11 best-selling historical books like The Whistling by Rebecca Netley

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The Whistling

By: Rebecca Netley

3.69

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome has taken the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scot…

If you liked the historical plot in The Whistling by Rebecca Netley , here is a list of 11 books like this:

1. The Silent Companions

By: Laura Purcell

4.46

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country e… read more

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2. Dark Matter

By: Michelle Paver

3.22

Format: 111 pages, Hardcover

January 1937. Clouds of war are gathering over a fogbound London. Twenty-eight year old Jack is poo… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Paver's Dark Matter book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

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3. The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

By: A.M. Shine

3.93

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

This forest isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Mina's is no different… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Shine's The Watchers (The Watchers, #1) book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
"Every grudge, if it is to stand the test of time, relies on the certainty of a selective memory."

-A.M. Shine, The Watchers (The Watchers, #1)

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4. The Drift

By: C.J. Tudor

3.71

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly grippin… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Tudor's The Drift book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. The Weejee Man

By: NP Cunniffe

3.65

Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition

A nerve-shredding slice of rural horror for fans of Adam Nevill and Andrew Michael Hurley. Force… read more

Similar categories in NP Cunniffe's The Weejee Man book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • fiction
  • horror
"His face had grown dark, except for the reflection of the red fire in his eyes. The house, too, seemed to have filled with shadow, as if a storm was brewing outside. Jim’s eyes beamed red from the sh…"

-NP Cunniffe, The Weejee Man

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6. The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights

By: Bridget Collins

3.58

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for ga… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • horror
  • historical fiction
  • paranormal
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7. The House of Footsteps

By: Mathew West

3.26

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

If you loved The Haunting of Hill House, welcome to Thistlecrook… It’s 1923 and at Thistlecr… read more

Similar categories in Mathew West's The House of Footsteps book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • paranormal
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8. A Haunting in the Arctic

By: C.J. Cooke

3.78

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

1901-ben ​járunk. A fiatal nőt, Nickyt megtámadják, majd egy bálnavadász hajó, az Ormen fedélzetén … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Cooke's A Haunting in the Arctic book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • paranormal
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9. The Whistling

By: Rebecca Netley

3.69

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome has taken the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scot… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Netley's The Whistling book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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10. The Creeper

By: A.M. Shine

3.71

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Superstitions only survive if people believe in them... Renowned academic Dr Sparling seeks help… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Shine's The Creeper book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
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11. The Lighthouse Witches

By: C.J. Cooke

3.94

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

Two sisters go missing on a remote Scottish island. Twenty years later, one is found—but she's stil… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Cooke's The Lighthouse Witches book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
"She still doesn’t believe in magic. It’s a technology, she’s decided. Just one that she doesn’t understand yet."

-C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

"... the sky like polished silver, the ocean sinewy and muscular, crackling as it reached the stones at the edge of the causeway."

-C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

"Most people's pasts can be viewed like cleaved water left in the wake of a boat. Hers? It's a tangled weave of spider webs and nightmares, never to make sense."

-C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

"I went outside, taking in the sight of the grey ocean swaying beyond the cliffs, a mackerel sky troubled by seabirds swooping and screaming beneath the clap of the waves."

-C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

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12. The Intruders

By: Louise Jensen

4.03

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

They were told to leave. They should have listened. It should be the perfect opportunity: a mano… read more

Similar categories in Louise Jensen's The Intruders book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fiction
  • horror
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13. The Whispering Muse

By: Laura Purcell

3.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a gripping tale of obsession, superstition and ambit… read more

Similar categories in Laura Purcell's The Whispering Muse book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
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14. Fyneshade

By: Kate Griffin

3.85

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and sil… read more

Similar categories in Kate Griffin's Fyneshade book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
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15. The Nesting

By: C.J. Cooke

3.57

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The woods are creeping in on a nanny and two young girls in this chilling modern Gothic thriller. … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Cooke's The Nesting book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • paranormal
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16. The Ghost Woods

By: C.J. Cooke

3.98

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

In the midst of the woods stands a house called Lichen Hall. This place is shrouded in folklore… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Cooke's The Ghost Woods book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • paranormal
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17. The Dark Between the Trees

By: Fiona Barnett

3.31

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

1643: A small group of Parliamentarian soldiers are ambushed in an isolated part of Northern Englan… read more

Similar categories in Fiona Barnett's The Dark Between the Trees book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
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18. The Lost Ones

By: Anita Frank

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Some houses are never at peace. England, 1917 Reeling from the death of her fiancé, Stella March… read more

Similar categories in Anita Frank's The Lost Ones book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • ghosts
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • horror
  • paranormal
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19. The Toll House

By: Carly Reagon

3.82

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The past isn't always dead and buried . . . A house with history. That's how the estate agent de… read more

Similar categories in Carly Reagon's The Toll House book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • paranormal
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20. The Beholders

By: Hester Musson

3.62

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

SOME HOUSES ARE HAUNTED BY THE LIVING June, 1878. The body of a boy is pulled from the depths of th… read more

Similar categories in Hester Musson's The Beholders book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
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21. The Hiding Place

By: Amanda Mason

3.40

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Nell Galilee, her husband and twelve year old step-daughter Maude rent a holiday cottage by the sea… read more

Similar categories in Amanda Mason's The Hiding Place book and Rebecca Netley's The Whistling

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • supernatural
  • paranormal

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3.93

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3.71

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3.65

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3.58

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Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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Rebecca Netley

4.00

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Stacey Halls

3.94

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Louise Welsh

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