17 must-read thriller books like The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson

Cover of The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson

The Devil in the Marshalsea

By: Antonia Hodgson

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

London, 1727, and Tom Hawkins is about to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels and coffee-h…

If you liked the thriller plot in The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson , here is a list of 17 books like this:

Cover of The Ashes of London (Marwood and Lovett, #1) by Andrew  Taylor

1. The Ashes of London (Marwood and Lovett, #1)

By: Andrew Taylor

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the No.1 best-selling author of The American Boy and The Silent Boy comes a brand new historic… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Taylor's The Ashes of London (Marwood and Lovett, #1) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
"One grey cloak is much like another, just as all cats are grey in the dark."

-Andrew Taylor, The Ashes of London (Marwood and Lovett, #1)

Cover of The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1) by S.G. MacLean

2. The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.12

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London, 1657, the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell. No one knows where Damian Seeker originated from… read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Redemption of Alexander Seaton (Alexander Seaton, #1) by Shona MacLean

3. 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 Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1) by Susanna Gregory

4. A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)

By: Susanna Gregory

3.00

Format: 508 pages, Paperback

In the tradition of Ellis Peters, A Plague on Both Your Houses introduces the physician Matthew Bar… read more

Similar categories in Susanna Gregory's A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4) by C.J. Sansom

5. Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)

By: C.J. Sansom

2.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Spring, 1543. King Henry VIII is wooing Lady Catherine Parr, whom he wants for his sixth wife. But … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Sansom's Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
Cover of Sacrilege (Giordano Bruno, #3) by S.J. Parris

6. Sacrilege (Giordano Bruno, #3)

By: S.J. Parris

2.00

Format: 375 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical thriller set in sixteenth-century England and centered on the highly secretiv… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Parris's Sacrilege (Giordano Bruno, #3) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson

7. The Devil in the Marshalsea

By: Antonia Hodgson

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

London, 1727, and Tom Hawkins is about to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels and coffee-h… read more

Similar categories in Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

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

8. Crucible of Secrets (Alexander Seaton, #3)

By: Shona MacLean

4.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

It is Midsummer, 1631. While Alexander Seaton and his fellow masters enjoy the holiday with their s… read more

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9. Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.00

Format: 282 pages, Hardcover

Summer, 1546. King Henry VIII is slowly, painfully dying. His Protestant and Catholic councillors a… read more

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10. Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages,

It is 1540, and Henry VIII has been on the throne for thirty-one years when Matthew Shardlake, the … read more

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11. Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages,

Autumn, 1541. King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to attend an extra… read more

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12. Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)

By: C.J. Sansom

3.71

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII h… read more

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13. Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)

By: C.J. Sansom

4.07

Format: None pages, Paperback

Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong. Meanwhile Ma… read more

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14. Destroying Angel (Damian Seeker, #3)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.43

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Captain Damian Seeker has gone north. Charged with preparing the way for the rule of the major-gene… read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's Destroying Angel (Damian Seeker, #3) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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15. The Bookseller of Inverness

By: S.G. MacLean

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally s… read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's The Bookseller of Inverness book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of An Honourable Thief (Company of Rogues #1) by Douglas Skelton

16. An Honourable Thief (Company of Rogues #1)

By: Douglas Skelton

4.09

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

1715. A tale of two cities, and the man caught between them. The Kingdom is riddled with a rumou… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Skelton's An Honourable Thief (Company of Rogues #1) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Black Drop (Laurence Jago, #1) by Leonora Nattrass

17. Black Drop (Laurence Jago, #1)

By: Leonora Nattrass

3.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

This is the confession of Laurence Jago. Clerk. Gentleman. Reluctant spy. July 1794, and the str… read more

Similar categories in Leonora Nattrass's Black Drop (Laurence Jago, #1) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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18. Daughters of Night

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.17

Format: 580 pages, Hardcover

From the brothels and gin-shops of Covent Garden to the elegant townhouses of Mayfair, Laura Shephe… read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's Daughters of Night book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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19. Blood & Sugar

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

3.93

Format: 430 pages, Hardcover

June, 1781. An unidentified body hangs upon a hook at Deptford Dock – horribly tortured and branded… read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's Blood & Sugar book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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20. The King’s Evil (Marwood and Lovett #3)

By: Andrew Taylor

4.19

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court comes the next book in t… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Taylor's The King’s Evil (Marwood and Lovett #3) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Winter List (Damian Seeker #6) by S.G. MacLean

