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24 books with the same feel
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Charles Finch · 366 pages
"It's 1876, and Charles Lenox, once London's leading private investigator, has just given up his seat in Parliament after six years, primed to return to his first love, detection. With high hopes he and three colleagues start a new detective agency, the first of its kind. But as the months pass, and he is the only detective who cannot find work, Lenox begins to question whether he can still play t
A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the Four
Arthur Conan Doyle · 256 pages
In two of the most famous Sherlock Holmes stories, the brilliant detective uses his impressive powers of deduction to unravel the mysteries before him. In A Study in Scarlet. the iconic debut of Sherlock Holmes. the mystery begins with the word 'Rache• scrawled in blood. In The Sign of the Four. excitement abounds as Holmes and hts trusty companion Dr John Watson continue their investigations in
The Twisted Root
Anne Perry · 346 pages
"As private investigator William Monk listens to young Lucius Stourbridge plead for help in tracking down his runaway finacee, he feels a sense of heavy foreboding. Miriam Gardiner disappeared suddenly from a croquet party at the luxurious Bayswater mansion of her in-laws-to-be, and has not been seen since. But on Hampstead Heath, Monk finds the coach in which Miriam had fled and, nearby, the murd
Time of Fog and Fire
Rhys Bowen · 305 pages
The Strings of Murder
Oscar de Muriel · 416 pages
Silent in the Grave
Deanna Raybourn · 424 pages
"Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave."These ominous words are the last threat that Sir Edward Grey receives from his killer. Before he can show them to Nicholas Brisbane, the private inquiry agent he has retained for his protection, he collapses and dies at his London home, in the presence of his wife, Julia, and a roomful of guests.Prepared to accept that Edward's death
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets
Nancy Springer · 192 pages
One Virgin Too Many
Lindsey Davis · 356 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
Moriarty
Anthony Horowitz · 310 pages
Days after the encounter at the Swiss waterfall that claimed the lives of Sherlock Holmes and criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, Pinkerton detective agent Frederick Chase and Scotland Yard Inspector Athelney Jones, a devoted student of Holmes's methods of investigation and deduction, must track down a sinister figure who is determined to stake his claim as Moriarty's successor.
The Man from Hell
Barrie Roberts · 208 pages
The brutal murder of the reclusive Lord Blackwater propels Holmes and Watson into another intriguing case that points to the shadowy figure known only as “The Man form the Gates of Hell”. A tangled web of deceit, violence and tragedy unravels as Holmes’ deductions bring him closer to those behind the plot–a criminal organisation with a far-reaching and perilous influence...
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
Adrian Conan Doyle, John Dickson Carr · 316 pages
From the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of America's greatest mystery writers, John Dickson Carr, comes twelve riveting tales based on incidents or elements of the unsolved cases of Sherlock Holmes. The plots are all new, with painstaking attention to the mood, tone, and detail of the original stories. Here is a fascinating volume of mysteries for new Sherlock fans, as well as for those wh
The Iron Horse
Edward Marston · 311 pages
Derby Day at Epsom Downs. A multitude of people crowd to watch the races: dukes and dustmen, bishops and beggars, privileged ladies and prostitutes - the gamut of Victorian society and a hotbed for crime and crooks of all kinds. With the nation a-flutter in the run up to this national event, a disembodied head is discovered on a passenger train at Crewe; the first in a murky course of events that
A Rare Interest in Corpses
Ann Granger · 320 pages
Crocodile on the Sandbank
Elizabeth Peters · 280 pages
Thirty-one-year-old Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody has not only inherited her father's fortune, but she is also blessed with his strong will as well. Now she's headed for Cairo, accompanied by a girl with a tarnished past, to indulge her passion for Egyptology. Little did she know that murder and a homicidal mummy lay in wait for her.
Goodnight Sweet Prince
David Dickinson · 320 pages
India Black and the Widow of Windsor
Carol K. Carr · 320 pages
Spy for Queen Victoria, India Black, disguises herself as a servant to protect Her Highness from a possible assassination attempt by Scottish nationalists while spending the Christmas holidays in Balmoral.
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance
Gyles Brandreth · 368 pages
Lost and Gone Forever
Alex Grecian · 379 pages
"Many changes have happened to the Murder Squad. Rash actions have cost Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith his job, and in response he has set up his own private detective agency. Inspector Walter Day has been missing for a year, and no one knows where he is--though there is a strong suspicion that Saucy Jack has him. Hammersmith has made finding Day his primary case, and he has company--a pair of bounty
Bullet for a Star
Stuart M. Kaminsky · 192 pages
The Solitary House
Lynn Shepherd · 340 pages
Summoned to the offices of Victorian London's most powerful and dangerous solicitors, disgraced police officer turned independent detective Charles Maddox turns to his famous but aging investigator uncle to identify who has been sending threatening letters to a client.
Maisie Dobbs and Birds of a Feather
Jacqueline Winspear
Triple Zeck
Rex Stout · 502 pages
The Infidel Stain
M.J. Carter · 470 pages
"Blake and Avery return in the stunning sequel to M. J. Carter's lauded fiction debut, The Strangler Vine. London, 1841. Returned from their adventures in India, Jeremiah Blake and William Avery have both had their difficulties adapting to life in Victorian England. Moreover, time and distance have weakened the close bond between them, forged in the jungles of India. Then a shocking series of murd