21 Top fiction books like In Place of Fear by Catriona McPherson

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In Place of Fear

By: Catriona McPherson

3.73

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new crime novel set in 1940s Edinburgh at the birth of the NHS, IN PLACE OF FEAR is perf…

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Cover of An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1) by Nicola Upson

1. An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1)

By: Nicola Upson

3.52

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and original fiction debut set in the exotic world of 1930s British theatre. March 1… read more

Similar categories in Nicola Upson's An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Jerusalem Inn (Richard Jury, #5) by Martha Grimes

2. Jerusalem Inn (Richard Jury, #5)

By: Martha Grimes

3.96

Format: 295 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A white Christmas couldn't make Newcastle any less dreary for Scotland Yard's Superintendent Richar… read more

Similar categories in Martha Grimes's Jerusalem Inn (Richard Jury, #5) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Bayou Book Thief (Vintage Cookbook Mystery, #1) by Ellen Byron

3. Bayou Book Thief (Vintage Cookbook Mystery, #1)

By: Ellen Byron

3.93

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A fantastic new cozy mystery series with a vintage flair from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Awar… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Byron's Bayou Book Thief (Vintage Cookbook Mystery, #1) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"That's what I love about vintage cookbooks," Ricky said. "They're an amazing window into how life was lived in past decades and how our eating habits have changed."

-Ellen Byron, Bayou Book Thief (Vintage Cookbook Mystery, #1)

"Most early-twentieth-century books didn't have illustrations. Corporate cookbooks, you know, ones that were created to sell a brand of something like vegetable shortening or flour, popularized the us…"

-Ellen Byron, Bayou Book Thief (Vintage Cookbook Mystery, #1)

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4. The Long Ago

By: Michael McGarrity

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In the early 1960s, Ray Lansdale returns from Vietnam to his Montana home to search for his missing… read more

Similar categories in Michael McGarrity's The Long Ago book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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5. The White Lady

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.07

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine/sleuth from Jacqueline Winspear, creato… read more

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The White Lady book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"Give me strong young womenfolk with sharp elbows, Charlotte, my dear, and they will make a good account of themselves in this world."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

"And then there's that double-barreled name a lot of them toffs have, like they have to drag their ancestors up from the grave so we all know who they're related to."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

". . . it was known German soldiers would go door-to-door to take males of working age, or boys on the cusp of manhood. They always took the men, leaving only the women, children and elderly. Women we…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

Cover of Another Girl (Kings Lake Investigation #5) by Peter Grainger

6. Another Girl (Kings Lake Investigation #5)

By: Peter Grainger

4.55

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

“She’s just watching, thinking about it again, when a big flash car pulls up outside. No one gets o… read more

Similar categories in Peter Grainger's Another Girl (Kings Lake Investigation #5) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder by C.L.   Miller

7. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder

By: C.L. Miller

3.37

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this irresistible and thrilling debut novel, a former antique hunter investigates a suspicious d… read more

Similar categories in C.L. Miller's The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) by Stephen Spotswood

8. Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

By: Stephen Spotswood

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series fo… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Spotswood's Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Cliff's Edge (Bess Crawford, #13) by Charles Todd

9. The Cliff's Edge (Bess Crawford, #13)

By: Charles Todd

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the aftermath of World War I, nurse Bess Crawford is caught in a deadly feud between two familie… read more

Similar categories in Charles Todd's The Cliff's Edge (Bess Crawford, #13) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11) by Iona Whishaw

10. Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.39

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

Beginning with a bang, the latest mystery in the series Publishers Weekly calls “highly entertainin… read more

Similar categories in Iona Whishaw's Lightning Strikes the Silence (Lane Winslow #11) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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11. The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2)

By: Tom Mead

3.57

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In London, 1938, young and idealistic lawyer Edmund Ibbs is trying to find any shred of evidence th… read more

Similar categories in Tom Mead's The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Under a Veiled Moon (Inspector Corravan, #2) by Karen Odden

12. Under a Veiled Moon (Inspector Corravan, #2)

By: Karen Odden

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of C. S. Harris and Anne Perry, a fatal disaster on the Thames and a roiling polit… read more

Similar categories in Karen Odden's Under a Veiled Moon (Inspector Corravan, #2) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Confidence (Anna and Fin, #2) by Denise Mina

13. Confidence (Anna and Fin, #2)

By: Denise Mina

3.19

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Deception. Theft. Murder. All you need is confidence. A brand new escapist thriller from the award-… read more

Similar categories in Denise Mina's Confidence (Anna and Fin, #2) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) by Kathy Reichs

14. Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23)

By: Kathy Reichs

4.18

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

It’s never easy working fire scenes.   Called to Washington, DC to analyse the victims of a mysteri… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Reichs's Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) by Bruce Borgos

15. The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1)

By: Bruce Borgos

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh by Claudia Gray

16. The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh

By: Claudia Gray

4.10

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

The third book in the Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney Mystery series, which finds the amateur sleuths facin… read more

Similar categories in Claudia Gray's The Perils of Lady Catherine de Bourgh book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

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

17. 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

Similar categories in Kate Atkinson's Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

18. 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

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of In Place of Fear by Catriona McPherson

19. In Place of Fear

By: Catriona McPherson

3.73

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A gripping new crime novel set in 1940s Edinburgh at the birth of the NHS, IN PLACE OF FEAR is perf… read more

Similar categories in Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • scotland
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2) by Fiona Barton

20. Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2)

By: Fiona Barton

4.06

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Detective Elise King’s investigation into a woman’s murder is getting derailed by a reporter who in… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Barton's Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Cold Light of Day (Verity Kent, #7) by Anna Lee Huber

21. The Cold Light of Day (Verity Kent, #7)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.14

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The latest novel in the action-packed historical mystery series featuring Verity Kent, fashionable … read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's The Cold Light of Day (Verity Kent, #7) book and Catriona McPherson's In Place of Fear

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

10 Top historical books like In Place of Fear by Catriona McPherson

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An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1)

Nicola Upson

3.52

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The White Lady

Jacqueline Winspear

4.07

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Murder Crossed Her Mind (Pentecost and Parker, #4)

Stephen Spotswood

4.22

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The Cliff's Edge (Bess Crawford, #13)

Charles Todd

4.09

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Jodi Picoult

4.19

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Liane Moriarty

4.15

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Andrea Mara

3.96

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Karin Slaughter

4.42

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