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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Case of the Missing Marquess
Nancy Springer · 216 pages
When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers—all while attempting to piece
The Valiant
Lesley Livingston · 372 pages
Fallon is the daughter of a proud Celtic king and the younger sister of the legendary warrior Sorcha. When Fallon was just a child, Sorcha was killed while defending their home from the armies of Julius Caesar. On the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Fallon is excited to follow in her sister's footsteps and earn her place in her father's war band. She never gets the chance.
The Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
Lauren Tarshis · 95 pages
When the Eagle Hunts
Simon Scarrow · 448 pages
Detectives in Togas
Henry Winterfeld · 227 pages
The Phantom of Venice
Carolyn Keene · 157 pages
Nancy travels to Venice to investigate the kidnapping of a famous glassblower and the disappearance of an artist.
Raiders from the Sea
Lois Walfrid Johnson · 199 pages
When Briana O’Toole rescues a stranger from drowning, she doesn’t realize that her actions may have put her family and neighbors in danger. Then, in one harrowing day, Viking raiders capture Bree and her brother Devin and take them away from their home in Ireland. All of the Irish prisoners are at the mercy of Mikkel, the proud young leader of the Vikings. When he separates Bree and Devin, Bree
Mr. Tucket
Gary Paulsen · 166 pages
Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is captured by Pawnees. It will take wild horses, hostile tribes, and a mysterious one-armed mountain man named Mr. Grimes to help Francis become the ma
Caveat Emptor
Ruth Downie · 338 pages
In the far reaches of the Roman Empire, there are three certainties in life for Doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso: death, taxes, and angry barbarians. The hero finds himself trapped at the heart of an increasingly treacherous conspiracy involving theft, forgery, buried treasure, and the legacy of Boudica, the rebel queen.
Behind the Curtain
Peter Abrahams · 373 pages
An avid Sherlock Holmes fan, eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill is kidnapped while investigating mysterious happenings in her home town.
The Hostile Hospital
Lemony Snicket · 255 pages
There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery and despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming and clever Baudelaire children read on...The Hostile Hospital - There are many pleasant things to read about, but this book contains none of them. Within its pages are such burdensome details as a suspici
Alexandria
Lindsey Davis · 313 pages
In A.D. 77, Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, investigates the mysterious death of the head librarian of the world-famous library of Alexandria, bringing him into immediate conflict with the darker side of academic life.
Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone: The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival
Dene Low · 196 pages
In the spring of 1903 at her country estate, Petronella Arbuthnot faces an enormous dilemma during her sixteenth-birthday festivities as important guests disappear, kidnapping notes appear, and Uncle Augustus, who has developed a bug-eating compulsion, is surreptiously devouring the insect evidence.
Kidnapped by River Rats: William and Catherine Booth
Dave Jackson, Neta Jackson
Five Fall Into Adventure
Enid Blyton · 208 pages
In book nine, the Famous Five are really worried -- George and her devoted Timmy have disappeared. Not only that, somebody has broken into Kirrin Cottage. Could there be a connection?
Murder in the Dark
Kerry Greenwood
The delectable Phryne Fisher has been invited to the Last Best party of 1928. When three of the guests are kidnapped Phryne finds she must puzzle her way through the scavenger hunt clues to retrieve the hostages. Another sparkling mystery from Australia's Queen of Crime, Kerry Greenwood.It's Christmas, and Phryne has an invitation to the Last Best party of 1928, a four-day extravaganza being held
Last Seen in Massilia
Steven Saylor · 289 pages
Analyse : Roman policier (énigme). Roman historique.
The Abduction
John Grisham · 256 pages
A book about a young man, Theodore Boone, 8th grade son of 2 attorneys, whose passion is the law. His friend disappeared from her bedroom in middle of the night and no one knows anything about it! Who is going to solve the mystery? Theo, of course!