16 must-read historical fiction books like Too Much of Water: a gripping historical crime novel (A John Grey Historical Mystery Book 7) by L.C. Tyler

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Too Much of Water: a gripping historical crime novel (A John Grey Historical Mystery Book 7)

By: L.C. Tyler

4.11

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

1670. Eastwold, once one of the greatest ports in England, has been fighting a losing battle with t…

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1. Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)

By: S.J. Parris

3.55

Format: 288 pages,

Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page… read more

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2. Possession (Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mysteries Book 17)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.65

Format: 215 pages, Kindle Edition

York, February, 1275. When Cordwainer falls ill after being summoned to the deaths of a man and his… read more

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3. The Hidden Dead (Thomas Berrington Tudor Mystery #3)

By: David Penny

4.42

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

A mysterious relic. Bones that do not belong. A Church in chaos. Settling into life near Ludlow,… read more

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4. The Bookseller of Inverness

By: S.G. MacLean

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally s… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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5. Borderlands (DCI Ryan Mysteries, #14)

By: L.J. Ross

4.31

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

When the gods made man, they made a weapon... After uncovering a fresh wave of corruption within… read more

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  • mystery
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6. The Pudding Lane Plot (Thomas Chaloner #15)

By: Susanna Gregory

4.16

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

The people and businesses of London are quickly recovering from the ravages of the plague, none fas… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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7. An Honourable Thief (Company of Rogues #1)

By: Douglas Skelton

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

1715. A tale of two cities, and the man caught between them. The Kingdom is riddled with a rumou… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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8. A Thief’s Justice (Company of Rogues #2)

By: Douglas Skelton

4.35

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1716. Revenge is a dish best served ice cold… The city is caught in the vice-like grip o… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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9. The Favor

By: Nicci French

3.42

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

In this twisty new stand-alone novel from internationally bestselling author Nicci French, a young … read more

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  • mystery
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10. The Healers (A Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mystery #16)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.49

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

York, 1274: As Sheriff de Bury works to combat an upsurge in thefts in the city and Berta tries to … read more

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11. Betrayal (Gavin Rownt Medieval Mystery #8)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.60

Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition

London, January 1252. When a knight is robbed and killed on the road to Canterbury, Constable le Bl… read more

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12. The Wheel (Gavin Rownt Medieval Mystery #7)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.48

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1251 . Someone is robbing the churches of London and its environs. A priest has been murder… read more

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13. The Winter List (Damian Seeker #6)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.38

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer, 1660. Cromwell is dead and Charles Stuart has been restored to the throne. Men who supporte… read more

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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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14. A Corruption of Blood (Raven, Fisher, and Simpson, #3)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.29

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Edinburgh. This city will bleed you dry. Dr Will Raven is a man seldom shocked by human remains,… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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15. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

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16. Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7)

By: S.J. Parris

4.28

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

Prague, 1588 A COURT IN TURMOIL The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundari… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
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17. The Shadows of London (Marwood and Lovett #6)

By: Andrew Taylor

4.38

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

London 1671 The damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital. When a man’s brut… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
  • 17th century
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18. The Sinner's Mark (Nicholas Shelby #6)

By: S.W. Perry

4.54

Format: 436 pages, Kindle Edition

Treason, heresy and revolt in Queen Elizabeth's England . . . The year is 1600. With a dying queen… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Death of Promise (Thomas Berrington Tudor Mystery #2) by David   Penny

19. A Death of Promise (Thomas Berrington Tudor Mystery #2)

By: David Penny

4.52

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

Ludlow, England, 1502 When Thomas Berrington finds the bones of a human hand in his room at Ludl… read more

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20. The Book of Fires (The Brother Athelstan Mysteries 14)

By: Paul Doherty

4.34

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Solve the case, or risk London being engulfed in the flames...February, 1381. A ruthless killer kno… read more

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Cover of Chance is a Game: A Myles Devereux Murder Mystery - Mystery and Intrigue in Tudor England (Myles Devereux Murder Mysteries Book 2) by Sam Burnell

21. Chance is a Game: A Myles Devereux Murder Mystery - Mystery and Intrigue in Tudor England (Myles Devereux Murder Mysteries Book 2)

By: Sam Burnell

4.51

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

A rival is making a bid to buy Myles Devereux's business. A price is agreed. Then, the attacks on h… read more

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22. An Invisible Betrayal: A Myles Devereux Tudor Murder Mystery Set in London (Myles Devereux Murder Mysteries Book 1)

By: Sam Burnell

4.32

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone is murdering Myles Devereux's debtors. Will he find the killer before he is charged with th… read more

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23. Ripples of Rebellion (Border Knight Book 15)

By: Griff Hosker

4.56

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

When Sir Henry Samuel’s nephew, Sir Matthew, has to go to the crusades with Henry of Almain he does… read more

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24. Candle Flame (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan #13)

By: Paul Doherty

4.42

Format: 219 pages, Kindle Edition

Once again Athelstan must enter the murky world of murder, where nothing is as it seems... Febru… read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of A Deadly Complot: Elizabethan spies conspire to defend the realm... (Tom Walsingham Mysteries Book 4) by C.P. Giuliani

25. A Deadly Complot: Elizabethan spies conspire to defend the realm... (Tom Walsingham Mysteries Book 4)

By: C.P. Giuliani

4.37

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

Tom Walsingham returns in another deadly espionage adventure! For fans of Rory Clements, S J Parris… read more

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26. Too Much of Water: a gripping historical crime novel (A John Grey Historical Mystery Book 7)

By: L.C. Tyler

4.11

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

1670. Eastwold, once one of the greatest ports in England, has been fighting a losing battle with t… read more

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  • historical fiction
  • 17th century
Cover of The Beasts of the City (Thomas Berrington Tudor Mystery Book 4) by David Penny

27. The Beasts of the City (Thomas Berrington Tudor Mystery Book 4)

By: David Penny

4.58

Format: 394 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1503In a city shrouded with dread, the arrival of Thomas Berrington, summoned by King Henry… read more

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Cover of The Players' Boy (Gavin Rownt Medieval Mystery #9) by Joyce Lionarons

28. The Players' Boy (Gavin Rownt Medieval Mystery #9)

By: Joyce Lionarons

4.53

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1252: Gavin Rownt finds himself caught in the middle of a rift between two old friends when… read more

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29. Precipice

By: Robert Harris

4.23

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding novel of passion, intrigue, and betrayal set in England in the months leading to the… read more

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"There were twelve deliveries a day in London in 1914. It would be in his hands by mid-afternoon. Pg5"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"The worst crises in politics always occurred, in his experience, when two unrelated problems struck at once. The difficulties weren’t doubled, or even squared, but cubed. Pg345"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

"Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he o…"

-Robert Harris, Precipice

Cover of The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal by Jodi Taylor

30. The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

By: Jodi Taylor

4.79

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

From the globally bestselling author of the Chronicles of St Mary's and Time Police series - the or… read more

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Cover of The Map of Bones (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #4) by Kate Mosse

31. The Map of Bones (The Joubert Family Chronicles, #4)

By: Kate Mosse

4.36

Format: 462 pages, Kindle Edition

Olifantshoek, Southern Africa, 1688. When the violent Cape wind blows from the south-east, they sa… read more

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  • 17th century

15 Top mystery books like Too Much of Water: a gripping historical crime novel (A John Grey Historical Mystery Book 7) by L.C. Tyler

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S.G. MacLean

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4.16

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Barbara Nadel

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