8 Best mystery thriller books like The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau

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The Orchid Hour

By: Nancy Bilyeau

4.10

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Nancy Bilyeau, author of The Blue, returns with a tantalizing historical novel about a woman caught…

If you liked the mystery thriller plot in The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

By: Lucy Barker

3.55

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A historical novel about the rivalry between two female mediums during Victorian London’s obsession… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Barker's The Other Side of Mrs. Wood book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I want your reputation... I want everything you have."

-Lucy Barker, The Other Side of Mrs. Wood

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2. 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 Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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3. Once a Monster

By: Robert Dinsdale

3.78

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1861: Ten-year-old Nell belongs to a crew of mudlarks who work a stretch of the Thames alon… read more

Similar categories in Robert Dinsdale's Once a Monster book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Herbalist's Secret

By: Annabelle Marx

4.13

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

Two small lifeless bodies lay on the sand, arms carefully placed by their sides. On the other side … read more

Similar categories in Annabelle Marx's The Herbalist's Secret book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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5. The Phoenix Crown

By: Kate Quinn

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about … read more

Similar categories in Kate Quinn's The Phoenix Crown book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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6. Queens of London

By: Heather Webb

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

"Looting, lying, and the letter of the  Queens of London delivers a rollicking ride through the cri… read more

Similar categories in Heather Webb's Queens of London book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Apostates (The Seton Chronicles #3)

By: V.E.H. Masters

4.39

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Winner of the Barbara Hammond Trophy and Amazon BESTSELLING Author 'Momentous historica… read more

Similar categories in V.E.H. Masters's The Apostates (The Seton Chronicles #3) book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • historical fiction
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8. The Painter's Daughters

By: Emily Howes

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A story of love, madness, sisterly devotion, and control, about the two beloved daughters of renown… read more

Similar categories in Emily Howes's The Painter's Daughters book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge (Rachel Savernake #3)

By: Martin Edwards

3.64

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge is a complexly layered mystery perfect for fans of impossible myster… read more

Similar categories in Martin Edwards's The Puzzle of Blackstone Lodge (Rachel Savernake #3) book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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10. The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph

By: Kate Braithwaite

4.30

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

A compelling historical retelling of the first great scandal to shake America. Victim? Temptress… read more

Similar categories in Kate Braithwaite's The Scandalous Life of Nancy Randolph book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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11. The Curse of Morton Abbey

By: Clarissa Harwood

4.22

Format: 397 pages, ebook

Jane Eyre meets The Secret Garden in a gothic novel of romantic suspense set in 1890s Yorkshire. … read more

Similar categories in Clarissa Harwood's The Curse of Morton Abbey book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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12. The Arsenic Eater's Wife

By: Tonya Mitchell

4.00

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman is accused of killing her husband, but is she actually guilty? Inspired by a true historica… read more

Similar categories in Tonya Mitchell's The Arsenic Eater's Wife book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. At the Stroke of Midnight

By: Jenni Keer

4.26

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

It’s 1923 and in a decade that promises excitement and liberation, Pearl Glenham and her father are… read more

Similar categories in Jenni Keer's At the Stroke of Midnight book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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14. From Dust to Stardust

By: Kathleen Rooney

3.92

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk comes a novel about Hollywood, the cost… read more

Similar categories in Kathleen Rooney's From Dust to Stardust book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Venetian Candidate

By: Philip Gwynne Jones

4.24

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

To tell the truth is a revolutionary act. Battered by floods and crushed by overtourism, the cit… read more

Similar categories in Philip Gwynne Jones's The Venetian Candidate book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery
  • crime
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16. Death at the Chateau (A Follet Valley Mystery #3)

By: Ian Moore

3.99

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The third book in the The Times -bestselling murder mystery series, by leading TV/radio comedian Ia… read more

Similar categories in Ian Moore's Death at the Chateau (A Follet Valley Mystery #3) book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. Sisters of the Sweetwater Fury

