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Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.06 — 63,303 ratings — published 2003
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.26 — 33,832 ratings — published 2006
Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.30 — 33,768 ratings — published 2004
Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)
by (shelved 26 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.37 — 28,267 ratings — published 2008
Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)
by (shelved 23 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.36 — 23,603 ratings — published 2010
Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6)
by (shelved 21 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.43 — 20,321 ratings — published 2014
Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.83 — 15,708 ratings — published 2010
The Thief Taker (The Thief Taker, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,395 ratings — published 2014
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.96 — 45,579 ratings — published 1977
The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.89 — 15,948 ratings — published 1989
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.06 — 184,166 ratings — published 1994
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.93 — 41,281 ratings — published 2007
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.14 — 404,618 ratings — published 1980
Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)
by (shelved 14 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.11 — 11,935 ratings — published 1981
Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.07 — 13,556 ratings — published 1980
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.07 — 18,400 ratings — published 1979
The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13)
by (shelved 13 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,387 ratings — published 1986
The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.90 — 22,719 ratings — published 1979
Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)
by (shelved 12 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.40 — 16,797 ratings — published 2018
The Raven in the Foregate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #12)
by (shelved 12 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,019 ratings — published 1986
The Sanctuary Sparrow (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #7)
by (shelved 12 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.08 — 8,659 ratings — published 1983
Sacrilege (Giordano Bruno, #3)
by (shelved 12 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,954 ratings — published 2012
The Leper of Saint Giles (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #5)
by (shelved 12 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.16 — 13,781 ratings — published 1981
Prophecy (Giordano Bruno, #2)
by (shelved 12 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,288 ratings — published 2011
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.00 — 778,302 ratings — published 2003
A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,035 ratings — published 1996
Treachery (Giordano Bruno, #4)
by (shelved 11 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,565 ratings — published 2014
Dead Man's Ransom (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #9)
by (shelved 11 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.06 — 7,281 ratings — published 1984
Shadows in Bronze (Marcus Didius Falco, #2)
by (shelved 11 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.03 — 6,701 ratings — published 1990
The Virgin in the Ice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #6)
by (shelved 10 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.16 — 10,976 ratings — published 1982
The Devil's Novice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #8)
by (shelved 10 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.14 — 7,749 ratings — published 1983
The Pilgrim of Hate (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #10)
by (shelved 10 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.09 — 6,788 ratings — published 1984
Callander Square (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #2)
by (shelved 10 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.90 — 13,275 ratings — published 1980
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.00 — 80,612 ratings — published 1975
The Heretic's Apprentice (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #16)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.15 — 6,426 ratings — published 1989
The Hermit of Eyton Forest (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #14)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.11 — 6,469 ratings — published 1987
The Holy Thief (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #19)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.13 — 5,631 ratings — published 1992
The Summer of the Danes (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #18)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.07 — 5,395 ratings — published 1991
The Ides of April (Flavia Albia, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.82 — 4,003 ratings — published 2013
The Potter's Field (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #17)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,672 ratings — published 1989
When Gods Die (Sebastian St. Cyr, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.10 — 12,127 ratings — published 2006
An Excellent Mystery (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #11)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.16 — 8,352 ratings — published 1985
Brother Cadfael's Penance (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #20)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.33 — 6,355 ratings — published 1994
Venus in Copper (Marcus Didius Falco, #3)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.08 — 5,998 ratings — published 1991
Scandal Takes a Holiday (Marcus Didius Falco, #16)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,621 ratings — published 2004
Saturnalia (Marcus Didius Falco, #18)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.09 — 2,926 ratings — published 2007
Poseidon's Gold (Marcus Didius Falco, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,871 ratings — published 1993
A Wicked Deed (Matthew Bartholomew, #5)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,456 ratings — published 1999
The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2)
by (shelved 9 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.96 — 13,955 ratings — published 2008
Conspiracy (Giordano Bruno, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.22 — 4,323 ratings — published 2016
“Don’t think I don’t appreciate the sentiments but if I lose any more of my best officers, chaos will ensue – and chaos, Frank, is worth a hundred divisions to Herr Hitler.”
― The Embassy Murders
― The Embassy Murders
“I’m a policeman, he thought, not a moral judge, nor a Peeping Tom.”
― The Embassy Murders
― The Embassy Murders
