16 Top historical mystery books like Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1) by Jeri Westerson

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Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

By: Jeri Westerson

3.69

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Introducing Will Somers, the king's jester but nobody's fool in this exuberant, intriguing and thor…

If you liked the historical mystery plot in Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1) by Jeri Westerson , here is a list of 16 books like this:

Cover of The Redemption of Alexander Seaton (Alexander Seaton, #1) by Shona MacLean

1. The Redemption of Alexander Seaton (Alexander Seaton, #1)

By: Shona MacLean

3.72

Format: 78 pages, Hardcover

Is the young man merely drunk or does his tottering walk suggest something more sinister? When he c… read more

Similar categories in Shona MacLean's The Redemption of Alexander Seaton (Alexander Seaton, #1) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery

2. Thus Was Adonis Murdered (Hilary Tamar, #1)

By: Sarah Caudwell

3.88

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

When her personal copy of the current Finance Act is found a few metres away from a body, young bar… read more

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3. The Four Feathers

By: A.E.W. Mason , Gary Hoppenstand

4.15

Format: 447 pages, Paperback

Just before sailing off to war in the Sudan, British guardsman Harry Feversham quits his regiment. … read more

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4. The Jupiter Myth (Marcus Didius Falco #14)

By: Lindsey Davis

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Stuck in the Roman outpost of Londinium, Marcus Didius Falco is ready to pack up his family and go … read more

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5. An Old Betrayal (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #7)

By: Charles Finch

3.67

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In the seventh book of Finch's bestselling series of Victorian mysteries, a case of mistaken identi… read more

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

6. 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 Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"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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7. Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

By: Will Thomas

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

London, 1893 - deadly doings are afoot in the British Museum and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barke… read more

Similar categories in Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe by John Guy

8. Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe

By: John Guy

4.16

Format: 624 pages, Hardcover

“A fierce, scholarly tour-de-force. . . .  Hunting the Falcon  brilliantly shows how time, circumst… read more

Similar categories in John Guy's Hunting the Falcon: Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, and the Marriage That Shook Europe book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • historical
  • tudor period
  • british literature
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9. Murder of a Hangman (Redmond and Haze #13)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.55

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

When a severed head is left on the steps of Newgate Prison, Lord Redmond and Inspector Haze are lef… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder of a Hangman (Redmond and Haze #13) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mystery #20) by Rhys Bowen

10. In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mystery #20)

By: Rhys Bowen

4.22

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the latest book in t… read more

Similar categories in Rhys Bowen's In Sunshine or in Shadow (Molly Murphy Mystery #20) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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11. The Last Hope

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

All will be revealed in the no-holds-barred finale of the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Awar… read more

Similar categories in Susan Elia MacNeal's The Last Hope book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

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

12. 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 Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of A Polluted Font (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #16) by Melvin R. Starr

13. A Polluted Font (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #16)

By: Melvin R. Starr

4.37

Format: 181 pages, Kindle Edition

When Hugh and Kate's new-born son is taken to the church to be baptized, they are astounded to find… read more

Similar categories in Melvin R. Starr's A Polluted Font (The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon #16) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • historical fiction
Cover of Hard Time (The Time Police, #2) by Jodi Taylor

14. Hard Time (The Time Police, #2)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.48

Format: 544 pages, Kindle Edition

Team Weird are back causing havoc in the Time Police in this irresistible spin-off series by intern… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Taylor's Hard Time (The Time Police, #2) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia #11) by Lindsey Davis

15. Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia #11)

By: Lindsey Davis

4.10

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In first century Rome, Flavia Albia takes on an easy case that soon proves to be anything but as, a… read more

Similar categories in Lindsey Davis's Fatal Legacy (Flavia Albia #11) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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16. The Lost Wife

By: Susanna Moore

3.56

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Drawn partly from a true story, a searing, totally immersive novel about a devastating Native Ameri… read more

Similar categories in Susanna Moore's The Lost Wife book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2) by Harini Nagendra

17. Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.86

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The latest novel in the acclaimed Bangalore Detectives Club series finds amateur sleuth Kaveri Murt… read more

Similar categories in Harini Nagendra's Murder Under a Red Moon (Bangalore Detectives Club, #2) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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18. The East Indian

By: Brinda Charry

3.83

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by a historical figure, an exhilarating debut novel about the first native of the Indian s… read more

Similar categories in Brinda Charry's The East Indian book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The dead, simply by passing into death, somehow become innocent of all charges; it is we, the living, who bear the burden of guilt. [Tony]"

