18 books like Fire

What to read after Fire — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë · 1846 · ★ 3.9 · 356p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Wuthering Heights is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with Earnshaw's adopted son, Heathcliff. The novel was influenced by Romanticism and Gothic fiction. Shares: Community pick

Turn on the Heat Erle Stanley Gardner · 1940 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Cool & Lam Mystery #2 (1940) The lettering on the door says "Bertha Cool--Confidential Investigations." Bertha's latest client, who insists on being called "Mr. Smith," is all about the confidentiality. No one, he stresses, is to know anything about case or client. He just wants the agency to quietly track down one Mrs. James C. Lintig, with nothing more to go on than a two-decades-old address… Shares: Murder -- Investigation, Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction

The Well of Ice Carter, Andrea (Barrister) · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate 329 pages ; 24 cm Shares: Murder -- Investigation, Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction, Legal stories

The Unquiet Dead Ausma Zehanat Khan · 2015 · ★ 3.9 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Detective Esa Khattak is in the midst of his evening prayers when he receives a phone call asking that he and his partner, Detective Rachel Getty, look into the death of a local man who has fallen off a cliff. At first Christopher Drayton's death--which looks like an accident--doesn't seem to warrant a police investigation, especially not from Khattak and Rachel's team, which handles… Shares: Murder -- Investigation, Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction

Sovereign C. J. Sansom · 2001 · ★ 4.3 · 578p · ≈ 19h · Moderate The third installment of C. J. Sansom's acclaimed Matthew Shardlake mystery seriesC. J . Sansom has garnered a wider audience and increased critical praise with each new novel published. His first book in the Matthew Shardlake series, Dissolution, was selected by P. D. James in The Wall Street Journal as one of her top-five all-time favorite books. Now in Sovereign, Shardlake and his loyal… Shares: London, Legal stories, Great Britain

The Man in the Brown Suit Agatha Christie · 1924 · ★ 3.9 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Newly-orphaned Anne Beddingfeld is a nice English girl looking for a bit of adventure in London. But she stumbles upon more than she bargained for! Anne is on the platform at Hyde Park Corner tube station when a man falls onto the live track, dying instantly. A doctor examines the man, pronounces him dead, and leaves, dropping a note on his way. Anne picks up the note, which reads "17.1 22… Shares: Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction, London

Death Divided Clare Francis · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Young lawyer Joe McGrath faces a floodtide of memories when he investigates the mysterious disappearance of a childhood friend in this gripping thriller from international bestselling author Clare Francis Jenna had always been Joe McGrath's best friend and secret crush . . . until he introduced her to the enigmatic but charming Jamie Chetwood. After Jenna and Jamie married, Joe moved on… Shares: Legal stories, Great Britain

Prey to All Natasha Cooper · 2000 · ★ 3.5 · 307p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Trish Maguire joins the fight to free Deb Gibbert from a life sentence for the murder of her father." "Trish's own father is lying in intensive care after a heart attack, she has a heavy workload and a full life, but Deb's agonising story pulls her deeper and deeper into the campaign. Having visited the prison to hear Deb's account of what happened the night her father died, Trish cannot believe… Shares: London, Legal stories

The Immorality Engine George Mann · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate On the surface, life is going well for Victorian special agent Sir Maurice Newbury, who has brilliantly solved several nigh-impossible cases for Queen Victoria with his indomitable assistant, Miss Veronica Hobbes, by his side. But these facts haven't stopped Newbury from succumbing increasingly frequently to his dire flirtation with the lure of opium. His addiction is fueled in part by his… Shares: London, Great Britain

Mr. Churchill's Secretary Susan Elia MacNeal · 2012 · ★ 3.9 · 517p · ≈ 17h · Moderate "London, 1940, and Maggie Hope has graduated at the top of her college class, but her gender qualifies her only to be the newest typist at No. 10 Downing Street. Her indefatigable spirit and remarkable gifts for code breaking, though, rival those of even the highest men in government, and Maggie finds that working for the prime minister affords her a level of clearance she could never have… Shares: London, Great Britain

Parlour games Mavis Cheek · 2002 · 436p · ≈ 14h · Moderate A game of "Questions and Commands" depicted by [[James Gillray, 1788]] Shares: London, Legal stories

The guilty one Lisa Ballantyne · 2012 · ★ 4.0 · 466p · ≈ 15h · Moderate London solicitor Daniel Hunter finds his life changed when he meets an eleven-year-old boy accused of murdering an eight-year-old boy--a case that forces him to confront his own childhood and unearths memories he'd long buried. Shares: London, Legal stories

Dissolution C.J. Sansom · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate The book is a great read, the audio version should be avoided at all costs. Shares: London, Great Britain

The silent lady Catherine Cookson · 2001 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Catherine Cookson was one of the world's most beloved writers. Her books have sold millions of copies, and her characters and their stories have captured the imagination of readers around the globe. She passed away in 1998, but luckily for her fans, Cookson left behind several unpublished novels, among them the compelling Silent Lady.The story begins with a shocking revelation, delivered by a… Shares: London, Legal stories

Rumpole's Last Case John Mortimer · 1987 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The first ever collection of Rumpole Christmas stories? just in time for the holidays A Rumpole Christmas is a collection of five holiday stories?never before published in book form? depicting the Old Bailey Hack at his lovable best. In ?Rumpole and Father Christmas,? the English barrister encounters a familiar-looking Santa who he thinks is a thief. In ?Rumpole?s Slimmed Down Christmas,? he goes… Shares: London, Legal stories

The perfect gentleman Imran Ahmad · 2012 · ★ 3.6 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "Imran Ahmad shares his story of life as a Pakistani Muslim growing up in England in this coming-of-age memoir"--Provided by the publisher. Shares: London, Great Britain

Barnaby Rudge Charles Dickens · 1840 · ★ 3.8 · 665p · ≈ 22h · Demanding Set against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, Barnaby Rudge is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder and goes on to involve conspiracy, blackmail, abduction and retribution. Through the course of the novel fathers and sons become opposed, apprentices plot against their masters and Protestants clash with Catholics on the streets. And, as London erupts… Shares: London, Great Britain

Armadillo William Boyd · 1998 · ★ 4.2 · 359p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - does not understand why his world is being torn apart, though he does know that for the most part it is made up of bluster and hypocrisy. His business, trying to keep insurance companies from paying out the money they've promised, is a con game run with the protection of the law. One winter's morning, Lorimer goes to… Shares: London, Great Britain

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