27 Top mystery books like The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8) by Bill Pronzini

Cover of The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8) by Bill Pronzini

The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

By: Bill Pronzini

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Stolen Gold Affair is the latest charming historical mystery in Mystery Writers of America Gran…

If you liked the mystery plot in The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8) by Bill Pronzini , here is a list of 27 books like this:

Cover of The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, #1) by Leonard Goldberg

1. The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, #1)

By: Leonard Goldberg

3.59

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

1914. Joanna Blalock’s keen mind and incredible insight lead her to become a highly-skilled nurse, … read more

Similar categories in Leonard Goldberg's The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, #1) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton

2. Pirate Latitudes

By: Michael Crichton

3.49

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Jamaica in 1665 is a rough outpost of the English crown, a minor colony holding out against the vas… read more

Similar categories in Michael Crichton's Pirate Latitudes book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • historical fiction
"There are no pirates in Port Royal"

-Michael Crichton, Pirate Latitudes

Cover of In Plain Sight (Joe Pickett, #6) by C.J. Box

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 Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • suspense
Cover of Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6) by Craig Johnson

4. Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6)

By: Craig Johnson

4.25

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Read Craig Johnson's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. A missing thumb and dead de… read more

Similar categories in Craig Johnson's Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • suspense
"I thought about the damage we all did in life simply by being ourselves and getting up in the morning."

-Craig Johnson, Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire, #6)

Cover of A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3) by Deanna Raybourn

5. A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.16

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

London, 1888. As colorful and unfettered as the butterflies she collects, Victorian adventuress Ver… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
"She drew in a deep breath, mastering herself. “Forgive me. My nerves are worked to pieces."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

"You rise from your bed every day on two strong legs and can think only to complain that someone once spoke harshly to you."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

"...life is not about achievement. It is about the effort. If one takes pleasure in every step, one enjoys the whole journey."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

"Have you ever looked a starving beggar in the eye and thought that the privileges you enjoy are nothing more than a whim of the cosmos?"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Treacherous Curse (Veronica Speedwell, #3)

Cover of A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2) by Deanna Raybourn

6. A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.10

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

London, 1887. At the Curiosity Club, a ladies-only establishment for daring and intrepid women, Vic… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
"Gentlemen are champion sulkers so long as one doesn’t call the behavior by that name."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)

"You do not yet know what it means to love someone more than yourself. I have no pride left, no delicacy. I cannot afford it. So I will tell you the truth: I wanted his happiness above all things."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell, #2)

Cover of The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) by Josephine Tey

7. The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)

By: Josephine Tey

3.95

Format: None pages,

Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant is intrigued by a portrait of Richard III. Could such a sensitiv… read more

Similar categories in Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical fiction

8. Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7)

By: C.J. Box

4.67

Format: 360 pages,

Joe Picket returns, this time to the wilds of Yellowstone National Park. Deftly plotted and full of… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Free Fire (Joe Pickett, #7) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

9. Badlands (A Highway Quartet Novel #3)

By: C.J. Box

4.20

Format: 488 pages, Hardcover

Grimstad, North Dakota - a place people used to be from, but were never headed to - has struck oil.… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Box's Badlands (A Highway Quartet Novel #3) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

10. Out Of Range (Joe Pickett, #5)

By: C.J. Box

3.91

Format: 385 pages, Paperback

Game warden Joe Pickett returns in a twisting, action-packed tale of greed, power, and murder. Joe … read more

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Cover of A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4) by Deanna Raybourn

11. A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.29

Format: 336 pages, ebook

Victorian adventuress Veronica Speedwell is whisked off to a remote island off the tip of Cornwall … read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
"Lord Templeton-Vane bared his teeth in what a stupid person might have mistaken for a smile."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

"It’s the cleverest thing I have ever seen,’ she pronounced. ‘At first glance, you look like any other countrywoman, but you can move like a man in it.’ ‘I can move like a scientist,’ I corrected. ‘An…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

"His lips twisted. ‘Met. So tame a word for it. It was not a meeting, Veronica. I was introduced to her and it was like finding a part of myself that had been somehow walking the earth without me. She…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

"A rush of pleasure surged through me. This was how it had so often been between us, repartee serving as the language of the heart for us. Where others might whisper little poetries, Stoker and I enga…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell, #4)

Cover of A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell, #5) by Deanna Raybourn

12. A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell, #5)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.14

Format: 320 pages, ebook

Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian colleague Stoker are asked by Lady Wellingtonia Beaucl… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell, #5) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
"For my part, I ignored her jibes, as I had long ago formed the opinion that it is best never to notice children at all in any capacity lest they take a simple greeting as an overture for discussion -…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Murderous Relation (Veronica Speedwell, #5)

Cover of An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7) by Deanna Raybourn

13. An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.09

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell g… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
"Within a month the ring was gone, pawned to pay a debt, and I realized what I had done. I had shackled myself to a man who could not be trusted, upon whom I could never truly depend. Too late, I unde…"

-Deanna Raybourn, An Impossible Impostor (Veronica Speedwell, #7)

