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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorA Study in Ashes
Emma Jane Holloway · 488 pages
Murder on Cold Street
Sherry Thomas · 344 pages
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets
Nancy Springer · 192 pages
Secret Letters
Leah Scheier · 327 pages
Sixteen-year-old Dora travels to London to meet Sherlock Holmes, who might be her biological father, and ask his help for her cousin who is being blackmailed over some stolen letters, but although Holmes dies before she arrives, a handsome young detective comes to Dora's aid.
The Holmes-Dracula File
Fred Saberhagen · 249 pages
The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
Theodora Goss · 409 pages
Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capturea reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde's daughter, Dian
The Girl with the Windup Heart
Kady Cross · 356 pages
In 1897, part-automaton Mila seeks an independent life in London's West End while Finley Jane plunges headlong into the Aether, hoping to outmaneuver the Machinist who has taken Griffin King captive.
Clockwork Princess
Cassandra Clare · 576 pages
If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it? The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose.
Good Night, Mr. Holmes
Carole Nelson Douglas · 286 pages
Irene Adler, the beautiful American opera singer who once outwitted Sherlock Holmes, is given a life of her own in this first of a series. Her talent for detection is called upon, not her singing, as she rescues handsome barrister Godfrey Norton, and "duels" with Mr. Holmes himself.
Ghostly Echoes
William Ritter · 340 pages
Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly landlord of 826 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold case, starting with a search for Jenny's fianc , who went missing the night she died. But when a new, gruesome murder closely mirrors the events of ten years prior, Abigai
Vanishing Girl
Shane Peacock · 316 pages
In broad daylight, a high society girl vanishes on a crowded street. Days pass, then weeks; the daring abduction remains an impenetrable mystery, without a ransom note, a single clue, or even public information. The moment young Sherlock reads about it, he knows that it's the case that will make his name.
Waistcoats & Weaponry
Gail Carriger · 298 pages
In her alternate England of 1851, while taking her friend Sidheag by train to her werewolf pack in Scotland, fifteen-year-old Sophronia uncovers a plot that threatens to dissolve all of London into chaos and must decide where her loyalties lie once and for all.
Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse
Martin Davies · 320 pages
The Mangle Street Murders
M.R.C. Kasasian · 352 pages
1882. London is at its murkiest yet most vibrant, wealthiest yet most poverty-stricken. No sooner does March Middleton arrive to live with her guardian, Sidney Grice, than a case presents itself: a young woman has been brutally murdered, and her husband is the only suspect. The victim's mother is convinced of her son-in-law's innocence, and March is so touched by her pleas she offers to cover Sidn
Every Word
Ellie Marney · 343 pages
"James Mycroft has just left for London to investigate a car accident similar to the one that killed his parents without saying good-bye to his partner in crime, Rachel Watts. Rachel is furious and worried about his strange behavior-- not that Mycroft's ever exactly normal, but London is the scene of so many nightmares. Unable to resist, Rachel jumps on a plane to follow him and lands straight in
The Diamond Thief
Sharon Gosling · 305 pages
No one performs on the circus trapeze like 16-year-old Rémy Brunel. But Rémy also leads another life, prowling through the backstreets of Victorian London as a jewel thief. When she is forced to steal one of the world's most valuable diamonds, she uncovers a world of treachery and fiendish plots.
The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle
Catherine Webb · 320 pages
Legacy of the Clockwork Key
Kristin Bailey · 409 pages
A orphaned sixteen-year-old servant in Victorian England finds love while unraveling the secrets of a mysterious society of inventors and their most dangerous creation.
A Study in Brimstone
G.S. Denning · 375 pages
"Sherlock Holmes is an unparalleled genius. Warlock Holmes is an idiot. A font of arcane power, certainly. But he's brilliantly dim. Frankly, he couldn't deduce his way out of a paper bag. The only thing he has really got going for him are the might of a thousand demons and his stalalwart companion. Thankfully, Dr. Watson is always there to aid him through the treacherous shoals of Victorian propr