22 Top historical books like Death of a Prominent Citizen (Reverend Mother Mystery, #7) by Cora Harrison

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Death of a Prominent Citizen (Reverend Mother Mystery, #7)

By: Cora Harrison

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Money is the root of all evil, according to the Reverend Mother - but is it the motive for her cous…

If you liked the historical plot in Death of a Prominent Citizen (Reverend Mother Mystery, #7) by Cora Harrison , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. Mortal Arts (Lady Darby Mystery, #2)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.01

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Scotland, 1830. Lady Kiera Darby is no stranger to intrigue—in fact, it seems to follow wherever sh… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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2. Who Buries the Dead (Sebastian St. Cyr, #10)

By: C.S. Harris

4.24

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

The grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebas… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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3. Still Life With Crows (Pendergast, #4)

By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child

4.21

Format: 571 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground. Is it a serial killer, a man with the need to… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
"Chauncy made a huge effort to control himself. “I had lunch at Maisie’s Diner."

-Douglas Preston, Still Life With Crows (Pendergast, #4)

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4. What Angels Fear (Sebastian St. Cyr, #1)

By: C.S. Harris

3.91

Format: 410 pages, Mass Market Paperback

It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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5. A Grave Matter (Lady Darby Mystery #3)

By: Anna Lee Huber

3.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Scotland, 1830. Following the death of her dear friend, Lady Kiera Darby is in need of a safe haven… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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6. Where Shadows Dance (Sebastian St. Cyr, #6)

By: C.S. Harris

3.95

Format: None pages,

London: July 1812.How do you set about solving a murder no one can reveal has been committed? That'… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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7. When Gods Die (Sebastian St. Cyr, #2)

By: C.S. Harris

4.27

Format: 260 pages,

Brighton, England, 1811. The beautiful wife of an aging Marquis is found dead in the arms of the Pr… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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8. Where the Dead Lie (Sebastian St. Cyr, #12)

By: C.S. Harris

4.38

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1813. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is no stranger to the dark side of the city, but … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction

9. When Maidens Mourn (Sebastian St. Cyr, #7)

By: C.S. Harris

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Regency England, August 1812. Sebastian's plans to escape the heat of London for a honeymoon are sh… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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10. What Remains of Heaven (Sebastian St. Cyr, #5)

By: C.S. Harris

4.19

Format: 234 pages,

London, 1812. When the controversial, reform-minded Bishop of London is found bludgeoned to death i… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction

11. Where Serpents Sleep (Sebastian St. Cyr, #4)

By: C.S. Harris

5.00

Format: 224 pages,

London, 1812. The brutal slaughter of eight young prostitutes in a house of refuge near Covent Gard… read more

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12. What Darkness Brings (Sebastian St. Cyr, #8)

By: C.S. Harris

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

London, September 1812. After a long night spent dealing with the tragic death of a former military… read more

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13. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.34

Format: 640 pages, Paperback

Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more

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14. The Road to Murder (Tuscan Mystery, #4)

By: Camilla Trinchieri

4.14

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of the acclaimed Tuscan Mystery series, the sole witness at a crime scene… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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15. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"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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16. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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17. What the Devil Knows (Sebastian St. Cyr, #16)

By: C.S. Harris

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sebastian St. Cyr thought a notorious serial killer had been brought to justice until a shocking se… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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18. Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18)

By: C.S. Harris

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

June 1815. The people of London wait, breathlessly, for news as Napoleon and the forces united agai… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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19. When Blood Lies (Sebastian St. Cyr, #17)

By: C.S. Harris

4.31

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has spent years unraveling his family’s tragic history. But the… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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20. Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

By: C.S. Harris

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the mysterious life and death of a nobleman accused of murder in thi… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"I believe we are all connected, every living thing one to the other, so that I owe to each what I would owe to myself."

-C.S. Harris, Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

"Bringing this man’s murderer to justice was more important to Sebastian than he could begin to explain, even to himself."

-C.S. Harris, Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

"Murder is unseemly. Making certain a killer doesn’t get away with what he has done is an obligation we the living owe to the dead—no matter how unsavory we consider them to be."

-C.S. Harris, Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

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21. A Brush with Shadows (Lady Darby Mystery, #6)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.19

Format: 383 pages, None

Sebastian Gage returns home to battle the ghosts of his past and prevent them from destroying his f… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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22. Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #13)

By: C.S. Harris

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

In the newest mystery from the national bestselling author of Where the Dead Lie, a brutal murder d… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"The truth is frequently more dangerous than a lie."

-C.S. Harris, Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #13)

"We like to believe the world arcs towards justice--I suppose because it reassures us and makes us think there's some sort of order to our existence. but what if we're wrong? What if it's All meaningl…"

-C.S. Harris, Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #13)

"So, which of the two men do you think is telling the truth?" Sebastian asked, his gaze on her profile. "Van der Pals? Or Vescovi?" She shook her head, "I'm not convinced either of them is. Although i…"

-C.S. Harris, Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #13)

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23. Evergreen (Japantown Mystery #2)

By: Naomi Hirahara

3.75

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

A Japanese American nurse's aide navigates the dangers of post-WWII and post-Manzanar life as she a… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Hirahara's Evergreen (Japantown Mystery #2) book and Cora Harrison's Death of a Prominent Citizen (Reverend Mother Mystery, #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) by William Kent Krueger

24. Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20)

By: William Kent Krueger

4.34

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A disappearance and a dead body put Cork O’Connor’s family in the crosshairs of a killer in the twe… read more

Similar categories in William Kent Krueger's Spirit Crossing (Cork O'Connor, #20) book and Cora Harrison's Death of a Prominent Citizen (Reverend Mother Mystery, #7)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) by Kate Atkinson

25. Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

By: Kate Atkinson

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The stage is set. Marooned overnight by a snowstorm in a grand country house are a cast of characte… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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26. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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27. The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.47

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

As New York Times bestseller Ann Cleeves's beloved Vera series explodes in popularity in print and … read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
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28. A Refiner’s Fire (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, #33)

By: Donna Leon

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon’s magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti conf… read more

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  • mystery
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29. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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30. Death of a Prominent Citizen (Reverend Mother Mystery, #7)

By: Cora Harrison

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Money is the root of all evil, according to the Reverend Mother - but is it the motive for her cous… read more

Similar categories in Cora Harrison's Death of a Prominent Citizen (Reverend Mother Mystery, #7) book and Cora Harrison's Death of a Prominent Citizen (Reverend Mother Mystery, #7)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • ireland
Cover of Death of an American Beauty (Jane Prescott, #3) by Mariah Fredericks

31. Death of an American Beauty (Jane Prescott, #3)

By: Mariah Fredericks

3.83

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The third in the compelling series, set in Gilded Age New York, featuring Jane Prescott. Jane Pr… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction

22 Best historical fiction books like Death of a Prominent Citizen (Reverend Mother Mystery, #7) by Cora Harrison

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Mortal Arts (Lady Darby Mystery, #2)

Anna Lee Huber

4.01

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Who Buries the Dead (Sebastian St. Cyr, #10)

C.S. Harris

4.24

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What Angels Fear (Sebastian St. Cyr, #1)

C.S. Harris

3.91

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A Grave Matter (Lady Darby Mystery #3)

Anna Lee Huber

3.11

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A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

Deanna Raybourn

4.19

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Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7)

Andrea Penrose

4.11

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Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

Andrea Penrose

4.13

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A Gentleman in Challenging Circumstances (The Lord Julian Mysteries #3)

Grace Burrowes

4.43

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