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Fire, Burn!Novel
John Dickson Carrstandalone novel1957
Mystery & detective and historical mystery, mysterious and tense in tone, about murder investigation, set in 19th century and british isles.
“Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.”
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John Dickson Carrstandalone novel1951
Time travel, set in renaissance and early modern.
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Kim Newmanstandalone novel2011
Dark in tone.
List of 7Series
series2 books1993
Mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in 19th century and british isles.
“Though initially an occult murder mystery, the story brings in conspiracy theory, vendetta, horror, history, and Theosophy.”
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Sebastian St. CyrSeries
series1 book2012
Historical fiction, about family secrets.
“A beautiful young antiquary, Miss Tennyson recently provoked an uproar with her controversial identification of the island as the location of Camelot.”
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Sally LockhartSeries
series4 books1985
Historical fiction.
Start with The Ruby in the Smoke →