18 books like The Property of a Lady

What to read after The Property of a Lady — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Yellow-dog contract Ross Thomas · 1977 · ★ 4.0 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Spy Fiction, Mystery with this book.

The Inklings Detective Agency

The Inklings Detective Agency John R. Kelly J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Agatha Christie, and other literary legends join forces to unravel a deadly conspiracy in this gripping mystery that sweeps from the halls of Oxford to the streets of London and the shores of Loch Ness.“This multiverse adventure is imaginative, intriguing, and wildly satisfying.”—John Hendrix, New York Times bestselling illustrator and author of The Mythmakers: The… Shares Mystery

Murder at Somerset House

Murder at Somerset House Andrea Penrose · 2025 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Mystery with this book.

Oxford Brass

Oxford Brass Cynthia E. Hurst Truth can be stranger than fiction, as Rose Miles and Theo Stone discover when the success of Theo's first published novel leads the Milestone Investigative Agency into a case involving a packing crate with unusual contents, a runaway girl terrified into silence and a businessman with a guilty secret.'Oxford Brass' is the second book in the Milestone Agency Victorian series. Shares Mystery

The Yellow Violet

The Yellow Violet Frances Crane · 1944 · 175p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Mystery with this book.

The House in Lordship Lane A. E. W. Mason · 1946 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Enter Bryan Devisher, over the side of the ketch in which Mordaunt was taking Mr. Julius Ricardo home to London on the summons of his old friend, Inspector Hanaud of the Paris Surete and the English ' idioms.' Exit, Devisher and Mordaunt. Enter Daniel Horbury. Exit Daniel Horbury-violently, with his throat slit in the garden room of the House in Lordship Lane, with Olivia, his wife, locked in her… Shares Mystery

Murder at Rosecliff

Murder at Rosecliff Alyssa Maxwell Shares Mystery with this book.

The Body in the Garden

The Body in the Garden Katharine Schellman · 2020 · ★ 4.3 Experience the scandals, gossip—and murder!—of Regency London in this historical mystery series debut for fans of Tasha Alexander and Rhys Bowen.A young widow’s return to London high-society doesn’t go as planned when a body turns up at Lady Walter’s ball . . . Regency London, 1815. Though newly-widowed Lily Adler is returning to a society that frowns on independent women, she is determined to… Shares Mystery

Crown City

Crown City Naomi Hirahara Shares Mystery with this book.

The Guest List

The Guest List Lucy Foley Don't miss Lucy Foley's latest book, The Midnight Feast!A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST THRILLERS OF THE YEAR“I loved this book. It gave me the same waves of happiness I get from curling up with a classic Christie...The alternating points of view keep you guessing, and guessing wrong.” — Alex Michaelides, #1 New York… Shares Mystery

Deadly Manor

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

The Thunder of Stones

The Thunder of Stones Andrea Penrose Shares Mystery with this book.

The Lotus Shoes

The Lotus Shoes Jane Yang · 2025 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate NATIONAL BESTSELLER"Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time." —Heather Morris, #1 bestselling author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzAn empowering, uplifting tale of two women from opposite sides of society, and their extraordinary journey of sisterhood, betrayal, love and triumph.1800s China. Tightly bound feet,… Shares Mystery

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 Chapel of Bones

The Chapel of Bones Kate Ellis Shares Mystery with this book.

The Blue Girl

The Blue Girl Alex Grecian Shares Mystery with this book.

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

The Incendium Plot

The Incendium Plot A D Swanston 'A fantastic tale of spies, deceit and murder in the Elizabethan age' S. D. Sykes'Colourful and gripping' The TimesEngland in 1572 is a powder keg of rumour, fanaticism, treachery and dissent. All it would take is a single spark . . . In the England of Elizabeth I, the fear of plague and invasion, and the threat of insurrection are constant. As the Earl of Leicester's chief intelligencer, lawyer… Shares Mystery

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