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Loved Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear? If its mystery, historical fiction and series hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Case of the Missing Marquess, The Angel of the Crows and Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.
What’s inside Maisie Dobbs: Mystery · Historical Fiction · Series · Series Starter · Detective Fiction
Nancy Springer
Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Series Starter · Historical Fiction · Mystery
Katherine Addison
Detective Fiction · War Trauma · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · PTSD
T.A. Willberg
Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Mentor Relationship · Historical Fiction · Series Starter
Michael Connelly
Detective Fiction · Private Investigator · Mystery · War Trauma · Detective Protagonist
Patricia Wentworth
Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Mystery · London · Series Starter
Jussi Adler-Olsen
Detective Fiction · Mystery · Series Starter · PTSD · Detective Protagonist
Ann Cleeves
Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Series Starter · Mystery · Character-Driven
Arthur Conan Doyle
Detective Fiction · Private Investigator · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · London
Paraic O'Donnell
Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Historical Fiction · London
David Baldacci
Detective Fiction · Private Investigator · Historical Fiction · Mystery · War Trauma
Anthony Horowitz
Detective Fiction · Historical Fiction · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · London
Sherry Thomas
Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Historical Fiction · Mystery · London
Tana French
Detective Fiction · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · Series Starter · Character-Driven
Susie Steiner
Detective Fiction · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · Series Starter · Character-Driven
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Anna Waterhouse
Detective Fiction · Mystery · Historical Fiction · Series Starter · Mentor Relationship
Robert Jackson Bennett
Detective Fiction · Detective Protagonist · Mystery · Series Starter · Mentor Relationship
Deanna Raybourn
Detective Protagonist · Series Starter · Historical Fiction · Mystery · London
Hilary Mantel
Historical Fiction · Mentor Relationship · London · Series Starter · Series
Louise Penny
Detective Fiction · Mystery · Detective Protagonist · Mentor Relationship · Character-Driven
Josiah Bancroft
Private Investigator · Detective Fiction · Series Starter · Mystery · Series
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