13 must-read historical books like The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) by Harini Nagendra

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The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a charming, joyful cozy crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing de…

If you liked the historical plot in The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) by Harini Nagendra , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.05

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The second book in the heartwarming and charming Baby Ganesh series. For centuries the Koh-i-Noo… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
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"Ganesha: a riddle inside an enigma wrapped inside an elephant. Often, when he looked into Ganesha’s gentle brown eyes, he would think he saw his Uncle Bansi staring back at him."

-Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

"No one seemed to know how Ganesha had escaped from Kondvilkar’s clutches or, for that matter, how he had ended up with Irfan. From the boy there came only a simple explanation. ‘Ganesha found me and …"

-Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

"Ganesha turned to admire himself in the mirror. The elephant calf wore a ridiculously coloured caparison across his back, with a Keralan-style nettipattam headdress tied over his forehead. The nettip…"

-Vaseem Khan, The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown (Baby Ganesh Agency Investigation, #2)

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2. The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra

By: Vaseem Khan

3.70

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

On the day he retires, Inspector Ashwin Chopra inherits two unexpected mysteries. The first is the … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • india
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
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3. The Strange Disappearance of a Bollywood Star

By: Vaseem Khan

4.08

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Mumbai is a city that thrives on extravagant spectacles and larger-than-life characters. But as Cho… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
  • india
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  • mystery
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  • audiobook

4. The Widows of Malabar Hill (Perveen Mistry, #1)

By: Sujata Massey

3.67

Format: 117 pages, Hardcover

Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her f… read more

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5. Close to Death (Hawthorne & Horowitz, #5)

By: Anthony Horowitz

4.18

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

In New York Times–bestselling author Anthony Horowitz’s ingenious fifth literary whodunit in the Ha… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Bombay Prince (Perveen Mistry, #3) by Sujata Massey

6. The Bombay Prince (Perveen Mistry, #3)

By: Sujata Massey

3.96

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

India’s only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is compelled to bring justice to the family of a murder… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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7. The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

By: Harini Nagendra

3.62

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The first in a charming, joyful cozy crime series set in 1920s Bangalore, featuring sari-wearing de… read more

Similar categories in Harini Nagendra's The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1) book and Harini Nagendra's The Bangalore Detectives Club (Bangalore Detectives Club, #1)

  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • cozy mystery
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Evil in Emerald (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #3) by A.M.   Stuart

8. Evil in Emerald (Harriet Gordon Mystery, #3)

By: A.M. Stuart

4.27

Format: 347 pages, Paperback

Craving a change of pace, Harriet Gordon, joins a local musical theatre production but when a fello… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. 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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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • 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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10. The Last Hope

By: Susan Elia MacNeal

4.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

All will be revealed in the no-holds-barred finale of the New York Times bestselling and Edgar Awar… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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11. Death of a Lesser God (Malabar House, #4)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.25

Format: 376 pages, Kindle Edition

*** SHORTLISTED FOR HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR at the FINGERPRINT AWARDS ***In the fourth rip-roa… read more

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  • historical
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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12. Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)

By: Nev March

3.76

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

In 1892, Bombay is the center of British India. Nearby, Captain Jim Agnihotri lies in Poona militar… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
"Secrets are like serpents, Jim. They grow in the dark. [Diana Framji, to Jim Agnihotri]"

-Nev March, Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)

"Most things, I find, are temporary and pass into distant memory with the next great event. But this commentary drew blood to my face."

-Nev March, Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)

"Joy was made of moments like this, each insignificant in itself, piled together into a monolith, immutable and strong, something to lean against when one's world went awry. [Jim Agnihotri]"

-Nev March, Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)

"Whatever I had expected, it was not this. Astonishment gave way to bitterness. I was a mixed breed, a bastard, not worthy of his daughter. Had I not seen that mix of pity and disapproval all my life?…"

-Nev March, Murder in Old Bombay (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #1)

Cover of The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry, #2) by Sujata Massey

13. The Satapur Moonstone (Perveen Mistry, #2)

By: Sujata Massey

3.98

Format: 361 pages, Kindle Edition

The highly anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed novel The Widows of Malabar Hill.India… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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14. The Lost Man of Bombay (Malabar House #3)

By: Vaseem Khan

4.26

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

THE THRILLING NEW MYSTERY FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSEBombay, 1950Whe… read more

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  • historical
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  • mystery
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  • audiobook
Cover of The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1) by John Shen Yen Nee

15. The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

By: John Shen Yen Nee

3.62

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes films, this stunning, swashbuckling series opener by a po… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
"The British are oddly vulnerable to charm. I've found that in England it's often the easiest path to one's objective. And hurts none along the way."

-John Shen Yen Nee, The Murder of Mr. Ma (Dee & Lao, #1)

Cover of A Mumbai Murder Mystery  (Temple Hill Mystery #1) by Meeti Shroff-Shah

16. A Mumbai Murder Mystery (Temple Hill Mystery #1)

By: Meeti Shroff-Shah

4.06

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

Among the rarefied circles of Mumbai’s posh Temple Hill, there is nothing more tragic than the loss… read more

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  • audiobook
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17. The Mistress of Bhatia House (Perveen Mistry, #4)

By: Sujata Massey

4.02

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Bombay’s only female solicitor, Perveen Mistry, grapples with class divisions, sexism, and complex … read more

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  • historical
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  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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Cover of Peril at the Exposition (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #2) by Nev March

18. Peril at the Exposition (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries, #2)

By: Nev March

3.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Captain Jim Agnihotri and his new bride, Diana Framji, return in Nev March's Peril at the Expositio… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of A Disappearance in Fiji by Nilima Rao

19. A Disappearance in Fiji

By: Nilima Rao

3.89

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

A charming and atmospheric debut mystery featuring a 25-year-old Indian police sergeant investigati… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • historical
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  • fiction
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  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of A Matrimonial Murder (Temple Hill Mystery #2) by Meeti Shroff-Shah

20. A Matrimonial Murder (Temple Hill Mystery #2)

By: Meeti Shroff-Shah

4.06

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

Some people will kill for the perfect match. Radhi has a new crime to solve. The body of the ass… read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • cozy mystery
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  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Angsana Tree Mystery (Su Lin Series Book 8) by Ovidia Yu

21. The Angsana Tree Mystery (Su Lin Series Book 8)

By: Ovidia Yu

4.35

Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition

'One of Singapore's finest living authors' South China Morning Post 'Simply glorious. Every nook a… read more

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  • mystery
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