21. The Winter List (Damian Seeker #6)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.38

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer, 1660. Cromwell is dead and Charles Stuart has been restored to the throne. Men who supporte… read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's The Winter List (Damian Seeker #6) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) by Ambrose Parry

22. Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4)

By: Ambrose Parry

4.28

Format: 416 pages, ebook

1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chl… read more

Similar categories in Ambrose Parry's Voices of the Dead (Raven, Fisher and Simpson #4) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Square of Sevens by Laura Shepherd-Robinson

23. The Square of Sevens

By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson

4.14

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

An orphaned fortune teller in 18th-century England searches for answers about her long-dead mother … read more

Similar categories in Laura Shepherd-Robinson's The Square of Sevens book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"If time with those we love is measured by the hourglass, then God’s greatest cruelty is not to let us see the size of that vessel."

-Laura Shepherd-Robinson, The Square of Sevens

Cover of Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7) by S.J. Parris

24. Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7)

By: S.J. Parris

4.28

Format: 473 pages, Kindle Edition

Prague, 1588 A COURT IN TURMOIL The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, wants to expand the boundari… read more

Similar categories in S.J. Parris's Alchemy (Giordano Bruno, #7) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7) by C.J. Sansom

25. Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)

By: C.J. Sansom

4.39

Format: 865 pages, Paperback

Spring, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos…The king, Edw… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Sansom's Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
"Never in England were there so many gentlemen and so little gentleness."

-C.J. Sansom, Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)

"I took the book and glanced at the page Guy was reading. I quoted, ‘The rich man’s substance is the wellspring of the poor man’s living.' Ah yes, that theory, that as the rich grow richer their wealt…"

-C.J. Sansom, Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)

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26. The Shadows of London (Marwood and Lovett #6)

By: Andrew Taylor

4.38

Format: 450 pages, Hardcover

London 1671 The damage caused by the Great Fire still overshadows the capital. When a man’s brut… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Taylor's The Shadows of London (Marwood and Lovett #6) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The Fire Court (Marwood and Lovett, #2) by Andrew  Taylor

27. The Fire Court (Marwood and Lovett, #2)

By: Andrew Taylor

4.04

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

From No.1 bestselling author Andrew Taylor comes the sequel to the phenomenally successful The Ashe… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Taylor's The Fire Court (Marwood and Lovett, #2) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of The House of Lamentations (Damian Seeker, #5) by S.G. MacLean

28. The House of Lamentations (Damian Seeker, #5)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.49

Format: 358 pages, Kindle Edition

Summer, 1658, and the Republic may finally be safe: the combined Stuart and Spanish forces have bee… read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's The House of Lamentations (Damian Seeker, #5) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of City of Vengeance (Cesare Aldo #1) by D.V. Bishop

29. City of Vengeance (Cesare Aldo #1)

By: D.V. Bishop

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

City of Vengeance is an explosive debut historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Flo… read more

Similar categories in D.V. Bishop's City of Vengeance (Cesare Aldo #1) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Rivers of Treason (Daniel Pursglove #3) by K.J. Maitland

30. Rivers of Treason (Daniel Pursglove #3)

By: K.J. Maitland

3.91

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

From the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's ne… read more

Similar categories in K.J. Maitland's Rivers of Treason (Daniel Pursglove #3) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

  • historical mystery
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Devil's Recruit (Alexander Seaton, #4) by S.G. MacLean

31. The Devil's Recruit (Alexander Seaton, #4)

By: S.G. MacLean

4.20

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

1635, and Europe is in the grip of the brutal territorial and religious struggle of the Thirty Year… read more

Similar categories in S.G. MacLean's The Devil's Recruit (Alexander Seaton, #4) book and Antonia Hodgson's The Devil in the Marshalsea

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

25 best-selling fiction books like The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson

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The Ashes of London (Marwood and Lovett, #1)

Andrew Taylor

3.75

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The Seeker (Damian Seeker, #1)

S.G. MacLean

4.12

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

Shona MacLean

3.72

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A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)

Susanna Gregory

3.00

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11 Best fiction books like The Winter List (Damian Seeker #6) by S.G. MacLean

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Belshazzar's Daughter (Inspector Ikmen, #1)

Barbara Nadel

3.65

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An Honourable Thief (Company of Rogues #1)

Douglas Skelton

4.09

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The King’s Evil (Marwood and Lovett #3)

Andrew Taylor

4.19

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The Winter List (Damian Seeker #6)

S.G. MacLean

4.38

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