18 Best fiction books like Letters from the Dead by Sam Hurcom

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Letters from the Dead

By: Sam Hurcom

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

1905. A year after ‘the affair’ in Dinas Powys, Thomas Bexley has become a drunkard and recluse, ha…

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1. Witch Hunt

By: Syd Moore

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

A chilling, haunting ghost story that delves into the dark past of the 16th century Essex witch tri… read more

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2. Beloved Poison (Jem Flockhart, #1)

By: E.S. Thomson

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

The object I drew out was dusty and mildewed, and blotched with dark rust-coloured stains. It smelt… read more

Similar categories in E.S. Thomson's Beloved Poison (Jem Flockhart, #1) book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

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3. The Black Feathers

By: Rebecca Netley

4.00

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Where ghosts tread, black feathers fall . . . When Annie marries widower Edward Stonehouse and a… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Black Feathers book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
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4. The Household

By: Stacey Halls

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, hi… read more

Similar categories in Stacey Halls's The Household book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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5. The Maiden

By: Kate Foster

4.05

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a real-life case and winner of the Bloody Scotland Pitch Perfect Award, Kate Foster's T… read more

Similar categories in Kate Foster's The Maiden book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Diabolical Bones (Brontë Sisters Mystery, #2) by Bella Ellis

6. The Diabolical Bones (Brontë Sisters Mystery, #2)

By: Bella Ellis

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

"Move over, Jane Austen, for the latest literary ladies who snoop in this... lively series debut."-… read more

Similar categories in Bella Ellis's The Diabolical Bones (Brontë Sisters Mystery, #2) book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Monsters of Rookhaven (The Monsters of Rookhaven, #1) by Pádraig Kenny

7. The Monsters of Rookhaven (The Monsters of Rookhaven, #1)

By: Pádraig Kenny

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Mirabelle is part of a very unusual family. Between Uncle Bertram transforming into a ferocious gri… read more

Similar categories in Pádraig Kenny's The Monsters of Rookhaven (The Monsters of Rookhaven, #1) book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • gothic
  • mystery
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

By: Ambrose Parry

3.94

Format: 409 pages, Hardcover

A vivid and gripping historical crime novel set in 19th century Edinburgh, from husband-and-wife wr… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1) book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Nor did he care for how McLevy used the term ‘females.’ He made it sound as though he were talking about some other manner of species; exotic and of interest, no doubt, but somehow beyond the human. …"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

"James Matthew Duncan, he decided, was going to be insufferable. He had the bearing of a young man who had never been punched full in the face for an unguarded remark, and Raven instinctively felt he …"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

"Sarah poured the tea, thinking how narrow Mina’s assessment of a woman’s role was, how restrictive. Why couldn’t a woman aspire to more? Why shouldn’t she? Why did Raven get to do whatever he wanted?…"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

"Sarah had been speaking the truth when she said she didn’t dislike him, but she did dislike his presumption of superiority over her, as she disliked it in all young men. Given the same chance, she wa…"

-Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #1)

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9. The Whispering Muse

By: Laura Purcell

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambit… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Whispering Muse book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
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10. The Lost Ones

By: Anita Frank

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Some houses are never at peace. England, 1917 Reeling from the death of her fiancé, Stella March… read more

Similar categories in Anita Frank's The Lost Ones book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
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11. Mating with Mallows

By: Nora Noodle

2.76

Format: 21 pages, Kindle Edition

Cecilia Reynolds has hated sweets, ever since she was a child—particularly those of the pastel East… read more

Similar categories in Nora Noodle's Mating with Mallows book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

Cover of The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1) by Kylie Lee Baker

12. The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

By: Kylie Lee Baker

4.06

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Zilan dreams of becoming a royal alchemist, of providing for her family by making alchemical gold a… read more

Similar categories in Kylie Lee Baker's The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1) book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Your ducks weren't rude to me. I don't want to eat them." "I do." Yufei whispered..."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"I am offended,"" he said, making a show of crossing his arms and turning away. ""I may forgive you if you kiss me, though."

