7 must-read fiction books like The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) by Josephine Tey

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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…

If you liked the fiction plot in The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5) by Josephine Tey , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1) by Nicola Upson

1. An Expert in Murder (Josephine Tey, #1)

By: Nicola Upson

3.52

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and original fiction debut set in the exotic world of 1930s British theatre. March 1… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
Cover of Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2) by Dorothy L. Sayers

2. Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.98

Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Rustic old Riddlesdale Lodge was a Wimsey family retreat filled with country pleasures and the thri… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
"Fou!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"Boil my brains!"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"I am abso-bally-lutely positive"

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

"The departure of the church-going element had induced a more humanitarian atmosphere."

-Dorothy L. Sayers, Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey, #2)

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3. Kif

By: Josephine Tey , Elizabeth Mackintosh

3.82

Format: None pages,

Tey's first book; the sad story of a young man's downward path in the difficult post-WWI years in E… read more

Similar categories in Josephine Tey's Kif book and Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time (Inspector Alan Grant, #5)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. 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

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  • mystery thriller
  • classics
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • crime

5. Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

3.40

Format: 96 pages,

Mystery novelist Harriet Vane knew all about poisons, and when her fiance died in the manner prescr… read more

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6. Angel with Two Faces (Josephine Tey, #2)

By: Nicola Upson

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Inspector Archie Penrose invites Josephine Tey down to his home in Cornwall so she can recover from… read more

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7. Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King

By: Mike Pitts

4.01

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 2012, archaeologists found the grave of Richard III. Its sight had been unknown for centuries. T… read more

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8. How the Heather Looks: A Joyous Journey to the British Sources of Children's Books

By: Joan Bodger , None

4.01

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

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9. Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)

By: Dorothy L. Sayers

4.00

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"Gaudy Nightstands out even among Miss Sayers's novels. And Miss Sayers has long stood in a class b… read more

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10. The Expensive Halo: A Fable Without Moral

By: Josephine Tey

3.76

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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11. The Age of Chivalry

By: Thomas Bulfinch

4.22

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Bulfinch's Mythologyis a classic retelling of the great myths and legends, from ancient Greece and … read more

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12. Eric Sloane's Weather Book

By: Eric Sloane

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Amateur weather forecasters (which includes just about everyone) will find this volume an informat… read more

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13. The Privateer

By: Josephine Tey

3.91

Format: None pages,

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14. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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15. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

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  • mystery
  • mystery thriller
  • crime
  • fiction
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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16. Six Voices, One Story: The Heart of AmblesideOnline

By: AmblesideOnline Education Foundation

4.72

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

The AmblesideOnline Advisory began as a band of mothers who followed God and the vitalizing ideas o… read more

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17. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

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18. The Wonder Book of Chemistry

By: Jean-Henri Fabre

3.73

Format: 392 pages, Paperback

Starting with a mixture of iron filings and sulphur, Uncle Paul awakens in his young nephews an eag… read more

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"Let us see but a little at a time and see that little plainly; that is the way to acquire substantial and lasting knowledge."

-Jean-Henri Fabre, The Wonder Book of Chemistry

Cover of Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages (Yesterday's Classics) by George Hodges

19. Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages (Yesterday's Classics)

By: George Hodges

3.98

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

An excellent introduction to the history of the church through portraits of twenty of the most impo… read more

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  • classics
Cover of Impact of Evidence by E. C. R. Lorac

20. Impact of Evidence

By: E. C. R. Lorac

4.32

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

AMONG THE hills of the Welsh borders a little group of farmsteads is isolated by snow and ice, then… read more

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21. The Crime

By: Anthony Lang

4.14

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

‘A brilliantly-written detective story’ The Daily Mail‘A detective story of the first order’ Cassel… read more

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