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Fire, Burn!Novel
John Dickson Carrstandalone novel1957
Historical mystery and mystery & detective, 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 mystery and mystery & detective, mysterious and tense in tone, about murder investigation and family secrets, set in british isles and 19th century.
“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 and mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in 19th century and british isles.
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NecropolisNovel
Basil Copperstandalone novel1980
Alternate history, eerie in tone, 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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Kim Newmanstandalone novel2011
Dark in tone.
The LuminariesNovel
Eleanor Cattonstandalone novel2013
Literary & general, set in oceania and small town.
“Set in New Zealand's South Island in 1866, the novel follows Walter Moody, a prospector who travels to the West Coast settlement of Hokitika to make his fortune on the goldfields.”
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