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Top authors writing historical crime
Robin Stevens
189 ratings 4.27 ·
historical-fiction · law-enforcement · murder · fiction · middle-grade · children · young-adult · action-adventure · crime · mystery · friendship · boarding-school · historical · children-books · book · whodunit · audiobook · killer · female-author · cozy
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J.A. Johnstone
264 ratings 4.19 ·
fiction · action-adventure · adult · western · historical · book · mystery · crime · military · historical-fiction · suspense · industrial-era · violent-conflict · audiobook · romance · political-intrigue · spirituality · christian · murder · politics
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C.S. Harris
330 ratings 4.18 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · historical · adult · industrial-era · book · murder · law-enforcement · audiobook · crime · regency · suspense · amateur-sleuth · action-adventure · killer · victorian · whodunit · british-isles · england
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C.J. Sansom
232 ratings 4.17 ·
historical · book · fiction · mystery · adult · crime · historical-fiction · audiobook · suspense · thriller · spirituality · early-modern · religion · murder · medieval · law-enforcement · politics · killer · action-adventure · drama
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T.E. Kinsey
173 ratings 4.14 ·
female-mc · book · historical · cozy · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · adult · fiction · murder · mystery · audiobook · crime · amateur-sleuth · humor · investigator · industrial-era · edwardian · 20th-century · action-adventure · thriller
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Jack Du Brul
225 ratings 4.12 ·
suspense · book · action-adventure · crime · thriller · fiction · mystery · audiobook · adult · political-intrigue · violent-conflict · espionage · military · historical-fiction · technothriller · historical · nautical · law-enforcement · murder · contemporary
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K.J. Charles
721 ratings 4.12 ·
romance · adult · fiction · lgbtq · mlm · historical-fiction · historical · book · mystery · industrial-era · steamy · audiobook · crime · suspense · regency · action-adventure · female-author · victorian · paranormal · fantasy
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Ashley Gardner
227 ratings 4.09 ·
adult · fiction · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · book · crime · industrial-era · romance · regency · audiobook · law-enforcement · female-author · suspense · cozy · europe · urban · british-isles · united-kingdom · england
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Scott Mariani
208 ratings 4.08 ·
book · adult · fiction · action-adventure · thriller · military · crime · mystery · political-intrigue · suspense · violent-conflict · conspiracies · murder · war · audiobook · historical · nautical · historical-fiction · espionage · male-mc
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Eva García Sáenz
104 ratings 4.07 ·
adult · fiction · book · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · drama · crime · thriller · female-author · murder · mystery · serial-killers · 21st-century · police-procedural · law-enforcement · suspense · fantasy · romance · noir
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Susanna Gregory
255 ratings 4.06 ·
mystery · fiction · adult · crime · historical-fiction · historical · medieval · audiobook · book · law-enforcement · murder · medical · male-mc · amateur-sleuth · suspense · action-adventure · killer · heist · thriller · cozy
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Andrea Penrose
140 ratings 4.05 ·- The Diamond of London: A Fascinating Historical Novel of the Regency Based on True History by Andrea Penrose
- Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose
- Murder at the Royal Botanic Gardens by Andrea Penrose
- Murder at Queen's Landing: A Captivating Historical Regency Mystery by Andrea Penrose
- Murder at Kensington Palace by Andrea Penrose
book · industrial-era · historical · historical-fiction · regency · adult · fiction · romance · mystery · cozy · audiobook · crime · amateur-sleuth · law-enforcement · female-mc · suspense · murder · urban · british-isles · culinary
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Melvin R. Starr
126 ratings 4.05 ·
book · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · historical · mystery · fiction · adult · medieval · audiobook · crime · spirituality · christian · murder · cozy · medical · killer · action-adventure · amateur-sleuth · violent-conflict · sci-fi
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Jacqueline Winspear
488 ratings 4.05 ·
