20 must-read fiction books like Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14) by Will Thomas

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Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

By: Will Thomas

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

London, 1893 - deadly doings are afoot in the British Museum and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barke…

If you liked the fiction plot in Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14) by Will Thomas , here is a list of 20 books like this:

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

1. 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

Similar categories in Laurie R. King's The Lantern's Dance (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, #18) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) by Deanna Raybourn

2. A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.19

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, i… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"A man cannot choose to die when he has not yet learnt to live." Stoker"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"If I could have created a perfect woman, I could never have imagined you. But that is my failure. Not yours."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Not everyone shares your tendency to scorn the company of others." "Scorn the company of others! Thanks to you, I speak to entirely too many people, entirely too often."

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

"Do you mean to dissuade me? Point out the flaws in my plan? Express your objections with vehemence and eloquence?" He tipped his head. "Actually, no." "Are you entirely well? Have you a fever? Should…"

-Deanna Raybourn, A Grave Robbery (Veronica Speedwell, #9)

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3. 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

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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4. Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

By: Will Thomas

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

London, 1893 - deadly doings are afoot in the British Museum and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barke… read more

Similar categories in Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
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5. 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

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Wrexford & Sloane, #5) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
"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)

Cover of A Cold Highland Wind (Lady Emily, #17) by Tasha Alexander

6. A Cold Highland Wind (Lady Emily, #17)

By: Tasha Alexander

3.81

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this new installment of Tasha Alexander’s acclaimed Lady Emily series set in the wild Scottish h… read more

Similar categories in Tasha Alexander's A Cold Highland Wind (Lady Emily, #17) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) by C.S. Harris

7. What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19)

By: C.S. Harris

4.42

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A seemingly idyllic summer picnic ends in a macabre murder that echoes a pair of slayings fourteen … read more

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's What Cannot Be Said (Sebastian St. Cyr, #19) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Fatal Illusion (Lady Darby Mystery, #11) by Anna Lee Huber

8. A Fatal Illusion (Lady Darby Mystery, #11)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.12

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

New parents Lady Kiera Darby and Sebastian Gage look forward to introducing Sebastian’s father to h… read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's A Fatal Illusion (Lady Darby Mystery, #11) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of What the Devil Knows (Sebastian St. Cyr, #16) by C.S. Harris

9. 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

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's What the Devil Knows (Sebastian St. Cyr, #16) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8) by Deanna Raybourn

10. A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8)

By: Deanna Raybourn

4.20

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Veronica must find and stop a devious killer when a group of old friends is targeted for death in t… read more

Similar categories in Deanna Raybourn's A Sinister Revenge (Veronica Speedwell, #8) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

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

11. 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

Similar categories in Anne Perry's The Fourth Enemy (Daniel Pitt #6) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18) by C.S. Harris

12. 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

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's Who Cries for the Lost (Sebastian St. Cyr, #18) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

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

13. 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

Similar categories in C.S. Harris's Who Speaks for the Damned (Sebastian St. Cyr, #15) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"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 Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5) by Allison Montclair

14. The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5)

By: Allison Montclair

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Allison Montclair's The Lady from Burma, murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right S… read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder in Rose Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #27) by Victoria Thompson

15. Murder in Rose Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #27)

By: Victoria Thompson

4.17

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private detective husband Frank discover that the cure is worse than t… read more

Similar categories in Victoria Thompson's Murder in Rose Hill (Gaslight Mystery, #27) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Darkness in Seven Dials (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Book 17) by Ashley Gardner

16. A Darkness in Seven Dials (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Book 17)

By: Ashley Gardner

4.58

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

March 1820When James Denis is arrested for murder and lands himself in Newgate, it falls to me to p… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Gardner's A Darkness in Seven Dials (Captain Lacey Regency Mysteries Book 17) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of Murder on Bedford Street (Gaslight Mystery, #26) by Victoria Thompson

17. Murder on Bedford Street (Gaslight Mystery, #26)

By: Victoria Thompson

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must stop a killer lurking among … read more

Similar categories in Victoria Thompson's Murder on Bedford Street (Gaslight Mystery, #26) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Spanish Diplomat's Secret (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #3) by Nev March

18. The Spanish Diplomat's Secret (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #3)

By: Nev March

3.66

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In The Spanish Diplomat's Secret, award-winning author Nev March explores the vivid nineteenth-cent… read more

Similar categories in Nev March's The Spanish Diplomat's Secret (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #3) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
Cover of The Nightingale Affair (Inspector Charles Field, #2) by Timothy   Mason

19. The Nightingale Affair (Inspector Charles Field, #2)

By: Timothy Mason

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this twisty new Victorian detective thriller from the author of The Darwin Affair , Inspector Ch… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Mason's The Nightingale Affair (Inspector Charles Field, #2) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • suspense
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12) by Anna Lee Huber

20. A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12)

By: Anna Lee Huber

4.24

Format: 374 pages, Paperback

Lady Kiera Darby and her dashing husband, Sebastian Gage, hope they’ve finally found peace after a … read more

Similar categories in Anna Lee Huber's A Deceptive Composition (Lady Darby Mystery, #12) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2) by Irina Shapiro

21. Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2)

By: Irina Shapiro

4.45

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The chill of winter has descended on London. But for Sebastian Bell and Gemma Tate, there will be l… read more

Similar categories in Irina Shapiro's Murder at Traitors' Gate (A Tate and Bell Mystery, #2) book and Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • suspense
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook

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