21 best-selling historical books like A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8) by Sherry Thomas

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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 …

If you liked the historical plot in A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8) by Sherry Thomas , here is a list of 21 books like this:

Cover of A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) by Deanna Raybourn

1. A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, i… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"A man cannot choose to die when he has not yet learnt to live." Stoker"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"If I could have created a perfect woman, I could never have imagined you. But that is my failure. Not yours."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Not everyone shares your tendency to scorn the company of others." "Scorn the company of others! Thanks to you, I speak to entirely too many people, entirely too often."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Do you mean to dissuade me? Point out the flaws in my plan? Express your objections with vehemence and eloquence?" He tipped his head. "Actually, no." "Are you entirely well? Have you a fever? Should…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

Cover of Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox, #8) by C.J. Archer

2. Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox, #8)

By: C.J. Archer

4.07

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

The staff in high society households are expected to be unobtrusive, but a dead butler in the dinin… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Archer's Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox, #8) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

3. 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 Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"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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4. 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

Similar categories in Susan Elia MacNeal's The Last Hope book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) by C.S. Harris

5. 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 Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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6. Speculations in Sin

By: Jennifer Ashley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

To save an innocent man’s life, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must expose a financial scam t… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Ashley's Speculations in Sin book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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7. The Lady's Last Mistake

By: Cara Devlin

4.48

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

For years, Lady Cassandra Sinclair has harbored a scandalous secret and a painful loss. Unwilling t… read more

Similar categories in Cara Devlin's The Lady's Last Mistake book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • romance
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12) by Anna Lee Huber

8. A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.24

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, hope they’ve finally found peace after a … read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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9. 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 Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2) by Irina Shapiro

10. Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The chill of winter has descended on London. But for Sebastian Bell and Gemma Tate, there will be l… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

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

11. 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 Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • romance
  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) by Alan Bradley

12. What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11)

By: Alan Bradley

4.26

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the absence of adult supervision, Flavia has taken on the mentorship of her “pestilent” younger … read more

Similar categories in Alan Bradley's What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce, #11) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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13. A Vicious Machination (Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries, #13)

By: Lynn Messina

4.44

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

As eager as Beatrice, Duchess of Kesgrave, is to meet her husband’s newly discovered illegitimate h… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Messina's A Vicious Machination (Beatrice Hyde-Clare Mysteries, #13) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
Cover of An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #7) by Dianne Freeman

14. An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #7)

By: Dianne Freeman

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and Jane Austen alike, the latest in this deligh… read more

Similar categories in Dianne Freeman's An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #7) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) by Allison Montclair

15. Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6)

By: Allison Montclair

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another … read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Secrets of the Lost Ledgers (The Glass Library #5) by C.J. Archer

16. Secrets of the Lost Ledgers (The Glass Library #5)

By: C.J. Archer

4.28

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

An invisible message from a dead man resurrects a decades-old mystery.With her sharpened magical se… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Archer's Secrets of the Lost Ledgers (The Glass Library #5) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance (Miss Morton Mysteries, #3) by Catherine Lloyd

17. Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance (Miss Morton Mysteries, #3)

By: Catherine Lloyd

3.98

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Social standing is everything in Regency England—and no one knows better than Miss Caroline Morton,… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Lloyd's Miss Morton and the Deadly Inheritance (Miss Morton Mysteries, #3) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Scandal in Mayfair (Lily Adler Mystery, #5) by Katharine Schellman

18. A Scandal in Mayfair (Lily Adler Mystery, #5)

By: Katharine Schellman

4.08

Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition

Sometimes danger lurks in plain sight, and in the cutthroat London Season socialite Lily Adler must… read more

Similar categories in Katharine Schellman's A Scandal in Mayfair (Lily Adler Mystery, #5) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at King’s Crossing (Wrexford & Sloane, #8) by Andrea Penrose

19. Murder at King’s Crossing (Wrexford & Sloane, #8)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Miss Scarlet and the Duke and Bridgerton—a masterfully plotted mystery that combines en… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at King’s Crossing (Wrexford & Sloane, #8) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • historical
  • historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Death by Misadventure (Lady Emily, #18) by Tasha Alexander

20. Death by Misadventure (Lady Emily, #18)

By: Tasha Alexander

3.79

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of Tasha Alexander's New York Times bestselling series, Lady Emily must s… read more

Similar categories in Tasha Alexander's Death by Misadventure (Lady Emily, #18) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cold Light of Day (Verity Kent, #7) by Anna Lee Huber

21. The Cold Light of Day (Verity Kent, #7)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The latest novel in the action-packed historical mystery series featuring Verity Kent, fashionable … read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's The Cold Light of Day (Verity Kent, #7) book and Sherry Thomas's A Ruse of Shadows (Lady Sherlock, #8)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook

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