14 Best mystery books like The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18) by Barbara Hambly

Cover of The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18) by Barbara Hambly

The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

By: Barbara Hambly

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

No one can talk to the dead . . . can they? Free man of color Benjamin January gets caught up in a …

If you liked the mystery plot in The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18) by Barbara Hambly , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Maiden's Tale (Sister Frevisse, #8) by Margaret Frazer

1. The Maiden's Tale (Sister Frevisse, #8)

By: Margaret Frazer

4.75

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

A visit at the home of Sister Frevisse's cousin Lady Alice becomes dangerous--for this home houses … read more

Similar categories in Margaret Frazer's The Maiden's Tale (Sister Frevisse, #8) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Case of the Careless Kitten by Erle Stanley Gardner

2. The Case of the Careless Kitten

By: Erle Stanley Gardner

4.48

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

DOUBLY DISAPPEARED Ten years ago, town banker Franklin Shore left all his money behind, disappeared… read more

Similar categories in Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Careless Kitten book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans by Gary Krist

3. Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans

By: Gary Krist

4.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war… read more

Similar categories in Gary Krist's Empire of Sin: A Story of Sex, Jazz, Murder, and the Battle for Modern New Orleans book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • historical
Cover of Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang

4. Dragon Springs Road

By: Janie Chang

4.44

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of Three Soulscomes a vividly imagined and haunting new novel set in early 20th cen… read more

Similar categories in Janie Chang's Dragon Springs Road book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

5. The Raven and the Reindeer

By: T. Kingfisher

3.91

Format: 144 pages,

When Gerta's friend Kay is stolen away by the mysterious Snow Queen, it's up to Gerta to find him. … read more

Similar categories in T. Kingfisher's The Raven and the Reindeer book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

6. Fire (Tales of Elemental Spirits, #2)

By: Peter Dickinson , Robin McKinley

3.80

Format: 8 pages,

5 tales set from prehistoric to present, market to dragon academy. 1 First Flight - a boy and pet u… read more

Similar categories in Peter Dickinson's Fire (Tales of Elemental Spirits, #2) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

7. The Lady Chapel (Owen Archer, #2)

By: Candace Robb

4.75

Format: 140 pages, Paperback

Owen Archer, the intriguing Welsh archer-turned-sleuth, is back-in another riveting challenge to El… read more

Similar categories in Candace Robb's The Lady Chapel (Owen Archer, #2) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

Cover of Too Good to Hang (Bradecote & Catchpoll #11) by Sarah Hawkswood

8. Too Good to Hang (Bradecote & Catchpoll #11)

By: Sarah Hawkswood

4.53

Format: 266 pages, Kindle Edition

April, 1145. Thorgar the Ploughman is found by the bloodied body of Father Edmund, a village priest… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hawkswood's Too Good to Hang (Bradecote & Catchpoll #11) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) by Laurie R. King

9. The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

By: Laurie R. King

4.41

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) by Anne Hillerman

10. Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

“Anne Hillerman is a star.”—J. A. Jance, New York Times bestselling author From New York Times bes… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hillerman's Lost Birds (A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito #27) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Death in the Spires by K.J. Charles

11. Death in the Spires

By: K.J. Charles

4.42

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

The newspapers called us the Seven Wonders. We were a group of friends, that’s all, and then Toby d… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Death in the Spires book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Cave of Bones (Leaphorn & Chee, #22) by Anne Hillerman

12. Cave of Bones (Leaphorn & Chee, #22)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.01

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

Don’t miss the TV series, Dark Winds, based on the Leaphorn, Chee, & Manuelito novels, now on AMC a… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hillerman's Cave of Bones (Leaphorn & Chee, #22) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America by Nicole Eustace

13. Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America

By: Nicole Eustace

3.61

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

On the eve of a major treaty conference between Iroquois leaders and European colonists in the dist… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Eustace's Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • mystery
Cover of Stargazer (Leaphorn & Chee, #24) by Anne Hillerman

14. Stargazer (Leaphorn & Chee, #24)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder, deception, Navajo tradition, and the stars collide in this enthralling entry in New York Ti… read more

Similar categories in Anne Hillerman's Stargazer (Leaphorn & Chee, #24) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

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

15. 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

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mystery #20) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder by Douglas Preston

16. The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder

By: Douglas Preston

3.81

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

Douglas Preston, the #1 bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God , presents jaw-droppi… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Preston's The Lost Tomb: And Other Real-Life Stories of Bones, Burials, and Murder book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • mystery
Cover of The Madstone by Elizabeth   Crook

17. The Madstone

By: Elizabeth Crook

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With echoes of Lonesome Dove and News of the World, the riveting story of a pregnant young mother, … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Crook's The Madstone book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Your mother leaned her head on my shoulder. I hardly breathed for having it there. I had certainly never felt so alive and cozy whilst nearly frozen to death."

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"Despite I was tired, it was a comfort to stare at the red and brown stripes of the blanket in the lantern light and move my fingers along them. It was a steady, dependable task, as opposed to every o…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"We had one horse, one mule, and a wagon. We had Horhay with his limp arm and his long past, and Dickie with his hopes for the necklace now dashed and turned to dread of its curse, and me with my ache…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

"Had we been in town amongst people, then we might have been merely interested at the news of having a cursed item in our possession. But out in the midst of no place, shielded by only a scanty wall o…"

-Elizabeth Crook, The Madstone

Cover of The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16) by Jacqueline Winspear

18. The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.27

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"Children should always be believed until proven otherwise."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"know that expression—only a man could cause a woman to look like that"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"Fear had to be handled with care, managed so it became a tool, not a weight."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

"I believe it’s called ‘irrational reasoning.’ It’s what happens to people when they’re scared"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16)

Cover of The Tale Teller (Leaphorn & Chee, #23) by Anne Hillerman

19. The Tale Teller (Leaphorn & Chee, #23)

By: Anne Hillerman

4.15

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn takes center stage in this riveting atmospheric … read more

Similar categories in Anne Hillerman's The Tale Teller (Leaphorn & Chee, #23) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

20. Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.62

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country i… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • fiction
Cover of The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18) by Barbara Hambly

21. The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

By: Barbara Hambly

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

No one can talk to the dead . . . can they? Free man of color Benjamin January gets caught up in a … read more

Similar categories in Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18) book and Barbara Hambly's The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18)

  • american
  • 19th century
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery

15 must-read fiction books like The House of the Patriarch (Benjamin January #18) by Barbara Hambly

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The Maiden's Tale (Sister Frevisse, #8)

Margaret Frazer

4.75

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The Case of the Careless Kitten

Erle Stanley Gardner

4.48

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Dragon Springs Road

Janie Chang

4.44

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Too Good to Hang (Bradecote & Catchpoll #11)

Sarah Hawkswood

4.53

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The Eagle Catcher (Wind River Reservation, #1)

Margaret Coel

3.31

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The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

Laurie R. King

4.41

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Circle in the Water (A Sharon McCone Mystery)

Marcia Muller

3.57

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Three-Inch Teeth (Joe Pickett #24)

C.J. Box

4.36

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