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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 british isles and 19th century.
“Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.”
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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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The Devil in VelvetNovel
John Dickson Carrstandalone novel1951
Time travel, set in europe and renaissance and early modern.
Darkness at PemberleyNovel
T. H. Whitestandalone novel1932
Set in early 20th century and countryside & village.
NecropolisNovel
Basil Copperstandalone novel1980
Alternate history, eerie in tone, about family secrets, set in big city.
“Private detective Clyde Beatty, a rival of the great Holmes, has been hired by the lovely Angela Meredith to inquire into her father's suspicious death.”
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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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