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Fire, Burn!Novel

John Dickson Carrstandalone novel1957

Historical mystery, tense in tone.

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

series4 books1985

Historical fiction.

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Newbury & Hobbes InvestigationsSeries

series23 books2008

Steampunk.

“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 →

Rivers of LondonSeries

series32 books2011

Urban fantasy, set in contemporary and big city.

“The author Ben Aaronovitch has subsequently written nine books in the Peter Grant Series, plus accompanying novellas, short stories, comics and graphic novels.”
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NecropolisNovel

Basil Copperstandalone novel1980

Historical mystery and alternate history, 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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Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'UrbervillesNovel

Kim Newmanstandalone novel2011

Historical mystery, dark and tense in tone.

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