By: Kinley Bryan

4.17

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

Three sisters. Two Great Lakes. One furious storm. It's 1913 and Great Lakes galley cook Sunny C… read more

Similar categories in Kinley Bryan's Sisters of the Sweetwater Fury book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. The Forgotten Names

By: Mario Escobar

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Based on the true story of one ordinary woman who risked everything to reunite Jewish children with… read more

Similar categories in Mario Escobar's The Forgotten Names book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • audiobook
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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19. 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

Similar categories in Catherine Lloyd's Miss Morton and the Spirits of the Underworld book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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20. Sinners of Starlight City

By: Anika Scott

3.88

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

From the author of the international bestseller  The German Heiress , a gripping historical drama a… read more

Similar categories in Anika Scott's Sinners of Starlight City book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The Orchid Hour

By: Nancy Bilyeau

4.10

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

Nancy Bilyeau, author of The Blue, returns with a tantalizing historical novel about a woman caught… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • new york
  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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22. The Socialite Spy

By: Sarah Sigal

4.11

Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1936. Socialite and journalist Lady Pamela pens the popular ‘Agent of Influence’ column,… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Sigal's The Socialite Spy book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • historical
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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23. Henderson House

By: Caren Simpson McVicker

4.25

Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition

An enchanting boardinghouse tale of sisters, secrets, and later-in-life romance,  Henderson House  … read more

Similar categories in Caren Simpson McVicker's Henderson House book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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24. All the Pretty Places

By: Joy Callaway

3.85

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

“A timeless and powerful novel of a daring woman who must decide if she will risk everything to fol… read more

Similar categories in Joy Callaway's All the Pretty Places book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • new york
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Money didn’t only buy comfort; it bought friends too. And despite not being at all contagious, poverty was clearly considered a plague."

-Joy Callaway, All the Pretty Places

"I was so fortunate. I was able to bury my gloom in beauty anytime I wanted. So could my peers. They could simple say a word, draft a check, and their land would overflow with the hope of nature. But …"

-Joy Callaway, All the Pretty Places

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25. Harlem After Midnight (A Canary Club Mystery, #2)

By: Louise Hare

3.51

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A body falls from a town house window in Harlem, and it looks just like the newest singer at the Ap… read more

Similar categories in Louise Hare's Harlem After Midnight (A Canary Club Mystery, #2) book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • new york
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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26. Burlington

By: Heather Dixon

3.22

Format: None pages, None

Mae Roberts is certain her new life in the suburbs with her family will be everything she’s always … read more

Similar categories in Heather Dixon's Burlington book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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27. The Wives Left Behind

By: L.K. Wilde

4.35

Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition

Cornwall, 1840. The victim, the accused, and the wives left behind. Welcome to the trial of the cen… read more

Similar categories in L.K. Wilde's The Wives Left Behind book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • historical fiction
Cover of The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3) by Saara El-Arifi

28. The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3)

By: Saara El-Arifi

4.35

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Rebellions are like fires—something needs to burn to make a flame. Return to the Wardens’ Empire in… read more

Similar categories in Saara El-Arifi's The Ending Fire (The Ending Fire Trilogy, #3) book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • fiction
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29. The House of the Witch

By: Clare Marchant

4.43

Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition

Now: When Adrianna arrives at the small, run-down cottage, near the sea in rural Norfolk, she can’t… read more

Similar categories in Clare Marchant's The House of the Witch book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. The Hidden Girl

By: Lucinda Riley

4.38

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

Sweeping across two generations, from the ghettos of Europe during the Second World War to the encl… read more

Similar categories in Lucinda Riley's The Hidden Girl book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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31. Small Bones (Harvey and Birch #2)

By: Kerry Buchanan

4.34

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

If you can’t trust your father and you can’t trust the police, who can you trust? Sue Hearn is p… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Buchanan's Small Bones (Harvey and Birch #2) book and Nancy Bilyeau's The Orchid Hour

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction

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Viola Shipman

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