25 must-read historical books like Death at Hungerford Stairs (Charles Dickens & Superintendent Sam Jones, #2) by J.C. Briggs

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Death at Hungerford Stairs (Charles Dickens & Superintendent Sam Jones, #2)

By: J.C. Briggs

4.28

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

Charles Dickens has turned detective in this thrilling series! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes,…

If you liked the historical plot in Death at Hungerford Stairs (Charles Dickens & Superintendent Sam Jones, #2) by J.C. Briggs , here is a list of 25 books like this:

1. Edinburgh Twilight (Ian Hamilton Mysteries #1)

By: Carole Lawrence

4.07

Format: 71 pages,

As a new century approaches, Edinburgh is a city divided. The wealthy residents of New Town live in… read more

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2. Death at Fournier Downs (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #2)

By: Cara Devlin

4.45

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

After a murder scandal nearly sent her husband to the gallows, Audrey, the Duchess of Fournier, has… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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3. Edinburgh Midnight (Ian Hamilton Mysteries #3)

By: Carole Lawrence

4.35

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

Superstition and murder haunt nineteenth-century Scotland in a twisting mystery by the prize-winnin… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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4. Edinburgh Dusk (Ian Hamilton Mysteries #2)

By: Carole Lawrence

4.28

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

The prize-winning author of Edinburgh Twilight returns to the darkening shadows of nineteenth-centu… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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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

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  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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6. Deadly Betrayal (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #8)

By: Carla Simpson

4.57

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

"Ghosts of the past…The very case that made Brodie leave the Metropolitan Police returns to jeopard… read more

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  • mystery
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7. Fatal by Design (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #5)

By: Cara Devlin

4.53

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

A summer house party in the English countryside.A missing rare jewel.An abducted viscountess.The se… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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8. Silence of Deceit (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #3)

By: Cara Devlin

4.48

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Secrets and lies simmer to the surface in the third riveting Bow Street Duchess mystery. For yea… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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9. The Puzzle of Parham House: A 1920s Mystery

By: Benedict Brown

4.53

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

An ancient house with secrets to disclose, a string of murders with no clear motive and an enigma f… read more

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  • mystery
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10. Murder In Maastricht (Master Mercurius Mysteries #7)

By: Graham Brack

4.46

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

Another darkly humorous murder mystery featuring Master Mercurius! Perfect for fans of Andrew Taylo… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder at the Seven Dials (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #1) by Cara Devlin

11. Murder at the Seven Dials (Bow Street Duchess Mystery #1)

By: Cara Devlin

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

A murdered opera singer. A duke drenched in her blood. For Bow Street Officer Hugh Marsden, the bru… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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12. The Ghost Ship (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #3)

By: Kate Mosse

4.05

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Next in the #1 Sunday Times bestselling series, New York Times bestselling author Kate Mosse return… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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13. A Deadly Vow (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #5)

By: Carla Simpson

4.64

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

A THIRTY YEAR OLD MURDER... Old Town, Edinburgh, in a squalid tenement where poverty, rats, and di… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • detective
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14. The Legacy of Foulstone Manor: A Gothic mystery of family secrets and lies... (J. C. Briggs Gothic Mysteries)

By: J. C. Briggs

4.09

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

An intriguing Gothic house mystery novel you don’t want to miss! Perfect for fans of Sarah Burton, … read more

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  • historical fiction
  • british literature
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15. A Deadly Game (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #3)

By: Carla Simpson

4.41

Format: 408 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1890: It's a New Year, but murder never takes a holiday. The past reaches out to the … read more

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  • detective
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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16. Death of a Penniless Poet

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.43

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

DEATH of a PENNILESS POET Gabriel Travis – a poet and book binder – has lived and worked above the… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
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17. The Lying Dutchman (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #6)

By: Graham Brack

4.35

Format: 213 pages, Kindle Edition

Master Mercurius returns to England in another humorous mystery! Perfect for fans of Andrew Taylor,… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Death in Delft (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #1) by Graham Brack

18. Death in Delft (Master Mercurius Mysteries, #1)

By: Graham Brack

4.15

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

Three missing girls. Only one body. Where are the others? 1671, Delft. Three young girls have… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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19. Deadly Secrets (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #2)

By: Carla Simpson

4.41

Format: 339 pages, Kindle Edition

A severed foot. Fingerprints left on a wine glass. A secret cypher code. The scent of orange and ci… read more

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  • detective
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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20. Haunted Paradise (Witches of Palmetto Point #14)

By: Wendy Wang

4.54

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Ghosts and murder follow her everywhere, even to paradise.When Charlie Payne’s boyfriend Tom sweeps… read more

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21. 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

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  • detective
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Malvern Murders (Inspector Ravenscroft, #1) by Kerry Tombs

22. The Malvern Murders (Inspector Ravenscroft, #1)

By: Kerry Tombs

3.85

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a revised and updated edition of THE MALVERN MURDERS. Before Jack the Ripper terrorized Lo… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death at the Workhouse (Penny Green, #8) by Emily Organ

23. Death at the Workhouse (Penny Green, #8)

By: Emily Organ

4.15

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

London 1885. Something’s not right at Shoreditch Workhouse and reporter Penny Green is struggling t… read more

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  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of House Party Murder Rap (Evie Parker Mystery, #1) by Sonia Parin

24. House Party Murder Rap (Evie Parker Mystery, #1)

By: Sonia Parin

3.92

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

1920s England. Lighthearted cozy historical mystery. Two people have been targeted. Shots have bee… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of An Unwelcome Guest (Penny Green, #7) by Emily Organ

25. An Unwelcome Guest (Penny Green, #7)

By: Emily Organ

4.18

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Some say the Hotel Tempesta is cursed, but its owner, Mr Gallo, refuses to believe it. When he’s br… read more

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  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Death at Hungerford Stairs (Charles Dickens & Superintendent Sam Jones, #2) by J.C. Briggs

26. Death at Hungerford Stairs (Charles Dickens & Superintendent Sam Jones, #2)

By: J.C. Briggs

4.28

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

Charles Dickens has turned detective in this thrilling series! Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes,… read more

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  • detective
  • british literature
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Camden Spiritualist (Penny Green #12) by Emily Organ

27. The Camden Spiritualist (Penny Green #12)

By: Emily Organ

4.25

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman shot dead on her doorstep. A killer who disappears into the fog. News reporter Penny doe… read more

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  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Egyptian Mystery (Penny Green #11) by Emily Organ

28. The Egyptian Mystery (Penny Green #11)

By: Emily Organ

4.28

Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition

“Dead men don’t just walk out of hotels…” Penny faces her most baffling case yet. Egyptologist … read more

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  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Bermondsey Poisoner (Penny Green, #6) by Emily Organ

29. The Bermondsey Poisoner (Penny Green, #6)

By: Emily Organ

4.30

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

A trail of suspicious deaths and a culprit who can’t be caught.Journalist Penny Green is reporting … read more

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  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Murder in Ratcliffe (Penny Green, #10) by Emily Organ

30. Murder in Ratcliffe (Penny Green, #10)

By: Emily Organ

4.34

Format: 319 pages, Kindle Edition

A Victorian wife has obligations to her husband and home. But Penny Blakely is no ordinary Victoria… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • victorian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Gang of St Bride's (Penny Green, #9) by Emily Organ

31. The Gang of St Bride's (Penny Green, #9)

By: Emily Organ

4.35

Format: 340 pages, Kindle Edition

London 1885. A gang of lady thieves is targeting Piccadilly’s wealthy shoppers and no one seems abl… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

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4.28

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Irina Shapiro

4.35

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Karen Charlton

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Nicola Cornick

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