11 best-selling historical books like The Fire Within by Patricia Wentworth

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The Fire Within

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.12

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

A romantic treasure from the beloved author of the Miss Silver Mystery seriesA grande dame of Briti…

If you liked the historical plot in The Fire Within by Patricia Wentworth , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19) by Margery Allingham

1. Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19)

By: Margery Allingham

3.80

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

In this, Ms. Allingham's last novel, the action revolves around Saltey, for centuries a hidey-hole … read more

Similar categories in Margery Allingham's Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12) by Margery Allingham

2. Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)

By: Margery Allingham

3.99

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Albert Campion returns from three years’ work for the War Office in Europe to find that Lugg, his m… read more

Similar categories in Margery Allingham's Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries (Hercule Poirot, #38) by Agatha Christie, Hugh Fraser, David Suchet

3. Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries (Hercule Poirot, #38)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser , David Suchet

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Audio CD

The unabridged tales in this Mystery Mastersaudiobook include all the ones in the print book first … read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries (Hercule Poirot, #38) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of His Burial Too (Inspector Sloan #5) by Catherine Aird

4. His Burial Too (Inspector Sloan #5)

By: Catherine Aird

3.75

Format: None pages,

Murder in the Tower At 11:30 p.m. in the old Saxon church tower at Randall's Bridge, a huge statue … read more

Similar categories in Catherine Aird's His Burial Too (Inspector Sloan #5) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of The Beckoning Lady (Albert Campion #15) by Margery Allingham

5. The Beckoning Lady (Albert Campion #15)

By: Margery Allingham

3.57

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Albert Campion, family, Lugg and DCI Charles Luke are on hand in Suffolk when friends Minnie and To… read more

Similar categories in Margery Allingham's The Beckoning Lady (Albert Campion #15) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Something The Cat Dragged In (Peter Shandy, #4) by Charlotte MacLeod

6. Something The Cat Dragged In (Peter Shandy, #4)

By: Charlotte MacLeod

4.04

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Herbert Ungleywouldn't have been caught dead without his toupee. When a cat dragged it in, landlady… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte MacLeod's Something The Cat Dragged In (Peter Shandy, #4) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • fiction
Cover of A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2) by Josephine Tey, Robert Barnard

7. A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2)

By: Josephine Tey , Robert Barnard

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a woman's body washes up on an isolated stretch of beach on the southern coast of England, Sco… read more

Similar categories in Josephine Tey's A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant, #2) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Late Scholar (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #4) by Jill Paton Walsh

8. The Late Scholar (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #4)

By: Jill Paton Walsh

3.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A new murder mystery featuring Lord Peter Wimsey - now a Duke - and his wife Harriet Vane, set in a… read more

Similar categories in Jill Paton Walsh's The Late Scholar (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #4) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction

9. A Presumption of Death (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers , Jill Paton Walsh

4.11

Format: 500 pages, Paperback

While Lord Peter is abroad on a secret mission, Harriet Vane, now Lady Peter Wimsey, takes their ch… read more

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Cover of Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7) by Margery Allingham

10. Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7)

By: Margery Allingham

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Scandal hits the prestigious publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead i… read more

Similar categories in Margery Allingham's Flowers for the Judge (Albert Campion Mystery, #7) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • classics
  • fiction

11. Rest You Merry (Peter Shandy, #1)

By: Charlotte MacLeod

4.08

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Professor Peter Shandy finally succumbs to Jemima Ames, Chairperson for Balaclava Agricultural Coll… read more

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12. Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Douglas V. Steere

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, the Danish writer Sore… read more

Similar categories in Søren Kierkegaard's Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

13. Nil (Nil, #1)

By: Lynne Matson

4.32

Format: 224 pages, ebook

On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have one year. Exactly 365 days--to escape,… read more

Similar categories in Lynne Matson's Nil (Nil, #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

14. A Man Lay Dead / Enter a Murderer / The Nursing Home Murder

By: Ngaio Marsh

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Commemorating 75 years since the Empress of Crime's first book, the first volume in a set of omnibu… read more

Similar categories in Ngaio Marsh's A Man Lay Dead / Enter a Murderer / The Nursing Home Murder book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

15. Anna and Her Daughters

By: D.E. Stevenson

3.89

Format: 272 pages,

When their father dies, none of the three Harcourt girls Helen, Jane and Rosalie are particularly u… read more

Similar categories in D.E. Stevenson's Anna and Her Daughters book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

16. The Withdrawing Room

By: Charlotte MacLeod

4.53

Format: 288 pages,

Sarah Kelling is glad her curmudgeonly complaining boarder Barnwell Augustus Quiffen was squashed u… read more

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17. Mrs. McGinty's Dead (Hercule Poirot, #28)

By: Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser

2.83

Format: 212 pages, Audio CD

Mrs. McGinty is dead and everyone suspects James Bentley, her slightly shifty lodger, but Superinte… read more

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18. Thrones, Dominations (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane #1)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers , Jill Paton Walsh

3.69

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The wife of a wealthy man is found dead, and it is up to Lord Peter Wimsey and his wife, Harriet, t… read more

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Cover of The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope, #9) by Ann Cleeves

19. The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope, #9)

By: Ann Cleeves

4.29

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

On the first snowy night of winter, Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope sets off for her home in the … read more

Similar categories in Ann Cleeves's The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope, #9) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • fiction
"And miles to go before I sleep . . ."