Cover of A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) by Deanna Raybourn

14. 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 Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • 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)

Cover of Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) by Ashley Weaver

15. 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 Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder at Wedgefield Manor (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #2) by Erica Ruth Neubauer

16. Murder at Wedgefield Manor (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #2)

By: Erica Ruth Neubauer

3.92

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In the wake of World War I, Jane Wunderly-a thoroughly modern young American widow-is traveling abr… read more

Similar categories in Erica Ruth Neubauer's Murder at Wedgefield Manor (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #2) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder at the Mena House (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #1) by Erica Ruth Neubauer

17. Murder at the Mena House (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #1)

By: Erica Ruth Neubauer

3.83

Format: 281 pages, Hardcover

Well-heeled travelers from around the world flock to the Mena House Hotel--an exotic gem in the hea… read more

Similar categories in Erica Ruth Neubauer's Murder at the Mena House (A Jane Wunderly Mystery #1) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Deadlock (Dez Limerick, #2) by James  Byrne

18. Deadlock (Dez Limerick, #2)

By: James Byrne

4.40

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

James Byrne's Deadlock is the sequel to the highly praised The Gatekeeper featuring Dez Limerick, o… read more

Similar categories in James Byrne's Deadlock (Dez Limerick, #2) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • suspense
Cover of The Last Word by Elly Griffiths

19. 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 Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
Cover of An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell, #6) by Deanna Raybourn

20. An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell, #6)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.04

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

A princess is missing, and a peace treaty is on the verge of collapse in this new Veronica Speedwel… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell, #6) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Empty Birdcage (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, #3) by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

21. The Empty Birdcage (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, #3)

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes. I… read more

Similar categories in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's The Empty Birdcage (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, #3) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22) by Alexander McCall Smith

22. The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Kindle Edition

In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Mma Ramotswe is te… read more

Similar categories in Alexander McCall Smith's The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
"Never try to reach a conclusion before you reach the conclusion."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

"There were times, she thought, when 'ah' said everything that needed to be said"

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

"We have always asked too much of women in this country. They hold up the sky on their shoulders."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

"People had to be left to make their own mistakes, even if the rest of us could see quite clearly the dangers that lay ahead."

-Alexander McCall Smith, The Joy and Light Bus Company (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, #22)

Cover of Murder at Keyhaven Castle (A Stella and Lyndy Mystery, #3) by Clara McKenna

23. Murder at Keyhaven Castle (A Stella and Lyndy Mystery, #3)

By: Clara McKenna

4.20

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

None read more

Similar categories in Clara McKenna's Murder at Keyhaven Castle (A Stella and Lyndy Mystery, #3) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1) by James  Patterson

24. Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1)

By: James Patterson

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple and August Poe run the most in-demand private investigation firm in… read more

Similar categories in James Patterson's Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • suspense
"In this quiet room, surrounded by tales of mystery and deception, she felt most like herself."

-James Patterson, Holmes, Marple & Poe (Holmes, Margaret & Poe #1)

Cover of Murder at Midnight (Lily Adler Mystery, #4) by Katharine Schellman

25. Murder at Midnight (Lily Adler Mystery, #4)

By: Katharine Schellman

3.98

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

When a body is found shot to death after an unexpected snowstorm, Lily Adler quickly realizes that … read more

Similar categories in Katharine Schellman's Murder at Midnight (Lily Adler Mystery, #4) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Murder Wheel (A Spector Locked-Room Mystery, #2) by Tom   Mead

26. 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 Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • suspense
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Gatekeeper (Dez Limerick, #1) by James  Byrne

27. The Gatekeeper (Dez Limerick, #1)

By: James Byrne

4.11

Format: 327 pages, Hardcover

James Byrne's The Gatekeeper introduces Dez Limerick in the most anticipated new thriller in years.… read more

Similar categories in James Byrne's The Gatekeeper (Dez Limerick, #1) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • suspense
Cover of A Study in Treason (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, #2) by Leonard Goldberg

28. A Study in Treason (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, #2)

By: Leonard Goldberg

3.79

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

A continuation of USA TODAY bestselling author Leonard Goldberg's The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes, … read more

Similar categories in Leonard Goldberg's A Study in Treason (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, #2) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Mycroft and Sherlock (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, #2) by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

29. Mycroft and Sherlock (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, #2)

By: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

The new novel by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, starring brothers Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes.No… read more

Similar categories in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Mycroft and Sherlock (Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock, #2) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Wayward Prince (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, #7) by Leonard Goldberg

30. The Wayward Prince (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, #7)

By: Leonard Goldberg

4.02

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The fate of Prince Harry and the British throne lies in the hands of Joanna and the Watsons in the … read more

Similar categories in Leonard Goldberg's The Wayward Prince (The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, #7) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8) by Bill Pronzini

31. The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

By: Bill Pronzini

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The Stolen Gold Affair is the latest charming historical mystery in Mystery Writers of America Gran… read more

Similar categories in Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8) book and Bill Pronzini's The Stolen Gold Affair (A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery #8)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • suspense
  • historical fiction

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3.49

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4.16

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