26 must-read historical fiction books like A Burial at Sea (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #5) by Charles Finch

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…

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1. Who Buries the Dead (Sebastian St. Cyr, #10)

By: C.S. Harris

4.24

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

The grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebas… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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2. Where Shadows Dance (Sebastian St. Cyr, #6)

By: C.S. Harris

3.95

Format: None pages,

London: July 1812.How do you set about solving a murder no one can reveal has been committed? That'… read more

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  • historical mystery
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3. The Hellfire Conspiracy (Barker & Llewelyn, #4)

By: Will Thomas

3.97

Format: 570 pages,

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4. Old Scores (Barker & Llewelyn, #9)

By: Will Thomas

4.03

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

When a Japanese diplomat is murdered, and Cyrus Barker is the prime suspect, Barker and sidekick Ll… read more

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  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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5. 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
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  • 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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  • historical
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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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7. When Gods Die (Sebastian St. Cyr, #2)

By: C.S. Harris

4.27

Format: 260 pages,

Brighton, England, 1811. The beautiful wife of an aging Marquis is found dead in the arms of the Pr… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
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8. A False Mirror (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #9)

By: Charles Todd

4.13

Format: 277 pages,

The nineth Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery, set in Post-World War I England. Rutledge is called on t… read more

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  • historical
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  • mystery
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9. Where the Dead Lie (Sebastian St. Cyr, #12)

By: C.S. Harris

4.38

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

London, 1813. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, is no stranger to the dark side of the city, but … read more

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  • historical
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  • mystery
  • historical mystery

10. When Maidens Mourn (Sebastian St. Cyr, #7)

By: C.S. Harris

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Regency England, August 1812. Sebastian's plans to escape the heat of London for a honeymoon are sh… read more

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11. What Remains of Heaven (Sebastian St. Cyr, #5)

By: C.S. Harris

4.19

Format: 234 pages,

London, 1812. When the controversial, reform-minded Bishop of London is found bludgeoned to death i… read more

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  • historical mystery

12. What Darkness Brings (Sebastian St. Cyr, #8)

By: C.S. Harris

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

London, September 1812. After a long night spent dealing with the tragic death of a former military… read more

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13. Why Kings Confess (Sebastian St. Cyr #9)

By: C.S. Harris

2.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The gruesome murder of a young French physician draws aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr a… read more

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14. A Pale Horse (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #10)

By: Charles Todd

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

In the ruins of Yorkshire's Fountains Abbey lies the body of a man wrapped in a cloak, the face cov… read more

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15. Hell Bay (Barker & Llewelyn, #8)

By: Will Thomas

3.83

Format: 373 pages, Hardcover

When two people are murdered during a secret government conference on a secluded island estate, pri… read more

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16. The Shattered Tree (Bess Crawford, #8)

By: Charles Todd

3.82

Format: 148 pages, Hardcover

World War I battlefield nurse Bess Crawford goes to dangerous lengths to investigate a wounded sold… read more

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Cover of The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) by Laurie R. King

17. The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18)

By: Laurie R. King

4.41

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caugh… read more

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  • historical
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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7) by Andrea Penrose

18. Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.11

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Responding to an urgent plea from a troubled family friend, the Earl of Wrexford journeys to Oxford… read more

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  • audiobook
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19. Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.13

Format: 353 pages, Hardcover

The upcoming marriage of the Earl of Wrexford and Lady Charlotte Sloane promises to be a highlight … read more

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"Without laughter to counter the injustices and absurdities of the world, life could so easily crush one's spirit."

-Andrea Penrose, Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5)

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20. 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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  • historical
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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"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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21. The Resurrection Mystery (The Detective Lavender Mysteries Book 7)

By: Karen Charlton

4.67

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

A corpse rises from the dead in the morgue at Guy's Hospital, and his missing pantaloons appear to … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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22. The White Lady

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.07

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine/sleuth from Jacqueline Winspear, creato… read more

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  • historical
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"Give me strong young womenfolk with sharp elbows, Charlotte, my dear, and they will make a good account of themselves in this world."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

"And then there's that double-barreled name a lot of them toffs have, like they have to drag their ancestors up from the grave so we all know who they're related to."

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

". . . it was known German soldiers would go door-to-door to take males of working age, or boys on the cusp of manhood. They always took the men, leaving only the women, children and elderly. Women we…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, The White Lady

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23. Murder at the Serpentine Bridge (Wrexford & Sloane, #6)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.19

Format: 361 pages, Hardcover

Charlotte, now the Countess of Wrexford, would like nothing more than a summer of peace and quiet w… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the Elms (Gilded Newport Mysteries #11) by Alyssa Maxwell

24. Murder at the Elms (Gilded Newport Mysteries #11)

By: Alyssa Maxwell

4.27

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

As the nineteenth century comes to a close, the illustrious Vanderbilt family dominates Newport, Rh… read more

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  • audiobook
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25. What the Devil Knows (Sebastian St. Cyr, #16)

By: C.S. Harris

4.24

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sebastian St. Cyr thought a notorious serial killer had been brought to justice until a shocking se… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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26. Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18)

By: C.S. Harris

4.34

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

June 1815. The people of London wait, breathlessly, for news as Napoleon and the forces united agai… read more

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  • audiobook
Cover of When Blood Lies (Sebastian St. Cyr, #17) by C.S. Harris

27. When Blood Lies (Sebastian St. Cyr, #17)

By: C.S. Harris

4.31

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has spent years unraveling his family’s tragic history. But the… read more

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  • mystery
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  • audiobook
Cover of Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15) by C.S. Harris

28. Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

By: C.S. Harris

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the mysterious life and death of a nobleman accused of murder in thi… read more

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"I believe we are all connected, every living thing one to the other, so that I owe to each what I would owe to myself."

-C.S. Harris, Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

"Bringing this man’s murderer to justice was more important to Sebastian than he could begin to explain, even to himself."

-C.S. Harris, Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

"Murder is unseemly. Making certain a killer doesn’t get away with what he has done is an obligation we the living owe to the dead—no matter how unsavory we consider them to be."

-C.S. Harris, Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15)

Cover of The Twelve Saints of Christmas (Heathcliff Lennox #12) by Karen Baugh Menuhin

29. The Twelve Saints of Christmas (Heathcliff Lennox #12)

By: Karen Baugh Menuhin

4.53

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Murder, mystery and a dog of distinction. Heathcliff Lennox investigates.Book 12 in the Heathcliff … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
Cover of Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #13) by C.S. Harris

30. Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #13)

By: C.S. Harris

4.18

Format: 335 pages, Hardcover

In the newest mystery from the national bestselling author of Where the Dead Lie, a brutal murder d… read more

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"The truth is frequently more dangerous than a lie."

-C.S. Harris, Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #13)

"We like to believe the world arcs towards justice--I suppose because it reassures us and makes us think there's some sort of order to our existence. but what if we're wrong? What if it's All meaningl…"

-C.S. Harris, Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #13)

"So, which of the two men do you think is telling the truth?" Sebastian asked, his gaze on her profile. "Van der Pals? Or Vescovi?" She shook her head, "I'm not convinced either of them is. Although i…"

-C.S. Harris, Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr, #13)

Cover of City of Betrayal (Counterfeit Lady #7) by Victoria Thompson

31. City of Betrayal (Counterfeit Lady #7)

By: Victoria Thompson

3.45

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A year has passed since Elizabeth Bates ran her last con. Life has been simpler, although not nearl… read more

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