19 must-read mystery books like A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1) by Jess Faraday

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A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

By: Jess Faraday

3.85

Format: 93 pages, Kindle Edition

Simon Pearce is a copper with a secret….Victorian London is a dangerous place — for a gay man, even…

If you liked the mystery plot in A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1) by Jess Faraday , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Cards on the Table

By: Josh Lanyon

4.12

Format: 207 pages, Kindle Edition

Fifty years ago a glamorous Hollywood party ended in murder -- the only clue a bloody Tarot card. T… read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's Cards on the Table book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • m m romance

2. Third Man Out (Donald Strachey, #4)

By: Richard Stevenson

4.32

Format: 650 pages,

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3. The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)

By: K.J. Charles

4.13

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

Bridgerton meets Poldark in this sweeping LGBTQIA+ Regency romance from award-winning author KJ Cha… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"It didn’t have quite the melancholy feel of lost hopes and the futility of human endeavour that would have suited his mood, but it was still moderately picturesque."

-K.J. Charles, The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen (The Doomsday Books, #1)

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4. Masters in This Hall (Lilywhite Boys, #3)

By: K.J. Charles

4.14

Format: 119 pages, ebook

John Garland was in love: now he's in disgrace. He's jobless, alone, and determined to avenge himse… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Charles's Masters in This Hall (Lilywhite Boys, #3) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
"He was quite belligerent on the subject of your well-being—in fact, positively threatening as to what might happen if I laid a finger on you. It was like being savaged by an Angora rabbit."

-K.J. Charles, Masters in This Hall (Lilywhite Boys, #3)

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5. Soul Eater (Monstrous, #1)

By: Lily Mayne

4.26

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

M/M Fantasy Romance. Twenty years ago, monsters rose on earth and began a new age of civilizati… read more

Similar categories in Lily Mayne's Soul Eater (Monstrous, #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
"You're mine, Danny Sullihan. I've been waiting for you for a long time."

-Lily Mayne, Soul Eater (Monstrous, #1)

"You're in my blood now, Danny Sullihan. I'll always be able to find you."

-Lily Mayne, Soul Eater (Monstrous, #1)

"I don't regret it," he murmured in my ear. "I liked it too." Then he was gone."

-Lily Mayne, Soul Eater (Monstrous, #1)

"I love you." His voice shook the tiniest amount, making my heart swell too big for my chest. "More than anything in this universe. But you can't tell anyone."

-Lily Mayne, Soul Eater (Monstrous, #1)

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6. Project Hero

By: Briar Prescott

4.24

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

What if you accidentally fell in love with the right guy? Andy: If my life was a movie, I would… read more

Similar categories in Briar Prescott's Project Hero book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • queer
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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7. The Lemon Drop Kid

By: Josh Lanyon

4.12

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

How The Cookie Crumbled As sole heir to the Bredahl Cookies and Cakes fortune, Casper led a comf… read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's The Lemon Drop Kid book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • mystery
  • queer
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8. 44.1644° North

By: Josh Lanyon

3.96

Format: 142 pages, Kindle Edition

The decades-old disappearance of twenty-one-year-old teaching student Deirdre Duncan is the Holy Gr… read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's 44.1644° North book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • queer
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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9. Broadway Butchery (Memento Mori, #3)

By: C.S. Poe

4.45

Format: 311 pages, ebook

The Cold Case Squad of the NYPD is overworked, understaffed, but receiving great press due to star … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Poe's Broadway Butchery (Memento Mori, #3) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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10. Temporary Partner (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #1)

By: Nicky James

4.21

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Can two rivals work together to solve a case? When an infant is taken from his carriage in broad… read more

Similar categories in Nicky James's Temporary Partner (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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11. Elusive Relations (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #2)

By: Nicky James

4.42

Format: 429 pages, Kindle Edition

Life was easier when rival detectives, Quaid and Aslan, kept to their own side of the building. The… read more

Similar categories in Nicky James's Elusive Relations (Valor and Doyle Mysteries, #2) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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12. Hide and Seek

By: Josh Lanyon

4.01

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

For museum curator Andrew Allison, the sleepy little Maine village of Safehaven has always lived up… read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's Hide and Seek book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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13. Ghost of Lies (Medium Trouble, #1)

By: Alice Winters

4.36

Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition

HiroThough I was born with the ability to see the dead, I struggled with it until my brother was ki… read more

Similar categories in Alice Winters's Ghost of Lies (Medium Trouble, #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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14. Ghost of Truth (Medium Trouble, #2)

By: Alice Winters

4.39

Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition

Hiro When I first realized that I could see the dead, I never imagined that it would allow me to h… read more

Similar categories in Alice Winters's Ghost of Truth (Medium Trouble, #2) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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15. Husband Material (London Calling, #2)

By: Alexis Hall

3.56

Format: 423 pages, Kindle Edition

Wanted: One (very real) husband Nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best In BOYF… read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Husband Material (London Calling, #2) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • queer
  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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16. Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

By: Alexis Hall

3.99

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

People come as well as go. Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a … read more

Similar categories in Alexis Hall's Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • queer
  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
"I don't need you to take care of me." "No, you need a kick up the arse."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"To gather up the dust of my heart and scatter it again on the winds of hope."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"It's d-d-dishonourable to peek at someone else's cards." "Cribbage is cutthroat."

