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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Angel Court Affair
Anne Perry · 455 pages
When Commander Thomas Pitt is ordered to protect a young woman visiting London from Spain, he cannot see why this is a job for Special Branch. When she disappears in the dead of night from Angel Court, however, he is faced with a dangerous mystery. Sofia preached new, and some say blasphemous, religious ideals, and her life had been threatened. But Pitt senses there is some deeper and more dangero
Treachery
S.J. Parris · 540 pages
Summer, 1585: As English ships are held captive in Spain, fear mounts of an Invincible Armada, built by King Philip II, and intended to invade English shores. Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting Philip's American treasure supplies to Queen Elizabeth. Giordano Bruno, radical philosopher and spy, acc
When Falcons Fall
C.S. Harris · 369 pages
"The much-anticipated new entree in the Sebastian St. Cyr "simply elegant" historical mystery series, from the national bestselling author of Who Buries the Dead and Why Kings Confess. Ayleswick-on-Teme, 1813. Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has come to this seemingly peaceful Shropshire village to honor a slain friend and on a quest to learn more about his own ancestry. But when the body of
The Way of the Traitor
Laura Joh Rowland · 345 pages
In 1690 Nagasaki, the body of a Dutch trader washes up on the coast where foreign "barbarians" are lodged and guarded. Japan's preeminent detective-samurai, Sano Ichiro, risks his honor and his life to find the killer.
SPQR V: Saturnalia
John Maddox Roberts · 275 pages
The Assassin in the Greenwood
Paul Doherty · 362 pages
It is 1302 and Corbett and his two servants are sent to Nottingham to investigate the return of Robin to Sherwood Forest. They are perplexed on their arrival to find fresh mysteries. Corbett's peace of mind is further shattered by news that the French have despatched an agent to assassinate him.
A Mist of Prophecies
Steven Saylor · 302 pages
One afternoon as Gordianus the Finder is crossing the marketplace, a beautiful young seeress staggers towards him and dies in his arms. Possibly insane, and with no memory of her past Cassandra - like her Trojan namesake - had been reputed to possess the true gift of prophecy. For such a gift there are many in Rome who would pay handsomely...or resort to murder. Cassandra had been the confidante o
Murder in the Place of Anubis
Lynda S. Robinson · 218 pages
Tutankhamen calls upon his trusted chief investigator, Lord Merren, to search out a killer who has desecrated the sacred Place of Anubis.
The Dragon Scroll
I.J. Parker · 338 pages
Introducing Sugawara Akitada—the hero of a riveting mystery series that captures the rich and exotic culture of ancient JapanIn an adventure filled with highway bandits, unscrupulous politicians, and renegade monks, The Dragon Scroll introduces readers to the lively world of eleventh-century Japan and an irrepressible hero—Sugawara Akitada. On his first official assignment, Akitada—an impoverished
The Pericles Commission
Gary Corby · 351 pages
"Nicolaos walks the mean streets of Classical Athens as an agent for the promising young politician Pericles. His mission is to find the assassin of the statesman Ephialtes, the man who brought democracy to Athens and whose murder has thrown the city into uproar. It's a job not made any easier by the depressingly increasing number of dead witnesses. But murder and mayhem don't bother Nico; what's
A Season of Knives
P.F. Chisholm · 231 pages
While policing the Scottish border for Elizabeth I's government, Sir Robert Carey busts a plot by a clan to abduct for ransom Lady Elizabeth Widdrington, an unhappily married woman who is the love of his life.
A Conspiracy of Violence
Susanna Gregory · 502 pages
The Baklava Club
Jason Goodwin · 272 pages
"Join Investigator Yashim for a final exotic escapade in this rich Edgar Award-winning series In four previous novels, Jason Goodwin's Inspector Yashim, the eunuch detective, has led us through stylish, suspenseful, and colorful mysteries in the Istanbul of the Ottoman Empire. Now, in The Baklava Club, Yashim returns for his final adventure--and his most thrilling yet. Three naive Italian liberals
A Study in Revenge
Kieran Shields · 372 pages
A sequel to The Truth of All Things finds late-19th century police detective Archie Lean and his half-Native American partner, Perceval Grey, investigating the theft of a recently buried body and the staging of a bizarre occult scene that is linked to a centuries-old magical relic.
The Order of the Furies
Niklas Natt och Dag · 400 pages
When his close friend, Anna, who is said to be in possession of a letter with the names of revolutionary conspirators, goes missing, Cardell must find her before the secret police, and as he and Winge fight for justice and life, they are caught between powerful enemies in 18th-century Stockholm.
The Council of the Cursed
Peter Tremayne · 307 pages
Counseling a hostile Irish delegation to the Celtic church of 670 A.D., Fidelma of Cashel is embroiled in a politically tenacious investigation when one of the delegates is found murdered, a case that is complicated by the theft of a priceless reliquary.
The Strings of Murder
Oscar de Muriel · 416 pages
The Anger of God
Paul Doherty, P. Harding · 256 pages
A Disappearance in Drury Lane
Ashley Gardner · 340 pages
The Traitor of St Giles
Michael Jecks · 352 pages
The Last Days of Newgate
Andrew Pepper · 391 pages
St Giles, London, 1829: three people have been brutally murdered. Pyke, sometime Bow Street Runner, sometime crook, finds himself accidentally embroiled in the murder investigation but quickly realises that he has stumbled into something more sinister and far-reaching. In his pursuit of the murderer, Pyke ruffles the feathers of some powerful people, and, falsely accused of murder himself, he soon