10 books for fans of Fingersmith
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The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY
by John Joseph Adams, Stephen King, Robert J. Sawyer, Michael Moorcock, Sharyn McCrumb, Stephen Baxter, Anne Perry, Barbara Hambly, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Rob Rogers, Naomi Novik, Anthony Burgess, Dominic Green, Laurie R. King, Barbara Roden, Tim Lebbon, Peter Tremayne, Bradley H. Sinor, Edward D. Hoch, Vonda N. McIntyre, Darrell Schweitzer, Mary Robinette Kowal, H. Paul Jeffers, Geoffrey A. Landis, Amy Myers, Chris Roden, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Mark Valentine
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Holmes ventures beyond Victorian London into horror, science fiction, and fantasy realms crafted by modern masters like Stephen King and Neil Gaiman. Each story tests the detective's methods against supernatural and futuristic mysteries.
★ 4.39 Goodreads (22.7K ratings) - 2
Kilhaven Police
Kilhaven Police #1-4 • Book 1
by Brock Bloodworth, H. Claire Taylor
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Human rookie Norman Green patrols a city where vampires, murderous leprechauns, and drug-addled shapeshifters make standard police work hilariously deadly.
★ 4.69 Goodreads (29 ratings) - 3
The Keeper
Cal Hooper • Book 3
by Tana French
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Irish village secrets reach their breaking point in the concluding chapter of Cal's story. French's atmospheric writing and complex character development culminate in this highly anticipated series finale.
★ 4.33 Goodreads (870 ratings) - 4
Sherlock
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat
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Handpicked by the BBC Sherlock creators, these nineteen tales trace Holmes from his debut in A Study in Scarlet to late classics like The Dying Detective, offering the essential canon that shaped television's most famous consulting detective.
★ 4.33 Goodreads (457 ratings) - 5
The Punishment She Deserves
Inspector Lynley • Book 20
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When Ludlow's respected deacon dies in custody after being arrested for a serious crime, Lynley and Havers discover that this quiet medieval town harbors dark secrets worth killing to protect.
★ 4.19 Goodreads (19.0K ratings) - 6
Brimstone
Pendergast • Book 5
by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
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Art critic Jeremy Grove dies in a locked room, his body impossibly hot, claw marks burned into the wall—the first of several identical, seemingly demonic murders.
★ 4.15 Goodreads (43.6K ratings) - 7
Sycamore Row
Jake Brigance • Book 2
by John Grisham
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Grisham brings back Jake Brigance to defend a handwritten will leaving millions to a black maid, igniting racial tensions in a case that threatens to destroy his career and family.
★ 4.10 Goodreads (141.1K ratings) - 8
The Lake House
by Kate Morton, Unknown Author
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During a lavish 1933 midsummer celebration, the Edevane family loses a child so devastating they abandon their estate forever—until a detective stumbles upon it decades later.
★ 4.08 Goodreads (131.8K ratings) - 9
The Alienist
Laszlo Kreizler and John Schuyler Moore • Book 1
by Caleb Carr
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Victorian-era criminal profiling meets gritty historical detail as Dr. Kreizler applies his controversial theories about the criminal mind to catch a child murderer stalking Manhattan's underbelly.
★ 4.06 Goodreads (182.1K ratings) - 10
The Likeness
Dublin Murder Squad • Book 2
by Tana French
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When Cassie finds a corpse bearing her face and fake ID, she must go undercover as the dead woman to infiltrate a group of graduate students living like it's still the 1920s.
★ 4.06 Goodreads (181.9K ratings)