18 books like Alias Grace

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Women, Murder, and Equity in Early Modern England Randall Martin · 2007 · 300p · ≈ 10h · Moderate This book presents the first comprehensive study of over 120 printed news reports of murders and infanticides committed by early modern women. It offers an interdisciplinary analysis of female homicide in post-Reformation news formats ranging from ballads to newspapers. Individual cases are illuminated in relation to changing legal, religious, and political contexts, as well as the dynamic growth… Shares: Women murderers, Murder, History

Dracula was a woman Raymond T. McNally · 1983 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A biography of the real fifteenth-century Wallachian leader known as Vlad the Impaler, who inspired the classic horror novel by Bram Stoker. Dreaded by his enemies, emulated by later rulers like Ivan the Terrible, honored by his countrymen even today, Vlad Dracula was surely one of the most intriguing figures to have stalked the corridors of European and Asian capitals in the fifteenth… Shares: Women murderers, History

I, Claudius Robert Graves · 1934 · ★ 4.2 · 427p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus lived from 10 B.C. to 54 A.D. Despised as a weakling and considered an idiot because of his physical infirmities, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings of the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, and the mad Calgula to become emperor in 41 A.D. I, Claudius is written in the form of Claudius' autobiography and is one of the classics of modern fiction, the… Shares: Biographical fiction, Historia, History

Fifty Famous Stories Retold James Baldwin · 1896 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Challenging There is an introduce younger kids to stories that every child should know. Includes the stories of Horatius Cocles, the 300 Spartans, King Alfred and the Cakes, the Wise Men of Gotham and more. Shares: Biographical fiction, History

She's Leaving Home William Shaw · 2014 · ★ 2.9 · 421p · ≈ 14h · Moderate London, 1968: The body of a teenage girl is found just steps away from the Beatles' Abbey Road recording studio. The police are called to a residential street in St John's Wood where an unidentified young woman has been strangled. Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen believes she may be one of the many Beatles fans who regularly camp outside Abbey Road Studios. With his reputation tarnished by an… Shares: Historical, Mystery & Detective, Crime, Murder

Пётр Первый Alexei Tolstoy · 1930 · 469p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares: Biographical fiction, History

A Study In Scarlet Women Sherry Thomas · 2016 · ★ 4.2 · 411p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas turns the story of the renowned Sherlock Holmes upside down... With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper class society. But she never thought that she would become a social pariah, an outcast fending for herself on the mean streets of London. When the city is struck by… Shares: Historical, Mystery & Detective, Murder

In Cold Blood Truman Capote · 1965 · ★ 4.1 · 365p · ≈ 12h · Moderate On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. Shares: Asesinato, Crime, Murder

From the Charred Remains Susanna Calkins · 2014 · ★ 3.8 · 347p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "It's 1666 and the Great Fire has just decimated an already plague-ridden London. Lady's maid Lucy Campion, along with pretty much everyone else left standing, is doing her part to help the city clean up and recover. But their efforts come to a standstill when a couple of local boys stumble across a dead body that should have been burned up in the fire but miraculously remained intact--the body… Shares: Historical, Mystery & Detective, Murder, History

Killing in Zion Andrew Hunt · 2015 · ★ 3.6 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The murder of a polygamous paterfamilias forces a Salt Lake City cop to confront his Mormon past in this historical mystery.After a high-profile case thrusts deputy Art Oveson into the spotlight, Salt Lake City's mayor taps him to head the city's Anti-Polygamy Squad. As a Mormon ashamed that his own ancestors played a part in the church's polygamist past, Art's eager to do his part to remove the… Shares: Historical, Mystery & Detective, Crime, Murder

The vanishing box Elly Griffiths · 2018 · 357p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "In a nail-biting hunt for a missing loved one, DI Edgar Stephens and the magician Max Mephisto discover once again that the line between art, life, and death is all too easily blurred"-- Shares: Historical, Mystery & Detective, Crime, Murder

The Agony and the Ecstasy Irving Stone · 1958 · ★ 4.1 · 664p · ≈ 22h · Moderate Mr. Stone gives his signature style and thought to this story of Michelangelo. He points out often in this book that Michelangelo, before beginning a work, asks what it is he is trying to capture in the moment of his painting, sculpture, or poem. So it is with Mr. Stone. He wants to portray, as close as he can find, the moments of the life of this artist. What shaped him, what he loved, what (and… Shares: Biographical fiction, History

Murder on the Mediterranean Alexander Campion · 2014 · ★ 4.4 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Even on a well-deserved Mediterranean cruise, murder follows Commissair Capucine Le Tellier. Shares: Mystery & Detective, Crime, Murder

Temporada de huracanes Fernanda Melchor · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Con un ritmo y un lenguaje magistrales, Fernanda Melchor, autora de Falsa liebre explora en esta obra las sinrazones que subyacen a los actos más desesperados de barbarie pasional. Una novela cruda y desgarradora en la que el lector quedará envuelto, atrapado por las palabras y la atmósfera de terrible, aunque gozosa, fatalidad. Un grupo de niños encuentra un cadáver flotando en las aguas turbias… Shares: Asesinato, Murder

Dangerous behavior Nancy Bush · 2017 · 394p · ≈ 13h · Moderate SOME COUPLES Just one look, and it's clear they're perfect together. It's in the way they touch, talk, and kiss. They share the same interests. The same twisted passions. They do everything together. Even kill… ARE TOO GOOD Julia St. James Ford has washed up on a beach near her home in Seaside, Oregon, with no memory of how she got there or how her husband, Joe, died. The police rule the case an… Shares: Mystery & Detective, Crime, Murder

Women who kill Ann Jones · 1988 · 458p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This legendary bestseller exposes the truths and consequences of women on the edges of society—women driven to kill. From Lizzie Borden to Jean Harris to Aileen Wuornos, this riveting investigation will change the ways you think about crime and punishment. A new introduction by the author illuminates the conditions for women who kill—and are killed—now. Shares: Women murderers, Murder, History

L’étranger Albert Camus · 1942 · ★ 4.0 · 183p · ≈ 6h · Challenging L'Étranger est le premier roman publié d’Albert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la tétralogie que Camus nommera « cycle de l’absurde » qui décrit les fondements de la philosophie camusienne : l’absurde. Le roman a été traduit en soixante-huit langues. Shares: Asesinato, Murder, History

Find The Lady Roger Silverwood · 2008 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate When gangster Mike Spagliotti is found shot through the head inside his locked New York hotel suite, it is a perplexing problem for Detective-Inspector Flannel. And when newspaper reporter Anita Curzon begins to interfere, Flannel's temper does not improve ... In THE EGYPTIAN TOMB Tony Gilmour and his friends Ron and Alan travel to Egypt to investigate the suspicious death of Ron's father - but… Shares: Mystery & Detective, Crime, Murder

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