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Karen Baugh Menuhin
4.29 · 108 ratings
cozy · book · historical · adult · crime · fiction · mystery · audiobook · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · animals · humor · amateur-sleuth · murder · suspense · dog · killer · family · action-adventure · political-intrigue
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Robin Stevens
4.26 · 203 ratings
children · young-adult · middle-grade · mystery · crime · murder · fiction · action-adventure · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · children-books · historical · book · whodunit · friendship · boarding-school · audiobook · killer · cozy · female-author
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C.S. Harris
4.19 · 345 ratings
historical-fiction · fiction · historical · mystery · adult · book · industrial-era · law-enforcement · murder · crime · audiobook · regency · amateur-sleuth · suspense · action-adventure · killer · victorian · whodunit · united-kingdom · british-isles
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Karen Charlton
4.18 · 106 ratings
regency · industrial-era · fiction · mystery · historical · adult · historical-fiction · cozy · crime · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · victorian · anthologies · england · suspense · police-procedural · europe · murder · urban
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C.J. Sansom
4.17 · 232 ratings
audiobook · crime · fiction · mystery · adult · historical · historical-fiction · book · thriller · suspense · spirituality · murder · medieval · law-enforcement · religion · early-modern · politics · killer · drama · action-adventure
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Jack Du Brul
4.15 · 310 ratings
mystery · action-adventure · suspense · book · thriller · crime · fiction · audiobook · adult · political-intrigue · military · violent-conflict · espionage · historical-fiction · historical · technothriller · nautical · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary
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Ashley Gardner
4.14 · 297 ratings
historical-fiction · historical · adult · fiction · mystery · book · industrial-era · regency · crime · audiobook · romance · law-enforcement · cozy · female-author · suspense · europe · urban · british-isles · united-kingdom · murder
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L.B. Hathaway
4.12 · 172 ratings
mystery · cozy · fiction · historical-fiction · adult · historical · book · audiobook · female-mc · crime · law-enforcement · murder · action-adventure · romance · womens-fiction · investigator · culinary · police-procedural · europe · war
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T.E. Kinsey
4.12 · 191 ratings
law-enforcement · historical-fiction · historical · adult · fiction · murder · mystery · cozy · book · amateur-sleuth · crime · female-mc · investigator · humor · audiobook · 20th-century · edwardian · industrial-era · thriller · action-adventure
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Emily Organ
4.11 · 211 ratings
book · fiction · mystery · adult · historical · historical-fiction · crime · cozy · audiobook · industrial-era · victorian · murder · literary-fiction · amateur-sleuth · killer · suspense · law-enforcement · romance · religion · whodunit
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Scott Mariani
4.08 · 220 ratings
book · fiction · action-adventure · adult · political-intrigue · suspense · mystery · crime · thriller · military · conspiracies · violent-conflict · murder · nautical · audiobook · war · historical · historical-fiction · espionage · psychological
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Susanna Gregory
4.07 · 296 ratings
mystery · fiction · adult · crime · historical-fiction · historical · medieval · book · audiobook · law-enforcement · murder · male-mc · medical · amateur-sleuth · suspense · action-adventure · heist · killer · thriller · love-triangle
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Andy McDermott
4.07 · 324 ratings
book · fiction · action-adventure · adult · suspense · mystery · historical-fiction · audiobook · archaeology · thriller · crime · myths · female-mc · historical · technothriller · political-intrigue · quest · sci-fi · contemporary · conspiracies
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
4.06 · 456 ratings
fiction · mystery · historical-fiction · fantasy · suspense · magical-realism · action-adventure · book · historical · gothic · horror · drama · audiobook · 20th-century · crime · literary-fiction · dark · young-adult · urban-fantasy · adult
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Melvin R. Starr
4.05 · 126 ratings
law-enforcement · historical-fiction · adult · historical · medieval · fiction · mystery · book · audiobook · crime · christian · spirituality · murder · cozy · medical · killer · action-adventure · war · amateur-sleuth · sci-fi
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Jacqueline Winspear
4.05 · 488 ratings
mystery · fiction · law-enforcement · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · 20th-century · cozy · book · crime · violent-conflict · suspense · war · female-mc · adult · female-author · murder · whodunit · action-adventure · ww2
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S.J. Parris
4.05 · 132 ratings
book · fiction · mystery · medieval · crime · adult · historical · historical-fiction · religion · early-modern · audiobook · spirituality · murder · law-enforcement · thriller · political-intrigue · conspiracies · suspense · killer · action-adventure
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Clive Cussler
4.02 · 2361 ratings
action-adventure · fiction · adult · book · mystery · thriller · suspense · crime · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · political-intrigue · technothriller · espionage · nautical · military · violent-conflict · archaeology · law-enforcement · killer
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Antony Ferguson
4.02 · 120 ratings
book · fiction · adult · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · crime · industrial-era · law-enforcement · victorian · romance · paranormal · suspense · killer · investigator · murder · male-mc · male-author · united-kingdom
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Dirk Cussler
4.01 · 230 ratings
suspense · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · crime · book · adult · historical · audiobook · thriller · nautical · historical-fiction · violent-conflict · military · technothriller · political-intrigue · espionage · archaeology · war · terrorism
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M. Louisa Locke
4.01 · 130 ratings
fiction · cozy · mystery · historical-fiction · historical · female-mc · crime · industrial-era · victorian · adult · animals · book · anthologies · female-author · amateur-sleuth · romance · audiobook · law-enforcement · young-adult · western
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Rhys Bowen
4.00 · 1089 ratings
mystery · fiction · book · cozy · historical-fiction · audiobook · adult · historical · female-mc · crime · law-enforcement · murder · 20th-century · killer · suspense · womens-fiction · action-adventure · whodunit · romance · industrial-era
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Ruth Downie
3.99 · 148 ratings
ancient-civilization · fiction · historical-fiction · roman-empire · adult · historical · book · audiobook · mystery · crime · roman-britain · law-enforcement · suspense · murder · action-adventure · female-author · medical · cozy · humor · military
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Oliver Pötzsch
3.97 · 280 ratings
book · audiobook · fiction · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · action-adventure · early-modern · crime · adult · suspense · murder · law-enforcement · horror · literary-fiction · medieval · witches-wizards · killer · fantasy · thriller
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Joseph Hansen
3.97 · 120 ratings
fiction · adult · mystery · lgbtq · book · mlm · romance · crime · historical · suspense · audiobook · 20th-century · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · investigator · age-gap · amateur-sleuth · action-adventure · romantic-love · anthologies
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Charles Finch
3.95 · 297 ratings
book · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · mystery · law-enforcement · victorian · historical · crime · industrial-era · audiobook · amateur-sleuth · cozy · investigator · killer · suspense · murder · whodunit · urban · england
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James Langton
3.94 · 127 ratings
book · adult · fiction · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · crime · law-enforcement · thriller · action-adventure · killer · suspense · victorian · murder · industrial-era · 21st-century · amateur-sleuth · violent-conflict · military
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Philip Kerr
3.90 · 402 ratings
book · fiction · mystery · suspense · crime · adult · audiobook · thriller · political-intrigue · historical-fiction · historical · espionage · 20th-century · law-enforcement · noir · violent-conflict · ww2 · war · action-adventure · murder
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