12 must-read historical mystery books like A Long Shadow (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #8) by Charles Todd

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A Long Shadow (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #8)

By: Charles Todd

3.47

Format: 156 pages,

"New Year's Eve, 1919. Scotland Yard's Inspector Ian Rutledge has accompanied his sister to the hom…

If you liked the historical mystery plot in A Long Shadow (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #8) by Charles Todd , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Down Among the Dead Men (Peter Diamond, #15)

By: Peter Lovesey

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

In a Sussex town on the southeast coast of England, a widely disliked art teacher at a posh private… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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2. The Inheritance (Charles Lenox Mysteries #10)

By: Charles Finch

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The newest mystery in this critically-acclaimed, bestselling series that the New York Times calls "… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Stone Wife (Peter Diamond, #14) by Peter Lovesey

3. The Stone Wife (Peter Diamond, #14)

By: Peter Lovesey

4.50

Format: 122 pages, Hardcover

Book 14 in the Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond series, one of Soho's bestselling and most cr… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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4. A Long Shadow (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #8)

By: Charles Todd

3.47

Format: 156 pages,

"New Year's Eve, 1919. Scotland Yard's Inspector Ian Rutledge has accompanied his sister to the hom… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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5. The Woman in the Water (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #0.5)

By: Charles Finch

3.90

Format: 49 pages, Hardcover

This chilling new mystery in the USA Today bestselling series by Charles Finch takes readers back t… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery

6. A Burial at Sea (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #5)

By: Charles Finch

3.41

Format: 400 pages,

Charles Lenox, Member of Parliament, sets sail on a clandestine mission for the government. When an… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery

7. Now May You Weep (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #9)

By: Deborah Crombie

3.37

Format: None pages, Paperback

A gripping story of family rivalry, romance and sinister deeds, set in the haunting Scottish Highla… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature

8. The Laws of Murder (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #8)

By: Charles Finch

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

It's 1876, and Charles Lenox, once London's leading private investigator, has just given up his sea… read more

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9. A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk, #2)

By: Anne Perry

3.75

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

From the beloved creator of Inspector Pitt and his wife, the second in the Victorian mystery series… read more

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10. The September Society (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #2)

By: Charles Finch

4.19

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

The sitting room looked as familiar as the back of his hand, and immediately Lenox took a liking to… read more

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11. The Tooth Tattoo (Peter Diamond, #13)

By: Peter Lovesey

3.00

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Peter Diamond, head of Bath CID, takes a break in Vienna, but gal Paloma calls quits on love. Jobbi… read more

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12. A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #1)

By: Charles Finch

3.27

Format: None pages,

Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, likes nothing more than to relax in his p… read more

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13. A Stranger in Mayfair (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #4)

By: Charles Finch

4.07

Format: 112 pages,

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14. 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

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"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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15. 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

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Fourth Enemy (Daniel Pitt #6) by Anne Perry

16. The Fourth Enemy (Daniel Pitt #6)

By: Anne Perry

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Daniel Pitt prosecutes a beloved philanthropist whose good deeds may hide dark--and dangerous--secr… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
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17. A Certain Darkness (Verity Kent, #6)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Set in Downton Abbey-era post-World War I England, this action-packed series from the USA Today bes… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Lethal Lesson (Lane Winslow #8) by Iona Whishaw

18. A Lethal Lesson (Lane Winslow #8)

By: Iona Whishaw

4.17

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

Shortlisted for the 2022 BC and Yukon Book Prizes' Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice AwardAn Indigo T… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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19. The Vanishing Man (Charles Lenox Mysteries #0.2)

By: Charles Finch

4.13

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed and 'USA Today' bestselling author, Charles Finch, comes 'The Vanishi… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of The Last Passenger (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #0.3) by Charles Finch

20. The Last Passenger (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #0.3)

By: Charles Finch

4.17

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Charles Finch comes the third and final in a prequel trilogy to his lauded … read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of An Extravagant Death (Charles Lenox, #11) by Charles Finch

21. An Extravagant Death (Charles Lenox, #11)

By: Charles Finch

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In what promises to be a breakout in Charles Finch's bestselling series, An Extravagant Death finds… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime

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