18 books like SPQR XII: Oracle of the Dead

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Miss Morton Takes the Waters

Miss Morton Takes the Waters Catherine Lloyd Shares Mystery with this book.

Cold as Ice Julie Mulhern · 2017 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Mystery with this book.

Murder Under A Black Moon

Murder Under A Black Moon Abigail Keam · 2020 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Mystery with this book.

The Dove of Death

The Dove of Death Peter Tremayne Shares Mystery with this book.

To Crown It All

To Crown It All Rhys Bowen Shares Mystery with this book.

Deadly Remains Kate Ellis · 2025 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Million-copy bestselling author Kate Ellis returns with the new mystery in the DI Wesley Peterson crime series.When a body is discovered in a picturesque South Devon village, DI Wesley Peterson is called in to investigate. The victim, Barry Brown, is a celebrity ghostwriter and the theft of his laptop suggests that the motive for murder may lie in his work.While Wesley investigates Barry's famous… Shares Mystery

A Fashionably French Murder

A Fashionably French Murder Colleen Cambridge American expat Tabitha Knight has found a new life in postwar Paris, along with a delightful friend in aspiring chef Julia Child. Yet there are perils in peacetime too, as a killer infiltrates one of the city’s most famous fashion houses.If there’s one art the French have mastered as well as fine cuisine, it’s haute couture. Tabitha and Julia are already accustomed to sampling the delights… Shares Mystery

Deadly Manor Kate Parker Surrounded by war, stalked by murder, can she stay alive?October 1940. Livvy Redmond is thrilled to receive an invitation to a country house party away from the Blitz. There she hopes to help her husband overcome his injuries from fighting in France. But excitement turns to horror when she stumbles across two members of the house party – murdered.Indebted to her hostess, Livvy attempts to catch… Shares Mystery

A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast Jennifer Ashley Spring 1884   Kat Holloway's employer abruptly decides the family will spend Easter dinner at a friend's house in Portman Square, where Kat will substitute for that home's cook, who has fallen ill. Kat strongly objects but has no choice but to obey.   Intrigue and sudden death in that household, however, catches Kat off-guard and plunges her, Daniel, and their friends into yet another… Shares Mystery

The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose Umberto Eco, William Weaver & Richard Dixon Now available in a deluxe edition featuring never-before-seen illustrations by the author: the beloved internationally bestselling historical mystery about a brilliant monk called upon to solve a series of baffling murders in a fourteenth-century Italian abbey“Explodes with pyrotechnic inventions, literally as well as figuratively. Hold on till the end.” —New York Times“Whether you're into… Shares Mystery

The Matchmaker Paul Vidich A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceIn the vein of Graham Greene and John le Carré, The Matchmaker delivers a chilling Cold War spy story set in West Berlin, where an American woman targeted by the Stasi must confront the truth behind her German husband's mysterious disappearance.Berlin, 1989.  Protests across East Germany threaten the Iron Curtain and… Shares Mystery

Cover of A Judgement in Stone

A Judgement in Stone Ruth Rendell · 1977 · ★ 3.9 · 188p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "A classic."--The London Times What on earth could have provoked a modern day St. Valentine's Day massacre?On Valentine's Day, four members of the Coverdale family--George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles--were murdered in the space of 15 minutes. Their housekeeper, Eunice Parchman, shot them, one by one, in the blue light of a televised performance of Don Giovanni. When Detective Chief… Shares Mystery

Eleanor and the Cold War

Eleanor and the Cold War Ellen Yardley · 2025 · 328p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A brilliant 1950s Cold War historical mystery debut a female sleuth who is also an indispensable assistant to former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Perfect for fans of Colleen Cambridge and Agatha Christie.New York City and Washington, DC, 1951.Kay Thompson—secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt—is a young woman of conviction navigating the post-World War II period. But can she expose the dark truth about… Shares Mystery

A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets

A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets Kate Khavari Shares Mystery with this book.

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

Death by Mummy Brittany E. Brinegar & J.E. Brinegar Shares Mystery with this book.

A Grave Robbery

A Grave Robbery Deanna Raybourn Veronica and Stoker discover that not all fairy tales have happy endings, and some end in murder, in this latest historical mystery from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award–nominated author Deanna Raybourn.Lord Rosemorran has purchased a wax figure of a beautiful reclining woman and asks Stoker to incorporate a clockwork mechanism to give the Rosemorran Collection its own Sleeping Beauty… Shares Mystery

The Heir Darcie Wilde Shares Mystery with this book.

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