10 must-read historical fiction books like A False Mirror (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #9) by Charles Todd

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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…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in A False Mirror (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #9) by Charles Todd , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Down Among the Dead Men (Peter Diamond, #15) by Peter Lovesey

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
Cover of The Dirty Duck (Richard Jury, #4) by Martha Grimes

2. The Dirty Duck (Richard Jury, #4)

By: Martha Grimes

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"Nothing ever happens in Stratford," insisted Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard. Unfortu… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of The Woman in the Water (Charles Lenox Mysteries, #0.5) by Charles Finch

3. 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

4. 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
Cover of Another One Goes Tonight (Peter Diamond, #16) by Peter Lovesey

5. Another One Goes Tonight (Peter Diamond, #16)

By: Peter Lovesey

4.00

Format: 240 pages,

In the sixteenth entry of Peter Lovesey's timeless British detective series, Peter Diamond wrestles… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of A Finer End (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #7) by Deborah Crombie

6. A Finer End (Duncan Kincaid & Gemma James, #7)

By: Deborah Crombie

4.12

Format: 543 pages, Paperback

Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner Sergeant Gemma James return i… read more

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
Cover of A False Mirror (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #9) by Charles Todd

7. 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

Similar categories in Charles Todd's A False Mirror (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #9) book and Charles Todd's A False Mirror (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #9)

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

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

By: Charles Finch

4.07

Format: 112 pages,

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Cover of Murder At The Fort: A Double Homicide Cold Case And Cover Up! by Bob Marmion

12. Murder At The Fort: A Double Homicide Cold Case And Cover Up!

By: Bob Marmion

4.37

Format: 249 pages, Kindle Edition

Early one cold, wintry morning in late May 1942, the bullet-ridden body of Driver Roy Willis was fo… read more

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Cover of O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted by A.G. Russo

13. O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

By: A.G. Russo

4.34

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

*Author "I have never used AI in my writing." A.G. RussoThe homefront, summer 1942, Brooklyn, New … read more

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  • mystery
  • historical
  • historical fiction
"A uniformed cop around 6’4"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"You can use all the hundred dollar words you want,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"She’s a cop’s wife. She understands what her husband does for a living,"

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

"When those we care about are weakest, that’s when we must be strong for them."

-A.G. Russo, O'SHAUGHNESSY INVESTIGATIONS, INC.: The Cases Nobody Wanted

Cover of The Comfort of Ghosts (Maisie Dobbs, #18) by Jacqueline Winspear

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)

Cover of A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17) by Jacqueline Winspear

15. A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

By: Jacqueline Winspear

4.27

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on… read more

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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"Yet the alternative he had suggested smacked of privilege, and wasn't privilege always bolstered by a discrimination of sorts?"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

"...places leave their mark in the same way that a human being can touch us. We have to make our peace with place, with the locations where we have spent time. We consider how we've been affected by b…"

-Jacqueline Winspear, A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs, #17)

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16. 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

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  • mystery
  • crime
  • fiction
  • british literature
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17. 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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  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"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

Cover of Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series) by Behcet Kaya

18. Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

By: Behcet Kaya

4.37

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

A shocking murder has devastated the sacred walls of Kingsley University. A student discovers the b… read more

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"Swamp."

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Why was bail denied?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"How was he murdered?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

"Kowkosvki? You handling this?"

-Behcet Kaya, Uncanny Alliance (Jack Ludefance PI Series)

Cover of The Vanishing Man (Charles Lenox Mysteries #0.2) by Charles Finch

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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