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Dissolution (Matthew Shardlake, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.06 — 64,058 ratings — published 2003
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake, #3)
by (shelved 29 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.26 — 34,222 ratings — published 2006
Dark Fire (Matthew Shardlake, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.30 — 34,233 ratings — published 2004
The Arnolfini Art Mysteries (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 27 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.34 — 6,980 ratings — published
Blackout (Berlin Wartime Thriller #1)
by (shelved 27 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,258 ratings — published 2020
Revelation (Matthew Shardlake, #4)
by (shelved 27 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.37 — 28,643 ratings — published 2008
March Violets (Bernie Gunther, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.81 — 20,714 ratings — published 1989
Heartstone (Matthew Shardlake, #5)
by (shelved 24 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.36 — 23,958 ratings — published 2010
A Necessary Evil (Sam Wyndham, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.08 — 7,464 ratings — published 2017
A Rising Man (Sam Wyndham, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.92 — 14,844 ratings — published 2016
Lamentation (Matthew Shardlake, #6)
by (shelved 22 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.44 — 20,585 ratings — published 2014
The Gauguin Connection (Genevieve Lenard, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,796 ratings — published 2012
The Embassy Murders (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,068 ratings — published 2011
Black Out (Inspector Troy, #1)
by (shelved 20 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.81 — 4,460 ratings — published 1995
The Pale Criminal (Bernie Gunther, #2)
by (shelved 20 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.99 — 11,906 ratings — published 1990
The Muralist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.79 — 13,205 ratings — published 2015
The Rembrandt Affair (Gabriel Allon, #10)
by (shelved 19 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.33 — 38,981 ratings — published 2010
The Holy Thief (Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.76 — 3,141 ratings — published 2010
The Art of Theft (Lady Sherlock, #4)
by (shelved 19 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.07 — 16,686 ratings — published 2019
Der nasse Fisch (Gereon Rath, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.79 — 10,053 ratings — published 2007
The Masterpiece (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.87 — 35,695 ratings — published 2018
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.89 — 298,883 ratings — published 2005
The Thief Taker (The Thief Taker, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.79 — 6,409 ratings — published 2014
Heresy (Giordano Bruno, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.83 — 15,934 ratings — published 2010
Doors Open (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.56 — 6,316 ratings — published 2008
The Man From Berlin (Gregor Reinhardt, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,084 ratings — published 2013
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.96 — 45,960 ratings — published 1977
The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.89 — 16,111 ratings — published 1989
The Last Painting of Sara de Vos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.88 — 31,818 ratings — published 2016
An Inside Job (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.39 — 29,689 ratings — published 2025
False Impression (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.92 — 25,941 ratings — published 2005
The Collector (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.00 — 39,597 ratings — published 2014
Chasing Cezanne (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.55 — 4,375 ratings — published 1991
Evil in High Places (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.31 — 2,137 ratings — published 2025
The Stolen Queen (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.89 — 67,557 ratings — published 2025
The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.06 — 185,603 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 — 41,557 ratings — published 2007
The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.14 — 409,208 ratings — published 1980
The Modigliani Scandal (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.34 — 15,910 ratings — published 1976
The Amber Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.88 — 26,922 ratings — published 2003
The Zig Zag Girl (The Brighton Mysteries, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.65 — 18,471 ratings — published 2014
Saint Peter's Fair (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #4)
by (shelved 14 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.11 — 12,048 ratings — published 1981
Monk's Hood (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #3)
by (shelved 14 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.07 — 13,684 ratings — published 1980
The Art Thief (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.13 — 3,981 ratings — published 2007
A Death in Berlin (CI Schenke #3)
by (shelved 13 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,201 ratings — published
Tombland (Matthew Shardlake, #7)
by (shelved 13 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.40 — 17,030 ratings — published 2018
One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.07 — 18,642 ratings — published 1979
The Rose Rent (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #13)
by (shelved 13 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 4.17 — 7,439 ratings — published 1986
A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.83 — 5,076 ratings — published 1996
The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as historical-crime)
avg rating 3.90 — 22,954 ratings — published 1979
“Got to keep smiling, as me old Pa used to say, however shitty the mess you’re in.”
― A Death In Mayfair
― A Death In Mayfair
“Absolutely nothing should stand in the way of a murder investigation, however lowly the victim.”
― The Embassy Murders
― The Embassy Murders
