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  • Cover of The Bookman Universe
    The Bookman UniverseSeries

    series · 6 books · 2010

    About political intrigue.

    Start with The Bookman →

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  • Cover of Newbury & Hobbes Investigations
    Newbury & Hobbes InvestigationsSeries

    series · 23 books · 2008

    Mystery & detective.

    “The Affinity Bridge, the opening novel, entangles them with a crashed automaton airship and a spreading plague of the reanimated; later books deepen Newbury's struggle with addiction and Veronica's search for her institutionalized sister.”

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    Start with The Affinity Bridge →

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  • Cover of The Prestige
    The PrestigeNovel

    Christopher Priest · standalone novel · 1995

    Literary & general and historical fiction, about identity, set in our world.

    “There's a lot of focus on a trick, where he seems to move across any width of stage in an instant, and on a feud with another magician, Angier.”

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  • Cover of Sally Lockhart
    Sally LockhartSeries

    series · 4 books · 1985

    Historical fiction and mystery & detective.

    Start with The Ruby in the Smoke →

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  • Cover of Fire, Burn!
    Fire, Burn!Novel

    John Dickson Carr · standalone novel · 1957

    Mystery & detective and historical mystery, tense in tone.

    “Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.”

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  • Cover of Gideon Smith
    Gideon SmithSeries

    series · 7 books · 2013

    Alternate history, adventurous in tone, set in alternate earth.

    “Airships ply the skies and Queen Victoria presides over three-quarters of the known world, including the East Coast of America, following the failed revolution of 1775.”

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    Start with Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl →

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