22 best-selling historical books like Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7) by Susanna Calkins

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Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

By: Susanna Calkins

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Midnight assignations, dresses fit to meet the queen . . . and murder most horrid! Printer's appren…

If you liked the historical plot in Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7) by Susanna Calkins , here is a list of 22 books like this:

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1. The Night She Died (Inspector Thanet #1)

By: Dorothy Simpson

3.75

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

British police detective Luke Thanet tracks a housewife’s killer in the debut novel of an award-win… read more

Similar categories in Dorothy Simpson's The Night She Died (Inspector Thanet #1) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller

2. Shift (Virals, #2.5)

By: Kathy Reichs , Brendan Reichs

3.78

Format: None pages, ebook

Tory's great aunt, Temperance Brennan, visits just in time to investigate a robbery at the Loggerhe… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Reichs's Shift (Virals, #2.5) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

Cover of Possession (Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mysteries Book 17) by Joyce Lionarons

3. 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

Similar categories in Joyce Lionarons's Possession (Matthew Cordwainer Medieval Mysteries Book 17) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

Cover of The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) by Laurie R. King

4. The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

By: Laurie R. King

4.41

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of Playing It Safe (Electra McDonnell, #3) by Ashley Weaver

5. Playing It Safe (Electra McDonnell, #3)

By: Ashley Weaver

4.18

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

As the Blitz continues to ravage London, Ellie McDonnell—formerly a safecracking thief, but current… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Weaver's Playing It Safe (Electra McDonnell, #3) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Of Manners and Murder (Dear Miss Hermione Mystery, #1) by Anastasia Hastings

6. Of Manners and Murder (Dear Miss Hermione Mystery, #1)

By: Anastasia Hastings

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

1885: London, England. When Violet's Aunt Adelia decides to abscond with her newest paramour, she l… read more

Similar categories in Anastasia Hastings's Of Manners and Murder (Dear Miss Hermione Mystery, #1) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) by Deanna Raybourn

7. A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, i… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
"A man cannot choose to die when he has not yet learnt to live." Stoker"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"If I could have created a perfect woman, I could never have imagined you. But that is my failure. Not yours."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Not everyone shares your tendency to scorn the company of others." "Scorn the company of others! Thanks to you, I speak to entirely too many people, entirely too often."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Do you mean to dissuade me? Point out the flaws in my plan? Express your objections with vehemence and eloquence?" He tipped his head. "Actually, no." "Are you entirely well? Have you a fever? Should…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

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8. Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.11

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Responding to an urgent plea from a troubled family friend, the Earl of Wrexford journeys to Oxford… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) by Ashley Weaver

9. Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4)

By: Ashley Weaver

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The fourth instalment in the delightful series following safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Naz… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Weaver's Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5) by Andrea Penrose

10. Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.13

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The upcoming marriage of the Earl of Wrexford and Lady Charlotte Sloane promises to be a highlight … read more

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
"Without laughter to counter the injustices and absurdities of the world, life could so easily crush one's spirit."

-Andrea Penrose, Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

Cover of The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1) by Alison Goodman

11. The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

By: Alison Goodman

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as a… read more

Similar categories in Alison Goodman's The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
"What makes you think he is trustworthy?’ ‘ He has a sense of humor,’ I said, and then added the final proof. ‘And he found my observations funny too."

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

"If you need me, just yell,' he said. 'Ladies do not yell,' I replied over my shoulder. 'But renegades do.' I caught a glimpse of myself in one of the mirrors as I passed; my color was high and I had …"

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

"My brother pursed his lips. 'Love? Really, Augusta, this is an important decision. If you think love is essential to a good match it is no wonder you are still unmarried.' 'Duffy, that is unkind,' Ju…"

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

"He took the offering and positioned it behind his head with a baleful look. 'If I recall, it is your fault I have lost a great deal of blood,' Undeniable, but then again, I had not started the encoun…"

-Alison Goodman, The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies (The Ill-Mannered Ladies, #1)

Cover of Murder in the Tea Leaves (A Tea Shop Mystery, #27) by Laura Childs

12. Murder in the Tea Leaves (A Tea Shop Mystery, #27)

By: Laura Childs

3.94

Format: 291 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s Lights, Action, Murder as tea maven Theodosia Browning scrambles for clues in this latest inst… read more

Similar categories in Laura Childs's Murder in the Tea Leaves (A Tea Shop Mystery, #27) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
Cover of All that Is Hidden (Molly Murphy, #19) by Rhys Bowen

13. All that Is Hidden (Molly Murphy, #19)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.25

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in th… read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's All that Is Hidden (Molly Murphy, #19) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder in Williamstown (Phryne Fisher, #22) by Kerry Greenwood

