18 libri simili a Sherlock Holmes e il mastino di Baskerville

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Dracula Bram Stoker · 1897 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Na história, um casal e seus amigos são atormentados por Conde Drácula, uma entidade sobrenatural e hematófoga que, presa em uma maldição contagiosa, pretende se mudar de seu recluso castelo na Transilvânia para a efervescente Londres do século XIX. Com a ajuda do professor Van Helsing, o grupo de amigos pretende enfrentar o morto-vivo, mesmo com todos os perigos que a ofensiva trará. Shares Classics, Drama

The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie · 1920 · ★ 4.0 · 179p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Set in the summer of 1917 in an Essex country estate, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St. Mary manor of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed old aunt Emily, she of a sizeable fortune, to a suspicious younger man, Alfred Inglethorp, twenty years her junior. Emily's two stepsons, John… Shares Mystery

Peril in Paris

Peril in Paris Rhys Bowen · 2022 · ★ 4.5 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her husband, Darcy, are awaiting the arrival of their baby when they receive an unexpected invitation to visit Paris. However, their trip quickly turns into a tangled web of international intrigue as they become embroiled in a mystery involving murder, espionage, and high-stakes politics. Shares England, Mystery

Thurber Carnival James Thurber · 1940 · ★ 4.2 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate James Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945, The Thurber Carnival captures the depth of his talent and the breadth of his wit. The stories compiled here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker,… Shares Drama, Short Stories, History

Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing · 1800 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The reminiscences of a young girl growing up in early nineteenth-century England. Shares Short Stories, History

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon · 2002 · ★ 3.9 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Moderate This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other hand, he knows all the countries in the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7507. When Christohper decides to find out who killed the neighbour's dog, his mystery… Shares Dogs, England, Drama, Mystery

The Paradise Mystery Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate American tourists, sure appreciators of all that is ancient and picturesque in England, invariably come to a halt, holding their breath in a sudden catch of wonder, as they pass through the half-ruinous gateway which admits to the Close of Wrychester. Nowhere else in England is there a fairer prospect of old-world peace. There before their eyes, set in the centre of a great green sward, fringed… Shares England, Mystery

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Arthur Conan Doyle · 1927 · ★ 4.1 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Watson, England, Mystery, History with this book. Shares Watson, England, Mystery, History

The Awful Secret

The Awful Secret Bernard Knight · 2006 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares History with this book.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1897 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Challenging A Representation at the Hotel de Bourgogne. The hall of the Hotel de Bourgogne, in 1640. A sort of tennis-court arranged and decorated for a theatrical performance. The hall is oblong and seen obliquely, so that one of its sides forms the back of the right foreground, and meeting the left background makes an angle with the stage, which is partly visible. On both sides of the stage are benches.… Shares Drama

The Lady of the Rivers

The Lady of the Rivers Philippa Gregory · 2011 · ★ 4.0 The Lady of the Rivers tells the story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, who was married to the great Englishman John, Duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her house­hold for love, and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's… Shares History

Dead Men's Money Joseph Smith Fletcher · 1920 · ★ 3.7 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate A mysterious one-eyed stranger, a midnight meeting at a lonely spot on the Scottish border, the secret password "Panama", and a corpse This is the situation Hugh Moneylaws, a young law clerk finds himself facing. Who murdered the man he was sent to meet, and why? With the only two men who knew the purpose of the meeting dead, it would seem a puzzle that would never be solved. Yet to save himself… Shares History

Dead Men Tell No Tales E. W. Hornung · 1899 Shares Mystery with this book.

A Fatal Lie

A Fatal Lie Charles Todd · 2022 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate “If there’s ever been a more complex and compelling hero in crime fiction than Inspector Rutledge, I can’t think of one.” —Jeffery Deaver In one of his most puzzling cases, Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge must delve deep into a dead man’s life and his past to find a killer determined to keep dark secrets buried.A peaceful Welsh village is thrown into turmoil when a terrified boy stumbles on… Shares Mystery

L' Argent des autres Émile Gaboriau · 1874 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Challenging Vainement on chercherait dans Paris une rue plus paisible que la rue Saint-Gilles, au Marais, a deux pas de la place Royale.La, pas de voitures, jamais de foule. A peine le silence y est rompu par les sonneries reglementaires de la caserne des Minimes, par les cloches de l'eglise Saint-Louis ou par les clameurs joyeuses des eleves de l'institution Massin a l'heure des recreations.Le soir, bien… Shares Mystery

The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin

The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin Alison Goodman In Regency England, the eccentric Colebrook sisters are amateur detectives who use their wits and invisibility as “old maids” to fight injustice in this delightful and fiercely feminist novel of mystery and adventure from New York Times bestselling author Alison Goodman.To most of Regency high society, forty-two-year-old Lady Augusta Colebrook, or Gus, and her twin sister, Julia, are just… Shares Mystery

A Tangle of Serpents: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery

A Tangle of Serpents: A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery Andrea Penrose With the epic victory at Waterloo behind them, Arianna and Saybrook are looking forward to a quiet summer of scholarship, far from the turmoil of war and politics.  But little do they know that an even more dangerous battle is about to test their mettle. The shocking news that Lord Grentham, the steely minister of state security, has been accused of treason and is on the run from arrest… Shares Mystery

Shadows of Madness

Shadows of Madness Tracy L. Ward · 2017 Summoned to Edinburgh after another inexplicable vision, Dr. Peter Ainsley and his sister, Margaret Marshall, are shocked to discover their good friend, and Margaret’s secret lover, has been arrested for murder. Dr. Jonas Davies, a celebrated surgeon and newly appointed professor at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, was found at the grisly scene with the bloodied surgical knife at his… Shares Mystery

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