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

"He grinned, teeth and dimples and freckles moving like dust in a ray of sunlight. "Ayup, petal." Oh "

-Alexis Hall, Waiting for the Flood (Spires, #2)

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17. Where Death Meets the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1)

By: L.J. Hayward

4.15

Format: 395 pages, ebook

Jack Reardon, former SAS soldier and current Australian Meta-State asset, has seen some messy battl… read more

Similar categories in L.J. Hayward's Where Death Meets the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
"You're just a weaponist, Jack." Jack stifled a snicker. "A weaponist?" "Like a racist but against certain weapons." "And you never met a weapon you didn't like." "A couple actually, but that was more…"

-L.J. Hayward, Where Death Meets the Devil (Death and the Devil, #1)

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18. Pack of Lies (Monster Hunt, #1)

By: Charlie Adhara

4.10

Format: 285 pages, ebook

Werewolf meets human. Werewolf snubs human. Werewolf loves human?Julien Doran arrived in sleepy Mau… read more

Similar categories in Charlie Adhara's Pack of Lies (Monster Hunt, #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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19. Virtually Screwed (Love & Luck, #2)

By: Isla Olsen

3.94

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

BlakeAt 43 I’m supposed to have everything figured out, and if you’d asked me six months ago I’d ha… read more

Similar categories in Isla Olsen's Virtually Screwed (Love & Luck, #2) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • queer
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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20. Happy Endings (Demon Magic, #1)

By: Alice Winters

4.24

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Smart men never dabble with demons. I never claimed to be smart, but at least I’m powerful enough t… read more

Similar categories in Alice Winters's Happy Endings (Demon Magic, #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
Cover of Scandal at the Salty Dog (Secrets and Scrabble, #4) by Josh Lanyon

21. Scandal at the Salty Dog (Secrets and Scrabble, #4)

By: Josh Lanyon

4.12

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

Mystery Stalks the Cobbled Streets of Pirate's Cove Who or what is haunting elderly recluse Juli… read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's Scandal at the Salty Dog (Secrets and Scrabble, #4) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
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22. Mystery Magnet (The Last Picks, #1)

By: Gregory Ashe

4.06

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

He was born to write mysteries. Now, he has to solve them. When Dashiell Dawson Dane moves acros… read more

Similar categories in Gregory Ashe's Mystery Magnet (The Last Picks, #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • mystery
  • queer
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23. Evolved

By: N.R. Walker

4.16

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

In 2068, androids are an integrated part of human life. Big Brother no longer just watches from the… read more

Similar categories in N.R. Walker's Evolved book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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24. Night Tricks (Midnight Magic #1)

By: Richard Amos

3.93

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

They say warlocks are lesser beings. I’m about to prove them wrong. The streets have been my hom… read more

Similar categories in Richard Amos's Night Tricks (Midnight Magic #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
"I want to smell you some more,"

-Richard Amos, Night Tricks (Midnight Magic #1)

"Why can’t we have happy nights for once?"

-Richard Amos, Night Tricks (Midnight Magic #1)

"The kiss broke, my feet returning to the ground."

-Richard Amos, Night Tricks (Midnight Magic #1)

"He knew the right words to bring on the bashful."

-Richard Amos, Night Tricks (Midnight Magic #1)

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25. Find the Jinn (Wilde Contracts #1)

By: Maz Maddox

4.10

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

Wilde Contract Killing and Fish Training, how can I help you? Murder contract? Piece of cake. … read more

Similar categories in Maz Maddox's Find the Jinn (Wilde Contracts #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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26. Interwoven (Daniel Owen Welsh Mysteries #7)

By: Ripley Hayes

4.58

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

(Alternate cover edition of ASIN B0C6B5KFQ3.) Daniel Owen has spent the best part of ten years … read more

Similar categories in Ripley Hayes's Interwoven (Daniel Owen Welsh Mysteries #7) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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27. Crazy Little Fling (Love & Luck, #3)

By: Isla Olsen

4.01

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Jamie It’s not exactly what I’d call the ideal situation—being introduced to your bio-dad’s bes… read more

Similar categories in Isla Olsen's Crazy Little Fling (Love & Luck, #3) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • queer
  • m m romance
  • fiction
  • lgbt
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28. Puzzle for Two

By: Josh Lanyon

3.80

Format: None pages, ebook

It was like those crazy detective novels he read as a kid… Fledging PI Zachariah Davies’s wealth… read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's Puzzle for Two book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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29. Port in a Storm (Kitten and Witch, #1)

By: K.L. Noone

3.75

Format: 43 pages, Kindle Edition

Colin is not having the best time lately, being a runaway shifter with a less than stellar reputati… read more

Similar categories in K.L. Noone's Port in a Storm (Kitten and Witch, #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • queer
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
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30. Corpse at Captain's Seat (Secrets and Scrabble, #8)

By: Josh Lanyon

4.11

Format: 206 pages, Kindle Edition

At long last, the renovations of stately Captain’s Seat are complete, and to celebrate, mystery boo… read more

Similar categories in Josh Lanyon's Corpse at Captain's Seat (Secrets and Scrabble, #8) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • queer
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31. A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

By: Jess Faraday

3.85

Format: 93 pages, Kindle Edition

Simon Pearce is a copper with a secret….Victorian London is a dangerous place — for a gay man, even… read more

Similar categories in Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1) book and Jess Faraday's A Study in Spectres (Simon Pearce Mysteries, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • detective
  • m m romance
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • m m historical romance
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • queer

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