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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Bohemian Murders
Dianne Day · 251 pages
Forced to leave San Francisco after the devastating earthquake of 1906, Fremont (nee Caroline) Jones follows her heart to the bohemian beach community of Carmel-by-the-Sea. She is eager to be reunited with her elusive suitor, retired spymaster Michael Archer, but finds him mysteriously metamorphosed into Misha--otherwise occupied and decidedly unavailable for sleuthing. But the irrepressible Fre
Jane and the stillroom maid
Stephanie Barron · 277 pages
The Chalice of Blood
Peter Tremayne · 376 pages
Investigating the murder of an eminent scholar who was robbed of mysterious manuscripts, Sister Fidelma and her companion, Brother Eadulf, are quickly targeted by the same killer in a case that is complicated by divisive personal problems. By the author of The Council of the Cursed.
Murder on a Summer's Day
Frances Brody · 416 pages
"When the India Office seek help in finding Maharajah Narayan, last seen hunting on the Bolton Abbey estate, they call upon the expertise of renowned amateur detective Kate Shackleton to investigate. But soon a missing persons case turns to murder. Shot through the heart, Narayan's body has obviously not been in the woods overnight. Who brought it here, and from where? And what has happened to the
The Castlemaine Murders
Kerry Greenwood · 252 pages
Deadly Election
Lindsey Davis · 360 pages
"In the first century A.D., during Domitian's reign, Flavia Albia is ready for a short break from her family. So, in July, she returns to Rome, leaving them at their place on the coast. Albia, the daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, now retired as private informer, has taken up her father's former profession and it's time to get back to work. The first order business, however, is the corpse found in
In a Gilded Cage
Rhys Bowen · 276 pages
Irish-born detective and Vasser graduate Molly Murphy is hired to find out the truth about her friend's missionary parents' deaths and her loss of inheritance. Another Vasser grad has a philandering husband to track. Set in early 20th-century New York City.
Murder in Murray Hill
Victoria Thompson · 296 pages
"When facing injustice, the residents of nineteenth-century New York City's tenements turn to midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to protect their rights. Now, as the Edgar and Agatha Award-nominated series continues, the two must track down a cruel criminal preying on the hopes and dreams of innocent women A Gaslight Mystery Frank Malloy has never known any life other than th
The Cater Street Hangman
Anne Perry · 287 pages
While the Ellison girls are out paying calls and drinking tea like proper Victorian ladies, a maid in their own household is strangled to death. Quiet, young Inspector Thomas Pitt finds no one above suspicion -- and his investigation at the staid Ellison home causes many a composed facade to crumble into far-from-elegant panic.
Stalking Ivory
Suzanne Arruda · 339 pages
On a photography assignment in the northern territory of Mount Marsabit, Jade hopes to film the area's colossal elephants. Instead, she discovers the mutilated remains of four elephants and a man. Although the authorities suspect Abyssinian poachers in search of ivory and slaves, Jade has her own suspicions. When the Kikuyu boy accompanying her is captured by slave traders, Jade must join forces w
A Study in Scarlet Women
Sherry Thomas · 411 pages
"USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas turns the story of the renowned Sherlock Holmes upside down... With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper class society. But she never thought that she would become a social pariah, an outcast fending for herself on the mean streets of London. When the city is struck by a
Mistress of the Art of Death
Ariana Franklin · 408 pages
The national bestselling hit hailed by the New York Times as a "vibrant medieval mystery...[it] outdoes the competition."In medieval Cambridge, England, Adelia, a female forensics expert, is summoned by King Henry II to investigate a series of gruesome murders that has wrongly implicated the Jewish population, yielding even more tragic results. As Adelia's investigation takes her behind the closed
A Place of Confinement
Anna Dean · 416 pages
Thwarting her sister-in-law's efforts to marry her off to a decidedly unwanted suitor, the sharp-witted Miss Dido Kent is sent to live with a wealthy hypochondriac aunt and investigates the disappearance of a visiting heiress.
Wine of Violence
Priscilla Royal · 248 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.
Maisie Dobbs and Birds of a Feather
Jacqueline Winspear
Pelagia and the Red Rooster
Boris Akunin
After the Armistice Ball
Catriona McPherson · 303 pages
Dandy Gilver, her husband back from the War, her children off at school and her uniform growing musty in the attic, is bored to a whimper in the spring of 1923 and a little light snooping seems like harmless fun. And what could be better than to seek out the Duffy diamonds, stolen from the Esselmont's country house, Croys, after the Armistice Ball?
The Bughouse Affair
Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini · 269 pages
1890s San Francisco. Former Pinkerton operative Sabina Carpenter and her detective partner, ex-Secret Service agent John Quincannon, tackle two seemingly unrelated cases that are complicated by two murders and the interference of Sherlock Holmes.
The Bellini Card
Jason Goodwin · 306 pages
Saint Milburga's Bones
Jason Vail · 229 pages
The Anger of God
Paul Doherty, P. Harding · 256 pages
The Guilt of Innocents
Candace Robb · 352 pages
The Demon Archer
Paul Doherty · 388 pages
A medieval mystery. The death of Lord Henry Fitzalan is a matter little mourned as he was a man of few friends. So when Hugh Corbett is asked to bring his murderer to justice, it is not a matter of finding a suspect, but of choosing between them.