17 must-read historical fiction books like The Murderer's Apprentice (Inspector Ben Ross #7) by Ann Granger

Cover of The Murderer's Apprentice (Inspector Ben Ross #7) by Ann Granger

The Murderer's Apprentice (Inspector Ben Ross #7)

By: Ann Granger

3.91

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Dense fog masks foul play in the streets of London, as Ann Granger brings us her seventh Victorian …

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Murderer's Apprentice (Inspector Ben Ross #7) by Ann Granger , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of Death Before Wicket (Phryne Fisher, #10) by Kerry Greenwood

1. Death Before Wicket (Phryne Fisher, #10)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.77

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

The sassy Phryne Fisher sets the seamy side of Sydney alight in her tenth adventure.Phryne Fisher h… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Come to the jacaranda tree at seven o'clock and you will hear something to your advantage. Destroy this note.' No signature, no clue to the identity. Just what sort of heroine do you think I am? Phry…"

-Kerry Greenwood, Death Before Wicket (Phryne Fisher, #10)

Cover of Sheer Folly (Daisy Dalrymple, #18) by Carola Dunn

2. Sheer Folly (Daisy Dalrymple, #18)

By: Carola Dunn

3.87

Format: 400 pages,

In March of 1926, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and her friend and collaborator Lucy aka Lady Gerald, vi… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Winter Garden Mystery (Daisy Dalrymple, #2) by Carola Dunn

3. The Winter Garden Mystery (Daisy Dalrymple, #2)

By: Carola Dunn

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

England 1923. Plucky Daisy Dalrymple takes another Town and Country magazine assignment, to write u… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8) by Ngaio Marsh

4. Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

By: Ngaio Marsh

3.96

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

It was planned as an act of a new piano for the parish hall, an amusing play to finance the gift. … read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"It's like one of those affairs in books," said Bailey disgustedly."Someone trying to think up a new way to do a murder. Silly, I call it." "What do you say, Roper?" said Alleyn. "To my way of thinkin…"

-Ngaio Marsh, Overture to Death (Roderick Alleyn, #8)

Cover of Damsel in Distress (Daisy Dalrymple, #5) by Carola Dunn

5. Damsel in Distress (Daisy Dalrymple, #5)

By: Carola Dunn

3.44

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Daisy Dalrymple, magazine writer and heiress, helps her pal Philip Petrie, whose sweetheart Gloria … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7) by Margery Allingham

6. Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7)

By: Margery Allingham

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead i… read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook

7. The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries (Mrs. Jeffries, #1)

By: Emily Brightwell

4.50

Format: 228 pages, Hardcover

As housekeeper to Scotland Yard Inspector Witherspoon, Mrs Jeffries supervises informal investigato… read more

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8. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Douglas V. Steere

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, the Danish writer Sore… read more

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9. Ghost at Work (Bailey Ruth, #1)

By: Carolyn G. Hart

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Bailey Ruth Raeburn has always been great at solving mysteries. Why should a little thing like her … read more

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10. Dead in the Water (Daisy Dalrymple, #6)

By: Carola Dunn

4.33

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Daisy Dalrymple visits relatives with fiance DCI Alec Fletcher, and covers the 1923 Henley Royal Re… read more

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11. Suffer the Little Children (Commissario Brunetti, #16)

By: Donna Leon

3.57

Format: 271 pages,

Donna Leon's charming, evocative, and addictive Commissario Guido Brunetti series continues with Su… read more

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12. To Davy Jones Below (Daisy Dalrymple, #9)

By: Carola Dunn

4.29

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

With the peal of wedding bells still ringing in their ears, Daisy Dalrymple and her new husband, De… read more

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13. Miss Seeton Quilts the Village (A Miss Seeton Mystery #22)

By: Heron Carvic , Hamilton Crane

4.35

Format: None pages,

Miss Seeton is back! A new original for this classic series of humorous cosy mysteries. It's practi… read more

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Cover of Murder of a Hangman (Redmond and Haze #13) by Irina Shapiro

14. 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

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

15. 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

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

16. 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

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder of a Mermaid (Redmond & Haze #11) by Irina Shapiro