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Ahead of us, a man was pulling a cart of cabbages out into the street. I grabbed three chunks of amethyst in one hand and slammed my other palm into the cart. It burst in to wood splinters, cabbage l…"

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

"Uncle Fan had busied himself making lots of míngqì to bury them with—soft baby lambs and tiny ponies and wise teachers. They will be well taken care of, where they’re going, he’d said. My cousins gre…"

-Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist (The Scarlet Alchemist, #1)

Cover of The Three Dahlias (Three Dahlias Mysteries, #1) by Katy  Watson

13. The Three Dahlias (Three Dahlias Mysteries, #1)

By: Katy Watson

3.77

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

Three rival actresses team up to solve a murder at the stately home of the author who made them fam… read more

Similar categories in Katy Watson's The Three Dahlias (Three Dahlias Mysteries, #1) book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"It's not for us to say what is motive enough for a person. what might be a minor annoyance to us could mean murder to someone else..."

-Katy Watson, The Three Dahlias (Three Dahlias Mysteries, #1)

Cover of The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2) by Ambrose Parry

14. The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.15

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

Edinburgh, 1850. Despite being at the forefront of modern medicine, hordes of patients are dying al… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2) book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"Louis XIV of France said that only the small man desires always to be right. It struck Raven that the route to discovery and knowledge lay not in the desire to be right, but in one's preparedness to …"

-Ambrose Parry, The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2)

"Raven wondered how many enduring misapprehensions in medicine (and other fields, for that matter) were down to ambition and the desire to be vindicated. How many proud men had only sought out the evi…"

-Ambrose Parry, The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2)

"Men often talked about a woman's intuition. Ostensibly it sounded complimentary and yet its intention was usually patronising and dismissive: a term for irrational flights of fancy that these silly c…"

-Ambrose Parry, The Art of Dying (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #2)

Cover of The Graves of Whitechapel by Claire Evans

15. The Graves of Whitechapel

By: Claire Evans

3.82

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the gripping new novel by the author of The Fourteenth Letter, a lawyer in Victorian London must… read more

Similar categories in Claire Evans's The Graves of Whitechapel book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Darlings of the Asylum by Noel O'Reilly

16. The Darlings of the Asylum

By: Noel O'Reilly

3.41

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

To marry is madness. To escape is impossible. Noel O’Reilly returns with a gripping historical no… read more

Similar categories in Noel O'Reilly's The Darlings of the Asylum book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • thriller
  • horror
  • crime
Cover of People of Abandoned Character by Clare Whitfield

17. People of Abandoned Character

By: Clare Whitfield

3.76

Format: 421 pages, Kindle Edition

Marry in haste . . . Murder at leisure? London, 1888: Susannah rushes into marriage to a young a… read more

Similar categories in Clare Whitfield's People of Abandoned Character book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker by Lauren   James

18. The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker

By: Lauren James

3.63

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

“Congratulations, new kid. Welcome to the afterlife.” What if death is only the beginning? Wh… read more

Similar categories in Lauren James's The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • horror
  • supernatural
  • fiction
  • ghosts
Cover of Murder at the Tower of London (Museum Mysteries, #9) by Jim Eldridge

19. Murder at the Tower of London (Museum Mysteries, #9)

By: Jim Eldridge

4.06

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1899. Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton, the museum detectives, are called upon to investiga… read more

Similar categories in Jim Eldridge's Murder at the Tower of London (Museum Mysteries, #9) book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Letters from the Dead by Sam Hurcom

20. Letters from the Dead

By: Sam Hurcom

3.81

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

1905. A year after ‘the affair’ in Dinas Powys, Thomas Bexley has become a drunkard and recluse, ha… read more

Similar categories in Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • historical
  • crime
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • supernatural
Cover of A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire (Glimmer Falls, #3) by Sarah  Hawley

21. A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire (Glimmer Falls, #3)

By: Sarah Hawley

3.99

Format: 444 pages, ebook

Ben Rosewood never meant to be bound to a vampire succubus, especially one as sexy-yet-terrifying a… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Hawley's A Werewolf’s Guide to Seducing a Vampire (Glimmer Falls, #3) book and Sam Hurcom's Letters from the Dead

  • fiction

14 Top historical books like Letters from the Dead by Sam Hurcom

Transform Your Habits

The Black Feathers

Rebecca Netley

4.00

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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The Maiden

Kate Foster

4.05

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The Diabolical Bones (Brontë Sisters Mystery, #2)

Bella Ellis

4.02

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21 must-read fiction books like The Black Feathers by Rebecca Netley

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The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights

Bridget Collins

4.06

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The Black Feathers

Rebecca Netley

4.00

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The Secrets of Hartwood Hall

Katie Lumsden

3.67

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The Household

Stacey Halls

3.94

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