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Top 10 best historical thrillers as someone whose own books freely mix history and mystery, fact and fiction, i have always been a sucker for novels that do the same. With the arrival in 2017 of edinburgh twilight, a historical mystery featuring as its protagonist detective inspector ian hamilton, carole lawrence won a large, enthusiastic readership. The eleventh instalment in the rhona macleod series, the forensic expert is called into the island of sanday when the remains of a child are found in the local primary school which may have links to the death of an old man in glasgow. Immediately below that section are the 81 books in series of. With his latest historical thriller, the good cop, steiner wants people to. Criminal psychotherapist theo faber is determined to unravel. Shakespeare meets dashiell hammett in this wildly entertaining murder mystery from new york times bestselling author christopher moorean uproarious, hardboiled take on the bards most performed play, a midsummer nights dream, featuring pocket, the hero of fool and the serpent of venice, along with his sidekick, drool, and pet monkey, jeff.
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