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    Dr. Thomas BondSeries

    series · 2 books · 2013

    Historical mystery, dark in tone, about murder investigation and madness, set in 19th century and british isles.

    “With the terrible increase in mutilated corpses to examine, the highly regarded police surgeon Dr. Thomas Bond has lost the ability to sleep.”

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    John Dickson Carr · standalone novel · 1957

    Mystery & detective.

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

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    Basil Copper · standalone novel · 1980

    Mystery & detective and alternate history, eerie in tone.

    “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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    Sebastian St. CyrSeries

    series · 1 book · 2012

    Mystery & detective and historical fiction.

    “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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    Robert Bloch · standalone novel · 1984

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    Joan Aiken · standalone novel · 1976

    Mystery & detective and thriller & suspense.

    “Arrived in a London terrorized by a series of lurid murders, Val can find no trace of Nils or Kirstie.”

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