17. Murder of a Mermaid (Redmond & Haze #11)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.53

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

The discovery of a young woman’s body drifting down the Thames, her hair adorned with flowers and h… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder Among the Dead (Redmond and Haze #12) by Irina Shapiro

18. Murder Among the Dead (Redmond and Haze #12)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.52

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

When Charlotte Haze’s nurse, Rebecca Grainger, is discovered murdered at a disused burial ground an… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mystery #20) by Rhys Bowen

19. In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mystery #20)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.22

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the latest book in t… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder at Ashton Steeple (Heathcliff Lennox, #10) by Karen Baugh Menuhin

20. Murder at Ashton Steeple (Heathcliff Lennox, #10)

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.57

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder, Mystery and a dog, and cat, of distinctionBook 10 in the Heathcliff Lennox series.A man sho… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Baker Street Murders (Augusta Peel, #7) by Emily Organ

21. The Baker Street Murders (Augusta Peel, #7)

By: Emily Organ

4.53

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

When Augusta Peel discovers a mysterious message in a book she’s repairing, her enquiries take her … read more

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  • british literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder at the Leaning Tower (Armstrong and Oscar #6) by T.A.   Williams

22. Murder at the Leaning Tower (Armstrong and Oscar #6)

By: T.A. Williams

4.41

Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition

A secluded villa… When Dan Armstrong is asked to provide security at a private villa on the outs… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of An Old Affair: A 1920s tale of murder, mystery, and an ancient family feud (Sophie Burgoyne Mysteries Book 6) by G.J. Bellamy

23. An Old Affair: A 1920s tale of murder, mystery, and an ancient family feud (Sophie Burgoyne Mysteries Book 6)

By: G.J. Bellamy

4.42

Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition

A standalone story of 1920s crime, murder, and intrigue.In a pretty corner of England, two ennobled… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
Cover of A Very Lively Murder (Three Dahlias #2) by Katy  Watson

24. A Very Lively Murder (Three Dahlias #2)

By: Katy Watson

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

One murder mystery movie. Three Dahlias. And a whole cast of suspects... Ex-child star Posy Star… read more

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

25. 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

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11) by Eva Gates

26. The Stranger in the Library (Lighthouse Library Mystery #11)

By: Eva Gates

4.13

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

Outer Banks librarian Lucy is working on an art show at the library when paintings–and people–start… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld by Catherine Lloyd

27. Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld

By: Catherine Lloyd

3.99

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Set against the timelessly intriguing backdrop of 1830s high-society London, this delightful histor… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Murderer's Apprentice (Inspector Ben Ross #7) by Ann Granger

28. The Murderer's Apprentice (Inspector Ben Ross #7)

By: Ann Granger

3.91

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Dense fog masks foul play in the streets of London, as Ann Granger brings us her seventh Victorian … read more

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  • historical mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Moonlight Market by Joanne Harris

29. The Moonlight Market

By: Joanne Harris

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris comes a richly imagined and captivating novel … read more

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  • fiction
  • audiobook
" Love never ends--- but it changes. In some cases, it grows like a tree, stronger and more fruitful. In others, it changes nature, like chrysalis to butterfly. "

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"And, at that, picking up his parcel of books, Spider began to walk purposefully down the road, a river of light at his ragged heels, his spindly shadow beside him."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"He was close to her now, close enough to smell her scent, which was like bluebells in the rain, and the aroma of a forest in spring, and the peppery sweetness of petrichor."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"There's daylight names and midnight names. Daylight names are safe enough. A spider brings good luck before midnight, but bad luck after. And you look to me like the kind of young man who needs good …"

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

Cover of The Covent Garden Murder (The Blitz Detective #8) by Mike Hollow

30. The Covent Garden Murder (The Blitz Detective #8)

By: Mike Hollow

4.14

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

December, 1940. Christmas is coming, but the season of goodwill is overshadowed by the death and de… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical fiction
  • historical mystery
  • british literature

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Carola Dunn

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Camilla Trinchieri

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Katie Gayle

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Faith Martin

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T.E. Kinsey

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