder (The Detective Lavender Mysteries #6) by Karen Charlton

19. The Willow Marsh Murder (The Detective Lavender Mysteries #6)

By: Karen Charlton

4.52

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Cambridgeshire, September 1813: Detective Stephen Lavender and Constable Ned Woods are lured to an … read more

Similar categories in Karen Charlton's The Willow Marsh Murder (The Detective Lavender Mysteries #6) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in Park Lane (Detective Lavender Mysteries #5) by Karen Charlton

20. Murder in Park Lane (Detective Lavender Mysteries #5)

By: Karen Charlton

4.45

Format: 313 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1812. At a fashionable address in leafy Mayfair, a far cry from Detective Stephen Lavender’… read more

Similar categories in Karen Charlton's Murder in Park Lane (Detective Lavender Mysteries #5) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Deadly Vow (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #5) by Carla Simpson

21. A Deadly Vow (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #5)

By: Carla Simpson

4.64

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

A THIRTY YEAR OLD MURDER... Old Town, Edinburgh, in a squalid tenement where poverty, rats, and di… read more

Similar categories in Carla Simpson's A Deadly Vow (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #5) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • mystery
  • historical
Cover of A Deadly Game (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #3) by Carla Simpson

22. A Deadly Game (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #3)

By: Carla Simpson

4.41

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1890: It's a New Year, but murder never takes a holiday. The past reaches out to the … read more

Similar categories in Carla Simpson's A Deadly Game (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #3) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder at the Polo Club (Cleopatra Fox, #7) by C.J. Archer

23. Murder at the Polo Club (Cleopatra Fox, #7)

By: C.J. Archer

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

The sport of kings is the backdrop for a game of murder where one player loses more than the match.… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Archer's Murder at the Polo Club (Cleopatra Fox, #7) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Deadly Secrets (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #2) by Carla Simpson

24. Deadly Secrets (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #2)

By: Carla Simpson

4.41

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

A severed foot. Fingerprints left on a wine glass. A secret cypher code. The scent of orange and ci… read more

Similar categories in Carla Simpson's Deadly Secrets (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #2) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Deadly Affair (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #1) by Carla Simpson

25. A Deadly Affair (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #1)

By: Carla Simpson

4.32

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

London 1889 — Murder, mystery, and two people in a most unlikely partnership. She's an unconvent… read more

Similar categories in Carla Simpson's A Deadly Affair (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #1) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray

26. 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

Similar categories in Claudia Gray's The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5) by Kerry Tombs

27. The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

By: Kerry Tombs

4.29

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

AN EVOCATIVE VICTORIAN DETECTIVE STORY FULL OF CLEVER TWISTS Droitwich, April 1890. A nine-year-o… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • murder mystery
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Death at the Workhouse (Penny Green, #8) by Emily Organ

28. Death at the Workhouse (Penny Green, #8)

By: Emily Organ

4.15

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

London 1885. Something’s not right at Shoreditch Workhouse and reporter Penny Green is struggling t… read more

Similar categories in Emily Organ's Death at the Workhouse (Penny Green, #8) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8) by Sherry Thomas

29. A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

By: Sherry Thomas

4.19

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself … read more

Similar categories in Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The River Runs Deep (Michael Brady #2) by Mark      Richards

30. The River Runs Deep (Michael Brady #2)

By: Mark Richards

4.54

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Good people do bad things Bad people do good things Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference… … read more

Similar categories in Mark Richards's The River Runs Deep (Michael Brady #2) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Murder of Innocents: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 14 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries) by Irina Shapiro

31. Murder of Innocents: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 14 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.58

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

Summoned to a historic Tudor manor, Jason and Daniel are charged with investigating the heart-wrenc… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder of Innocents: A Redmond and Haze Mystery Book 14 (Redmond and Haze Mysteries) book and Kerry Tombs's The Droitwich Deceivers (Inspector Ravenscroft, #5)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook

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S.G. MacLean

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3.96

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Anthony Trollope , David Skilton

3.75

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Andrea Penrose

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Deanna Raybourn

4.19

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4.07

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Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

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Susan Elia MacNeal

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