16 must-read historical fiction books like A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17) by Fiona Buckley

Cover of A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17) by Fiona Buckley

A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

By: Fiona Buckley

3.67

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

August, 1582. The queen’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on h…

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Cover of Plague Land (Somershill Manor Mystery, #1) by S.D. Sykes

1. Plague Land (Somershill Manor Mystery, #1)

By: S.D. Sykes

3.63

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Oswald de Lacy was never meant to be the Lord of Somerhill Manor. Despatched to a monastery at the … read more

Similar categories in S.D. Sykes's Plague Land (Somershill Manor Mystery, #1) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Threads of Evidence (Mainely Needlepoint, #2) by Lea Wait

2. Threads of Evidence (Mainely Needlepoint, #2)

By: Lea Wait

3.86

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

It's hard to imagine anything bad ever happening in picturesque Haven Harbor, Maine--until a famous… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson

3. Be Frank With Me

By: Julia Claiborne Johnson

3.81

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Reclusive literary legend M. M. "Mimi" Banning has been holed up in her Bel Air mansion for years, … read more

Similar categories in Julia Claiborne Johnson's Be Frank With Me book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • fiction

4. Twisted Threads (Mainely Needlepoint, #1)

By: Lea Wait

3.42

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Returning to the quaint coastal town of Harbor Haven, Maine--a place she once called home--Angie Cu… read more

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5. But For The Grace: A DC Smith Investigation

By: Robert Partridge

3.75

Format: 288 pages,

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Cover of A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #6) by Dianne Freeman

6. A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #6)

By: Dianne Freeman

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

With her new husband George busy on a special mission for the British Museum, Frances has taken on … read more

Similar categories in Dianne Freeman's A Newlywed’s Guide to Fortune and Murder (Countess of Harleigh Mystery, #6) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Suppression and Suspicion (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #15) by Melvin R. Starr

7. Suppression and Suspicion (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #15)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.21

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

Delve into the world of fourteenth-century England in this thrilling historical mystery, the fiftee… read more

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

8. 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 Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

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

9. 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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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • 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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10. 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

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of A Polluted Font (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #16) by Melvin R. Starr

11. A Polluted Font (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #16)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.37

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

When Hugh and Kate's new-born son is taken to the church to be baptized, they are astounded to find… read more

Similar categories in Melvin R. Starr's A Polluted Font (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #16) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Master Wycliffe’s Summons (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #14) by Melvin R. Starr

12. Master Wycliffe’s Summons (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #14)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.13

Format: 233 pages, Paperback

One of Master John Wycliffe’s scholars is found dead after a thunderstorm. Was he struck by lightni… read more

Similar categories in Melvin R. Starr's Master Wycliffe’s Summons (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #14) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Magician’s Daughter by H.G. Parry

13. The Magician’s Daughter

By: H.G. Parry

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A young woman raised on an isolated island by a magician discovers things aren’t as they seem and m… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It's a change. You never know what might happen, do you?" "Never." The kind of things, perhaps, that might have happened in books written by authors who still remembered magic."

-H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

"Biddy knew the trees as soon as Hutchincroft led her to them: three of them in a triangle, each slender and white-limbed, leaves turning golden brown and bristling with red berries. Rowan trees."

-H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

"At this time of year, the path was like a dark green cathedral, dappled with sun, and Biddy told the other two about the words the Japanese had for different kinds of light: Light through leaves was …"

-H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

"She was breaking apart. Her heart was unfurling like a flower awakening to sunlight, her ribs expanding, her head splitting open like that of Zeus when Athena sprang full-formed. She couldn't scream …"

-H.G. Parry, The Magician’s Daughter

Cover of Someone to Care (Westcott, #4) by Mary Balogh

14. Someone to Care (Westcott, #4)

By: Mary Balogh

3.93

Format: 356 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Once the Countess of Riverdale, Viola Kingsley throws all caution to the wind when adventure calls … read more

Similar categories in Mary Balogh's Someone to Care (Westcott, #4) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Hero by Thomas Perry

15. Hero

By: Thomas Perry

4.05

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

A private security agent finds that being branded as the City of Angels’ latest hero could also mak… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
"Everything she saw was lit by skylights and every fixture conveyed the message, "This is the best, not just the most expensive."

-Thomas Perry, Hero

Cover of Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3) by Ellis Peters

16. Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)

By: Ellis Peters

4.08

Format: 287 pages, Kindle Edition

Silver Dagger Award Winner: In this medieval mystery, Brother Cadfael faces suspicion when one of h… read more

Similar categories in Ellis Peters's Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"Don't reach for the halo too soon. You have plenty of time to enjoy yourself, even a little maliciously sometimes, before you settle down to being a saint."

