Books like The way of all flesh by Ambrose Parry

In 1893 Chicago, Erik Larson weaves the story of visionary architect Daniel Burnham and the cunning serial killer H.H. Holmes, whose crimes unfolded against the backdrop of the World’s Columbian Exposition.

Lieutenant Ryan investigates a trio of murdered Germans to uncover the pasts that could implicate the Minister of Justice and the ex-Nazis he's tasked with hiding.

An anatomist investigates a murder in Oxfordshire’s elite society.

A gripping mystery set in London during the 1920s as Maisie Dobbs investigates a brutal murder of a street vendor.

In 1780s London, Dr. Thomas Silkstone uncovers a sinister plot involving a potion that can raise the dead, drawing him into a perilous world of vengeance, murder, and the illicit trade of corpses.

A Victorian physician investigates unsettling murders in a rural English village, uncovering a deeper conspiracy while trying to free a patient from the infamous Bedlam asylum.

In 1780s London, renowned anatomist Dr. Thomas Silkstone wrestles with his rival Dr. John Hunter amid a murder investigation tied to medical research and the fabled 'Irish Giant.'

Set in 1951 Cornwall, the story follows Colonel Julyan and young scholar Terence Gray as they investigate the mysterious death of Rebecca, the first wife of Maxim de Winter, uncovering secrets that still haunt the de Winter family estate, Manderley.

Los Alamos is a gripping thriller about the Manhattan Project, the invention of the atomic bomb, and the dangerous consequences of a scientist's infidelity.

The University should have been delighted when an influential courtier decides to found a new College in Cambridge, but the older Colleges are jealous of the newcomer's ostentatious wealth, and the townsfolk bitterly resent yet another academic foundation thrust into their midst. Tensions between town and gown rise further still when physician Matthew Bartholomew snatches an unpopular felon from the jaws of death - an incident that coincides with a sudden increase in violent crime across the whole region. As the new College is about to receive the charter that will make it an official part of the University, an arrow flies through the air and kills the Junior Proctor. With the townsfolk and the scholars blaming each other for the murder, Bartholomew and his friend Brother Michael must find the culprit before the whole region erupts in a frenzy of recrimination and revenge.