fiction · law-enforcement · mystery · historical-fiction · audiobook · historical · cozy · book · 20th-century · female-mc · war · adult · suspense · crime · violent-conflict · female-author · murder · whodunit · action-adventure · investigator
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Will Thomas
174 ratings 4.04 ·
mystery · book · historical · law-enforcement · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · industrial-era · audiobook · victorian · crime · investigator · murder · male-author · suspense · action-adventure · cozy · killer · thriller · male-mc
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Andy McDermott
176 ratings 4.03 ·
action-adventure · book · adult · fiction · suspense · myths · thriller · archaeology · mystery · female-mc · historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · technothriller · crime · political-intrigue · conspiracies · heist · military · espionage
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Rebecca Cantrell
130 ratings 4.02 ·
mystery · fiction · adult · action-adventure · suspense · historical-fiction · political-intrigue · thriller · crime · book · historical · law-enforcement · violent-conflict · audiobook · horror · ww2 · 20th-century · war · urban-fantasy · espionage
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S.J. Parris
104 ratings 4.02 ·
murder · audiobook · mystery · historical · historical-fiction · book · medieval · adult · crime · fiction · political-intrigue · religion · law-enforcement · spirituality · early-modern · thriller · action-adventure · suspense · conspiracies · espionage
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Ruth Downie
136 ratings 4.01 ·
historical · historical-fiction · roman-empire · adult · ancient-civilization · fiction · audiobook · crime · mystery · book · law-enforcement · roman-britain · murder · suspense · female-author · action-adventure · cozy · humor · medical · military
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Lindsey Davis
438 ratings 4.01 ·
historical · audiobook · historical-fiction · adult · fiction · book · roman-empire · crime · mystery · ancient-civilization · law-enforcement · murder · humor · thriller · female-author · action-adventure · investigator · suspense · workplace · noir
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M. Louisa Locke
130 ratings 4.01 ·
fiction · cozy · historical · historical-fiction · mystery · victorian · crime · female-mc · industrial-era · adult · animals · book · amateur-sleuth · female-author · anthologies · audiobook · law-enforcement · romance · murder · suspense
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Clive Cussler
1758 ratings 4.01 ·
fiction · action-adventure · adult · thriller · mystery · book · crime · suspense · audiobook · historical-fiction · historical · political-intrigue · technothriller · nautical · espionage · military · violent-conflict · archaeology · law-enforcement · conspiracies
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Dirk Cussler
172 ratings 4.00 ·
adult · crime · thriller · action-adventure · mystery · fiction · historical · audiobook · suspense · book · nautical · historical-fiction · military · violent-conflict · technothriller · political-intrigue · espionage · war · archaeology · terrorism
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
310 ratings 4.00 ·
historical · action-adventure · suspense · magical-realism · fiction · historical-fiction · mystery · gothic · fantasy · audiobook · drama · horror · dark · 20th-century · book · literary-fiction · young-adult · urban-fantasy · crime · paranormal
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Oliver Pötzsch
214 ratings 3.99 ·
fiction · historical-fiction · historical · audiobook · book · mystery · action-adventure · early-modern · crime · adult · murder · law-enforcement · suspense · witches-wizards · literary-fiction · medieval · horror · fantasy · killer · thriller
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Rhys Bowen
1063 ratings 3.99 ·
mystery · fiction · book · cozy · audiobook · historical-fiction · adult · historical · female-mc · crime · law-enforcement · murder · 20th-century · killer · suspense · womens-fiction · whodunit · action-adventure · romance · industrial-era
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Joseph Hansen
111 ratings 3.96 ·
fiction · adult · mystery · lgbtq · mlm · book · romance · crime · historical · audiobook · suspense · 20th-century · law-enforcement · hard-boiled · investigator · age-gap · amateur-sleuth · romantic-love · action-adventure · historical-fiction
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Charles Finch
254 ratings 3.93 ·
book · adult · mystery · fiction · audiobook · historical-fiction · law-enforcement · industrial-era · crime · amateur-sleuth · victorian · historical · cozy · suspense · murder · killer · investigator · whodunit · action-adventure · literary-fiction
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