-Ann Cleeves, The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope, #9)

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20. Smallbone Deceased

By: Michael Gilbert

4.05

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of MurderHorniman, Birley and Craine is a highly re… read more

Similar categories in Michael Gilbert's Smallbone Deceased book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • historical
  • classics
  • fiction
"It’s quite a good idea. Only for heaven’s sake don’t be like that mug in the detective story who confides all his best ideas to a friendly sort of character who turns out to be the murderer in Chapte…"

-Michael Gilbert, Smallbone Deceased

Cover of Miss Fleming Falls in Love (Miss Fleming #1) by Emma Melbourne

21. Miss Fleming Falls in Love (Miss Fleming #1)

By: Emma Melbourne

4.34

Format: 324 pages, Kindle Edition

A Girl. An Earl. A Battle of Wits . . . Miss Amelia Fleming has a very good reason to hate the E… read more

Similar categories in Emma Melbourne's Miss Fleming Falls in Love (Miss Fleming #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
Cover of A Murder in Long Island (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #1) by Colette Clark

22. A Murder in Long Island (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #1)

By: Colette Clark

4.32

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

A death in a locked room and a house full of suspects… New York, 1925 Penelope “Pen” Banks has … read more

Similar categories in Colette Clark's A Murder in Long Island (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
Cover of Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) by Kerry Greenwood

23. Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)

By: Kerry Greenwood

3.84

Format: 185 pages, Kindle Edition

The London season is in full fling at the end of the 1920s, but the Honorable Phryne Fisher (she of… read more

Similar categories in Kerry Greenwood's Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
"Had she been at all used to blushing, she would have blushed, but she wasn't, so she didn't."

-Kerry Greenwood, Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)

"In here, Phryne, is the nursery. Do you like babies? Phryne laughed. No, not at all. they are not aesthetic like a puppy or a kitten. In fact, they always look drunk to me. look at that one---you'd s…"

-Kerry Greenwood, Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)

Cover of Murder, I Spy (Dora and Rex 1920s Mysteries #1) by Lynn Morrison

24. Murder, I Spy (Dora and Rex 1920s Mysteries #1)

By: Lynn Morrison

4.28

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

When a bright young man teams up with a glamorous femme fatale, the identity of a murderer won't be… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Morrison's Murder, I Spy (Dora and Rex 1920s Mysteries #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
Cover of Pearls, Poison & Park Avenue (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #3) by Colette Clark

25. Pearls, Poison & Park Avenue (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #3)

By: Colette Clark

4.42

Format: 227 pages, Kindle Edition

A murder at a young ladies’ luncheon…and no shortage of suspects. 1925 New York Penelope “Pen… read more

Similar categories in Colette Clark's Pearls, Poison & Park Avenue (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #3) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • historical
Cover of The Missing White Lady (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #2) by Colette Clark

26. The Missing White Lady (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #2)

By: Colette Clark

4.38

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

Could a missing white cat be the key to solving this case? New York, 1925 “My husband should be… read more

Similar categories in Colette Clark's The Missing White Lady (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #2) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • historical
Cover of Murder in the Gardens (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #4) by Colette Clark

27. Murder in the Gardens (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #4)

By: Colette Clark

4.39

Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition

You are cordially invited to the grand opening of the Japanese Tea Gardens on the rooftop of the Gr… read more

Similar categories in Colette Clark's Murder in the Gardens (Penelope Banks Murder Mysteries, #4) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • historical
Cover of Impact of Evidence by E. C. R. Lorac

28. Impact of Evidence

By: E. C. R. Lorac

4.32

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

AMONG THE hills of the Welsh borders a little group of farmsteads is isolated by snow and ice, then… read more

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Cover of A Deadly Affair (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #1) by Carla Simpson

29. A Deadly Affair (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #1)

By: Carla Simpson

4.32

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

London 1889 — Murder, mystery, and two people in a most unlikely partnership. She's an unconvent… read more

Similar categories in Carla Simpson's A Deadly Affair (Angus Brodie & Mikaela Forsythe #1) book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Dark Wives (Vera Stanhope, #11) by Ann Cleeves

30. 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 Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • mystery
  • fiction
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31. The Fire Within

By: Patricia Wentworth

3.12

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

A romantic treasure from the beloved author of the Miss Silver Mystery seriesA grande dame of Briti… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within book and Patricia Wentworth's The Fire Within

  • romance
  • classics
  • historical
  • fiction
  • mystery

18 Top fiction books like The Fire Within by Patricia Wentworth

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Cargo of Eagles (Albert Campion Mystery, #19)

Margery Allingham

3.80

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Pearls Before Swine (Albert Campion Mystery, #12)

Margery Allingham

3.99

Transform Your Habits

Poirot's Early Cases: 18 Hercule Poirot Mysteries (Hercule Poirot, #38)

Agatha Christie , Hugh Fraser , David Suchet

4.18

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His Burial Too (Inspector Sloan #5)

Catherine Aird

3.75

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19 Best fiction books like The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope, #9) by Ann Cleeves

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Elly Griffiths

3.76

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The Distant Echo (Inspector Karen Pirie, #1)

Val McDermid

3.68

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Standing in the Shadows (Inspector Banks, #28)

Peter Robinson

4.09

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The Darkest Evening (Vera Stanhope, #9)

Ann Cleeves

4.29

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