5 best-selling historical books like The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1) by Jim Kelly

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The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

By: Jim Kelly

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

1939, Cambridge: The opening weeks of the Second World War, and the first blackout - The Great Dark…

If you liked the historical plot in The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1) by Jim Kelly , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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 Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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2. Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor, #1)

By: G.M. Malliet

3.47

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

Max Tudor, former MI5 agent, has adapted well to his post as vicar of St. Edwold’s in the idyllic v… read more

Similar categories in G.M. Malliet's Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor, #1) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
"For it was a truth universally acknowledged that a single vicar must be in want of a wife."

-G.M. Malliet, Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor, #1)

"...every year for decades there had been great excitement over the Largest Vegetable competition ("That would be my husband", was the standard comment)."

-G.M. Malliet, Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor, #1)

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3. In Plain Sight (Joe Pickett, #6)

By: C.J. Box

4.24

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When wealthy matriarch Opal Scarlett vanishes, Joe Pickett is sure one of her greedy sons did her i… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's In Plain Sight (Joe Pickett, #6) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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4. The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie, #1)

By: Val McDermid

3.68

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

Bestselling, award-winning author Val McDermid delivers her most stunning story yet inThe Distant E… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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5. L'Homme aux cercles bleus (Commissaire Adamsberg, #1)

By: Fred Vargas

4.31

Format: None pages,

Depuis quatre mois, des cercles bleus surgissent la nuit, traces a la craie sur les trottoirs de Pa… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
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6. The House on Cold Hill

By: Peter James

4.31

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Moving from the heart of Brighton and Hove to the Sussex countryside is a big undertaking for Ollie… read more

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  • mystery
  • fiction
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7. Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1)

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, Paperback

Deepdean School for Girls, 1934. When Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong set up their very own deadly secre… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's Murder Most Unladylike (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #1) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

8. Behind the Scenes at the Museum

By: Kate Atkinson

3.00

Format: None pages,

Ruby Lennox begins narrating her life at the moment of conception, and from there takes us on a whi… read more

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9. Direct Hit (The Blitz Detective #1)

By: Mike Hollow

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

The jagged blast of high explosives rips through the evening air. In the sky over East London the s… read more

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10. The Crowded Grave (Bruno, Chief of Police #4)

By: Martin Walker

3.93

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

Another delectable serving of mystery and the pleasures of the Dordogne from the newest master of s… read more

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11. The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.05

Format: 382 pages, Hardcover

North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer with tourists flocking to its coastline. Detective Matthe… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) by Sophie Hannah

12. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5)

By: Sophie Hannah

3.75

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot – legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Hannah's Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (New Hercule Poirot Mysteries, #5) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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13. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Horowitz's Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) by Val McDermid

14. Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7)

By: Val McDermid

4.26

Format: 452 pages, Hardcover

Val McDermid returns with DCI Karen Pirie in a new thriller of deceit and vengeance, set against th… read more

Similar categories in Val McDermid's Past Lying (Karen Pirie #7) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) by Ann Cleeves

15. The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.01

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

Ann Cleeves― New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series, b… read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Raging Storm (Two Rivers, #3) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of The Wild One (Peter Ash, #5) by Nick Petrie

16. The Wild One (Peter Ash, #5)

By: Nick Petrie

4.20

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

War veteran Peter Ash tracks a murderer and his criminal family through the most forbidding and sta… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
Cover of Mrs. Morris and the Ghost (A Salem B&B Mystery, #1) by Traci Wilton

17. Mrs. Morris and the Ghost (A Salem B&B Mystery, #1)

By: Traci Wilton

3.93

Format: 298 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Charlene Morris knew Salem, Massachusetts had a spooky reputation. But when she decided to open her… read more

Similar categories in Traci Wilton's Mrs. Morris and the Ghost (A Salem B&B Mystery, #1) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Second Midnight (Blaines #1) by Andrew  Taylor

18. The Second Midnight (Blaines #1)

By: Andrew Taylor

3.88

Format: 422 pages, Paperback

From the international bestselling author comes a World War Two tale of one boy’s fight for surviva… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Taylor's The Second Midnight (Blaines #1) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • world war ii
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of When the Crow's Away (Evenfall Witches B&B, #2) by Auralee Wallace

19. When the Crow's Away (Evenfall Witches B&B, #2)

By: Auralee Wallace

4.06

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The ghost of a recently deceased chocolatier believes he was murdered, and it's up to young witch B… read more

Similar categories in Auralee Wallace's When the Crow's Away (Evenfall Witches B&B, #2) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
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20. The Last Word (A Deadly Deadlines Mystery)

By: Gerri Lewis

3.87

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An obituary writer finds one of her neighbors dead before her time in this debut cozy mystery perfe… read more

Similar categories in Gerri Lewis's The Last Word (A Deadly Deadlines Mystery) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1) by Jim Kelly

21. The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

By: Jim Kelly

3.79

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

1939, Cambridge: The opening weeks of the Second World War, and the first blackout - The Great Dark… read more

Similar categories in Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1) book and Jim Kelly's The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1)

  • historical
  • war
  • world war ii
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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18 must-read fiction books like The Great Darkness (Nighthawk #1) by Jim Kelly

Transform Your Habits

An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1)

Nicola Upson

3.52

Transform Your Habits

Wicked Autumn (Max Tudor, #1)

G.M. Malliet

3.47

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In Plain Sight (Joe Pickett, #6)

C.J. Box

4.24

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The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie, #1)

Val McDermid

3.68

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20 best-selling fiction books like Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5) by Anthony Horowitz

Transform Your Habits

Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Death Comes to Marlow (Marlow Murder Club, #2)

Robert Thorogood

3.92

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Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)

Harlan Coben

4.34

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The Mystery Writer

Sulari Gentill

3.42

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