21 Best mystery books like The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4) by Alys Clare

Cover of The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4) by Alys Clare

The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

By: Alys Clare

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham have to hunt down an escapee from a French as…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4) by Alys Clare , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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

1. 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 Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • suspense
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) by Deanna Raybourn

2. 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 Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • victorian
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"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 Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) by Ashley Weaver

3. Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4)

By: Ashley Weaver

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The fourth instalment in the delightful series following safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Naz… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Weaver's Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Taken to the Grave (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #7) by Cara Devlin

4. Taken to the Grave (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #7)

By: Cara Devlin

4.54

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

The Bow Street Duchess Mystery series comes to a thrilling conclusion in the seventh and final book… read more

Similar categories in Cara Devlin's Taken to the Grave (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #7) book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

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

5. 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 Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • victorian
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Nature of the Crime (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #6) by Cara Devlin

6. Nature of the Crime (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #6)

By: Cara Devlin

4.45

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

The Bow Street Duchess Mystery series continues in January 2024 with the sixth Audrey Sinclair and … read more

Similar categories in Cara Devlin's Nature of the Crime (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #6) book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Last Word by Elly Griffiths

7. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

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

8. 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 Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Murder in Rose Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #27) by Victoria Thompson

9. Murder in Rose Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #27)

By: Victoria Thompson

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private detective husband Frank discover that the cure is worse than t… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Thompson's Murder in Rose Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #27) book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Speculations in Sin by Jennifer Ashley

10. 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 Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Once Upon a Murder (A Lady Librarian Mystery, #2) by Samantha  Larsen

11. Once Upon a Murder (A Lady Librarian Mystery, #2)

By: Samantha Larsen

3.69

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Miss Tiffany Woodall must sleuth the slaying of a footman to clear her beloved's name in the second… read more

Similar categories in Samantha Larsen's Once Upon a Murder (A Lady Librarian Mystery, #2) book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Lady's Last Mistake by Cara Devlin

12. 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 Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15) by Will Thomas

13. Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15)

By: Will Thomas

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, along with his partner Thomas Llewelyn, has a long, accomplishe… read more

Similar categories in Will Thomas's Death and Glory (Barker & Llewelyn, #15) book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1) by Patrice McDonough

14. Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1)

By: Patrice McDonough

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the twilight streets of Victorian London, a gruesome series of murders unfolds, and Dr. Julia Le… read more

Similar categories in Patrice McDonough's Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1) book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

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

15. 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 Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

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

16. 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 Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Death on the Tiber (Flavia Albia, #12) by Lindsey Davis

17. Death on the Tiber (Flavia Albia, #12)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.35

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Rome is in chaos. The empire of a mobster chief is falling apart following his death. Rivals, fears… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Davis's Death on the Tiber (Flavia Albia, #12) book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Death in the Details by Katie Tietjen

18. Death in the Details

By: Katie Tietjen

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the real life Frances Lee Glessner and featuring a whip-smart, intrepid sleuth in post-… read more

Similar categories in Katie Tietjen's Death in the Details book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

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

19. 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 Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

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

20. 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 Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4) by Alys Clare

21. The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

By: Alys Clare

3.92

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Private investigators Lily Raynor and Felix Wilbraham have to hunt down an escapee from a French as… read more

Similar categories in Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4) book and Alys Clare's The Stranger in the Asylum (World's End Bureau Victorian Mystery #4)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • suspense
  • victorian
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery

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Laurie R. King

4.41

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Deanna Raybourn

4.19

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Ashley Weaver

4.26

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Deanna Raybourn

4.19

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C.J. Archer

4.07

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Jacqueline Winspear

4.46

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Susan Elia MacNeal

4.16

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