14. Murder in Williamstown (Phryne Fisher, #22)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.97

Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition

Accustomed to both murder and dalliance, Australia's favourite detective, the inimitable Miss Fishe… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Greenwood's Murder in Williamstown (Phryne Fisher, #22) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Terror in Topaz (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #4) by A.M.   Stuart

15. Terror in Topaz (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #4)

By: A.M. Stuart

4.37

Format: 373 pages, ebook

The next instalment in the riveting HARRIET GORDON MYSTERIES. The chance to pursue a new opportu… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Stuart's Terror in Topaz (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #4) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

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

16. 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

Similar categories in Jacqueline Winspear's The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
"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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17. The Last Word

By: Elly Griffiths

3.92

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

Natalka and Edwin, whom we met in The Postscript Murders, are running a detective agency in Shoreha… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's The Last Word book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) by C.S. Harris

18. What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19)

By: C.S. Harris

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Lady Petra Inquires, #1) by Celeste Connally

19. Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Lady Petra Inquires, #1)

By: Celeste Connally

3.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, a dazzling first entry in a… read more

Similar categories in Celeste Connally's Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Lady Petra Inquires, #1) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Fatal Illusion (Lady Darby Mystery, #11) by Anna Lee Huber

20. A Fatal Illusion (Lady Darby Mystery, #11)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

New parents Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage look forward to introducing Sebastian’s father to h… read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's A Fatal Illusion (Lady Darby Mystery, #11) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18) by C.S. Harris

21. Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18)

By: C.S. Harris

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

June 1815. The people of London wait, breathlessly, for news as Napoleon and the forces united agai… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4) by Sujata Massey

22. The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4)

By: Sujata Massey

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex … read more

Similar categories in Sujata Massey's The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder Wears a Hidden Face (Gilded Age Mystery #8) by Rosemary Simpson

23. Murder Wears a Hidden Face (Gilded Age Mystery #8)

By: Rosemary Simpson

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A diplomat’s murder draws heiress-turned-sleuth Prudence MacKenzie and former Pinkerton Geoffrey Hu… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Simpson's Murder Wears a Hidden Face (Gilded Age Mystery #8) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Healing the Mountain Man's Heart (Brothers of Sapphire Ranch #1) by Misty M. Beller

24. Healing the Mountain Man's Heart (Brothers of Sapphire Ranch #1)

By: Misty M. Beller

4.56

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty…and… read more

Similar categories in Misty M. Beller's Healing the Mountain Man's Heart (Brothers of Sapphire Ranch #1) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Fire and Bones (Temperance Brennan, #23) by Kathy Reichs

25. 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 Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of A Cryptic Clue (Hunter and Clewe #1) by Victoria Gilbert

26. A Cryptic Clue (Hunter and Clewe #1)

By: Victoria Gilbert

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A retired librarian gets back to the books—and into a devilish murder case—in acclaimed author Vict… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Gilbert's A Cryptic Clue (Hunter and Clewe #1) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16) by Linda  Castillo

27. The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16)

By: Linda Castillo

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter … read more

Similar categories in Linda Castillo's The Burning (Kate Burkholder, #16) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12) by Anna Lee Huber

28. A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.24

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, hope they’ve finally found peace after a … read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction
Cover of Peppermint Barked (A Spice Shop Mystery, #6) by Leslie Budewitz

29. Peppermint Barked (A Spice Shop Mystery, #6)

By: Leslie Budewitz

3.98

Format: 240 pages, ebook

A Dickens of a Christmas turns deadly… As the holiday season lights up Seattle’s famed Pike Place M… read more

Similar categories in Leslie Budewitz's Peppermint Barked (A Spice Shop Mystery, #6) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
Cover of Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7) by Susanna Calkins

30. Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

By: Susanna Calkins

4.11

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Midnight assignations, dresses fit to meet the queen . . . and murder most horrid! Printer's appren… read more

Similar categories in Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7) book and Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

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

31. 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 Susanna Calkins's Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • mystery thriller
  • historical fiction

22 must-read historical fiction books like Death Among the Ruins (Lucy Campion Mysteries, #7) by Susanna Calkins

Transform Your Habits

The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

Laurie R. King

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Playing It Safe (Electra McDonnell, #3)

Ashley Weaver

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Of Manners and Murder (Dear Miss Hermione Mystery, #1)

Anastasia Hastings

3.66

Transform Your Habits

A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

Deanna Raybourn

4.19

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21 best-selling fiction books like Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Lady Petra Inquires, #1) by Celeste Connally

Transform Your Habits

A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Transform Your Habits

Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4)

Ashley Weaver

4.26

Transform Your Habits

The Lily of Ludgate Hill (Belles of London, #3)

Mimi Matthews

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Lady Petra Inquires, #1)

Celeste Connally

3.52

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