-Brinda Charry, The East Indian

"I wondered: dies any man ever fully know any woman? He thinks he does--she is the girl living down the lane, the girl fetching water from the communal well, the girl who speaks in accents familiar, a…"

-Brinda Charry, The East Indian

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19. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more

Similar categories in Helen Simonson's The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • historical
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of Of Hoaxes and Homicide (Dear Miss Hermione, #2) by Anastasia Hastings

20. Of Hoaxes and Homicide (Dear Miss Hermione, #2)

By: Anastasia Hastings

3.67

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

The second in the delightful Dear Miss Hermione mystery series from Anastasia Hastings—when you rep… read more

Similar categories in Anastasia Hastings's Of Hoaxes and Homicide (Dear Miss Hermione, #2) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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21. The Wharton Plot

By: Mariah Fredericks

3.38

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

Mariah Fredericks' mesmerizing novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton in … read more

Similar categories in Mariah Fredericks's The Wharton Plot book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5) by Anne Perry

22. A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5)

By: Anne Perry

4.13

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elena Standish investigates the murder of a fellow MI6 agent near the country estate of one of Engl… read more

Similar categories in Anne Perry's A Traitor Among Us (Elena Standish #5) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1) by Patrice McDonough

23. Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1)

By: Patrice McDonough

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the twilight streets of Victorian London, a gruesome series of murders unfolds, and Dr. Julia Le… read more

Similar categories in Patrice McDonough's Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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24. Loot

By: Tania James

3.82

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century - a hero’s quest, a love story, the s… read more

Similar categories in Tania James's Loot book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"She is reading; he loves the lost expression on her face when she reads."

-Tania James, Loot

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25. The Way of the Hermit: My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness

By: Ken Smith

4.23

Format: 298 pages, Kindle Edition

Could you leave behind the bustle of modern society and spend your days immersed in nature? In The … read more

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Cover of The Eyes of the Queen (Agents of the Crown, #1) by Oliver Clements

26. The Eyes of the Queen (Agents of the Crown, #1)

By: Oliver Clements

3.47

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this first novel of the exhilarating Agents of the Crown series, a man who will become the origi… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Clements's The Eyes of the Queen (Agents of the Crown, #1) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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27. The Hitchcock Hotel

By: Stephanie Wrobel

3.81

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A Hitchcock fanatic with an agenda invites old friends for a weekend stay at his secluded themed ho… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Wrobel's The Hitchcock Hotel book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
Cover of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman

28. The Bright Sword

By: Lev Grossman

4.06

Format: 673 pages, Hardcover

A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, onl… read more

Similar categories in Lev Grossman's The Bright Sword book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"One day you will see that it is a mistake to love an empire, or a throne, or a crown, because those things cannot love. They can only die."

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

"God doesn't come when you snap your fingers, He comes when you're ready for Him." Nimue snapped her delicate fingers, producing a strikingly loud pop in the quiet. "That's the difference between a sp…"

-Lev Grossman, The Bright Sword

Cover of Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1) by Jeri Westerson

29. Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

By: Jeri Westerson

3.69

Format: 250 pages, Kindle Edition

Introducing Will Somers, the king's jester but nobody's fool in this exuberant, intriguing and thor… read more

Similar categories in Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • tudor period
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Lazarus Man by Richard Price

30. Lazarus Man

By: Richard Price

3.76

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this electrifying novel, Richard Price, the author of Clockers and a writer on The Wire, shines … read more

Similar categories in Richard Price's Lazarus Man book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
Cover of Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5) by Mia P. Manansala

31. Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)

By: Mia P. Manansala

3.73

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Autumn is in full swing for the town of Shady Palms—the perfect time for warm drinks, cozy cardigan… read more

Similar categories in Mia P. Manansala's Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5) book and Jeri Westerson's Courting Dragons (King's Fool Mystery, #1)

  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
"I promise not to treat you like some damsel I'm trying to save." "That's right. If anyone here is a princess, it's you."

-Mia P. Manansala, Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)

"I piled my plate high with deviled eggs topped with caviar, pastry boats full of crab salad, tea sandwiches layered with butter and thin slices of cucumber, and warm dates stuffed with nuts and drizz…"

-Mia P. Manansala, Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)

"Lugaw was often accompanied by tokwa't baboy, a spicy tofu and pork dish, but today there was grilled and dried fish. There were also some simple stir-fried greens and chopped tomatoes seasoned with …"

-Mia P. Manansala, Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)

"What do you think? I can't tell if the bow tie makes me look fashionable or ridiculous." I read lots of romance novels and always admired the authors' ability to describe the physical attractiveness …"

-Mia P. Manansala, Guilt and Ginataan (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #5)

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