-Ellis Peters, Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)

Cover of Come Hell or High Water (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #13) by J.D. Kirk

17. Come Hell or High Water (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #13)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.51

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

Something's wild out west... When a badly burned body is found near the remote Ardnamurchan Ligh… read more

Similar categories in J.D. Kirk's Come Hell or High Water (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #13) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of Colder than the Grave (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #12) by J.D. Kirk

18. Colder than the Grave (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #12)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.65

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

She left him for dead. Now, he’s back to repay the favour. DCI Jack Logan should’ve known things… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Ahead of the Game (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #10) by J.D. Kirk

19. Ahead of the Game (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #10)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.55

Format: 452 pages, Kindle Edition

When a body is discovered at a popular Highland landmark, it seems like just another day on the job… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of An Isolated Incident (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #11) by J.D. Kirk

20. An Isolated Incident (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #11)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.55

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you know who's knocking at your door? After a violent home invasion in the remote wilds of Gl… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of A Death Most Monumental (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #8) by J.D. Kirk

21. A Death Most Monumental (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #8)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.54

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

We all have our little secrets. When the remains of a brutally murdered young woman are left han… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of A Whisper of Sorrows (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #6) by J.D. Kirk

22. A Whisper of Sorrows (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #6)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.58

Format: 430 pages, Kindle Edition

The hunter has become the hunted. Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan caught the twisted child killer … read more

Similar categories in J.D. Kirk's A Whisper of Sorrows (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #6) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Big Man Upstairs (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #7) by J.D. Kirk

23. The Big Man Upstairs (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #7)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.51

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Just when he thought he was out... Burdened by guilt over the trauma recently inflicted on his f… read more

Similar categories in J.D. Kirk's The Big Man Upstairs (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #7) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Last Bloody Straw (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #5) by J.D. Kirk

24. The Last Bloody Straw (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #5)

By: J.D. Kirk

4.53

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you solve a murder when everyone's a suspect? Tormented by the recent loss of a colleague, … read more

Similar categories in J.D. Kirk's The Last Bloody Straw (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #5) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • mystery
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Sisters of the Resistance by Christine   Wells

25. Sisters of the Resistance

By: Christine Wells

3.92

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Set in the thick of the Paris Resistance movement during WWII, this exciting novel tells of the dee… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Someone to Trust (Westcott, #5) by Mary Balogh

26. Someone to Trust (Westcott, #5)

By: Mary Balogh

3.86

Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition

During a rare white Christmas at Brambledean Court, the widow Elizabeth, Lady Overfield, defies con… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"He pulled loose the ribbons of her bonnet and tossed the garment onto the opposite seat. He held her head against his shoulder and rested his cheek on top of it. He had no idea if she needed to be ga…"

-Mary Balogh, Someone to Trust (Westcott, #5)

Cover of A Peculiar Combination (Electra McDonnell, #1) by Ashley Weaver

27. A Peculiar Combination (Electra McDonnell, #1)

By: Ashley Weaver

3.99

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The first in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, set in England… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"This, I thought, was perhaps the ultimate symbol of the decadently rich, huge amounts of space devoted to nothing in particular."

-Ashley Weaver, A Peculiar Combination (Electra McDonnell, #1)

"I didn't have time to marvel at this exceptionally efficient tousling before his mouth found mine. The kissing was done as he did everything else—thoroughly and extremely competently."

-Ashley Weaver, A Peculiar Combination (Electra McDonnell, #1)

"I looked up at Major Ramsey. I could almost see the various scenarios flashing across his eyes as he considered his options. Then, he leaned toward me so close, his lips were almost touching my cheek…"

-Ashley Weaver, A Peculiar Combination (Electra McDonnell, #1)

Cover of That Churchill Woman by Stephanie Barron

28. That Churchill Woman

By: Stephanie Barron

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Paris Wife meets PBS's Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of histo… read more

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  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17) by Fiona Buckley

29. A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

By: Fiona Buckley

3.67

Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition

August, 1582. The queen’s spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, has ordered Ursula to keep an eye on h… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Lucy Undying by Kiersten White

30. Lucy Undying

By: Kiersten White

3.67

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

In this epic and seductive gothic fantasy, a vampire escapes the thrall of Dracula and embarks on h… read more

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Cover of The Wilds (Detective Elin Warner, #3) by Sarah  Pearse

31. The Wilds (Detective Elin Warner, #3)

By: Sarah Pearse

3.81

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A perpetual drifter, Kier Templer lives her life on the road. Dubbed “the monster’s daughter” after… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pearse's The Wilds (Detective Elin Warner, #3) book and Fiona Buckley's A Web of Silk (Ursula Blanchard #17)

  • mystery
  • fiction

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S.D. Sykes

3.63

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Lea Wait

3.86

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Julia Claiborne Johnson

3.81

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Maureen Ash

4.08

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4.32

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Susanna Gregory

3.00

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