Books like The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
12 books with a reading profile close to The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale. Outward-looking; a moderate read.
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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
by Casey Cep
history, narrative
In the 1970s, Reverend Willie Maxwell was accused of murdering five family members for insurance payouts in rural Alabama.
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Zodiac
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
Robert Graysmith provides a chronological reconstruction of the unidentified serial killer who terrorized Northern California beginning in the late 1960s.
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The Address
by Fiona Davis
history, narrative
The Address follows two women connected by the Dakota apartment building in Manhattan across different centuries.
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The Familiars
by Stacey Halls
history, narrative
Set in 1612 Lancashire, the story follows noblewoman Fleetwood Shuttleworth, who is eighteen years old and pregnant for the fourth time.
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by John Berendt
history, narrative
John Berendt’s narrative follows his relocation to Savannah, Georgia, where he documents the eccentric subcultures of the city’s high society and underground circles.
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The Devil and the Dark Water
history, narrative
Set in 1634, the narrative follows the Saardam, an East India Company merchant ship traveling from Batavia to Amsterdam.
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The Monster of Florence
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
In 2000, novelist Douglas Preston moved to an Italian farmhouse, only to discover a double homicide had occurred on his property decades earlier.
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The Historian
history, narrative
The narrative begins when a sixteen-year-old girl discovers a mysterious book with blank pages and a cache of yellowing letters in her father’s library.
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The Frozen River
by Ariel Lawhon
history, narrative
In 1789 Maine, Martha Ballard is a midwife and healer tasked with investigating a body found trapped in the Kennebec River.
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A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
Also outward-looking · history, narrative
In this historical biography, Ben Macintyre reconstructs the career of Kim Philby, the high-ranking British intelligence officer who operated as a double agent for the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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The Daughter of Time
history, narrative
Bedridden in a hospital with a broken leg, Scotland Yard Inspector Alan Grant grows restless and turns his investigative skills toward the historical mystery of King Richard III.
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