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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Case of the Bizarre Bouquets
Nancy Springer · 192 pages
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
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
Art in the Blood
Bonnie MacBird · 313 pages
1888. After a disasterous Ripper investigation, Holmes sinks into a deep depression. Watson can do nothing to help his friend, but an encoded letter from the French singer, Emmeline La Victoire, rekindles the detective's interest. The singer's illegitimate son, Emil, who is 10, has disappeared, and may have been kidnapped. As Holmes and Watson travel to Paris, they discover that Emil's fa
Murder on Cold Street
Sherry Thomas · 344 pages
The Last Moriarty
Charles Veley · 287 pages
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.
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.
Pentecost Alley
Anne Perry · 410 pages
The ritual murder of a prostitute named Ada McKinley in a bedroom on decrepit Pentecost Alley would ordinarily occasion no stir in Victoria's great metropolis. But under the victim's body the police find a Hellfire Club badge inscribed with the name Finlay Fitzjames--a name that instantly draws Superintendent Thomas Pitt into the case. Finlay's father--immensely wealthy, powerful, and dangerous
Death Wears a Mask
Ashley Weaver · 354 pages
Amory Ames is looking forward to a tranquil period of reconnecting with reformed playboy husband Milo after an unexpected reconciliation following the murderous events at the Brightwell Hotel. Amory hopes a quiet stay at their London flat will help mend their dysfunctional relationship. However, she soon finds herself drawn into another investigation when Serena Barrington asks her to look into th
The Dragon Turn
Shane Peacock · 242 pages
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...
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.
Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse
Martin Davies · 320 pages
The Hexologists
Josiah Bancroft · 318 pages
The Italian Secretary
Caleb Carr · 288 pages
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are summoned to the aid of Queen Victoria in Scotland by a telegram from Holmes’ brother, Mycroft, a royal advisor. Rushed northward on a royal train—and nearly murdered themselves en route—the pair are soon joined by Mycroft, and learn of the brutal killings of two of the Queen’s servants, a renowned architect and his foreman, both of whom had been working on the re
The Holmes-Dracula File
Fred Saberhagen · 249 pages
Murder in Morningside Heights
Victoria Thompson · 308 pages
"Former police sergeant Frank Malloy and his wife adjust to life in New York high society as they investigate a death in the field of higher learning. After spending his first few weeks as a private detective by investigating infidelities of the wealthy, Frank has a more serious case at hand. Abigail Northrup of Tarrytown, New York, was her parents' pride and joy. After graduating from a prestigio
A Crimson Warning
Tasha Alexander · 336 pages
Anticipating a London season of dancing and campaigning for women's rights, Lady Emily Hargreaves investigates a blackmailing vandal who splashes red paint on the homes of elite citizens before revealing their scandalous secrets.
The Trial of Sherlock Holmes
Leah Moore, John Reppion
The Last Camel Died at Noon
Elizabeth Peters · 376 pages
Bestselling author Peters brings back 19th-century Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her entourage in a delicious caper that digs up mystery in the shadow of the pyramids.
The Fall
Annelie Wendeberg · 320 pages
When Anna Kronberg wakes up to a gun pressed to her head and learns that her father has been taken captive and held hostage by Professor James Moriarty, she determines to put things right.