Books like CASTLE DOR by Arthur Quiller-Couch

In an elite New England college, a charismatic classics professor lures a group of eccentric students into obsessive study, leading them from intellectual curiosity to corruption, betrayal, and ultimately murder.

A young bride, the second Mrs. Maxim de Winter, arrives at Manderley on the Cornish coast and finds her new home haunted by the memory and housekeeper’s obsession with her mysterious, stylish predecessor—Rebecca.

A young governess in a remote estate discovers that the souls of two children are threatened by the malevolent ghosts of a former governess and her lover.

Walter Hartright, a drawing master, becomes entangled with Laura Fairlie, Sir Percival Glyde, and the scheming Count Fosco as questions of identity and madness intertwine in 19th‑century England.

When a respected farmer is bludgeoned to death in his study, Scotland Yard detectives Hannasyde and Hemingway uncover a web of hidden motives, culminating in a second murder that forces them to confront a relentless killer.

Richard, Duke of Cleybourne, returns to his country estate to deal with the tragic loss he had suffered four years earlier. But the arrival of Miss Jessica Maitland and Gabriella, his new ward, throws a wrench into his plans. The governess, feisty and flame-haired, reveals that the girl is in danger, and the mysterious events escalate into a murder mystery at Cleybourne Castle.

Set in a crumbling Georgian manor in rural Warwickshire, *The Little Stranger* follows a doctor arriving at a long‑standing family home where a death‑bed patient and chilling supernatural forces intertwine against the backdrop of post‑war Britain.

A 1930s English country house whodunit in which the brutal murder of General Sir Arthur Billington‑Smith sends Scotland Yard’s Inspector Harding in pursuit of the truth.

A Regency‑era soldier falls for a Spanish noblewoman amid the Peninsular Wars, weaving military life, romance, and the harsh realities of war into a compelling historical romance.

After a fateful night in Ireland, Kit McHennessy returns to her village to rekindle a love she thought was lost, but past secrets and lingering danger threaten her chance at happiness with Justin O'Niall.

In New Eden, Montana, ex‑court reporter Marilee Jennings investigates her best friend’s mysterious death and discovers a web of secrets that threaten her own life.

"I very much need to be dead." These are the chilling last words left by a man who had everything to live for but took his own life. In the void that remains stands his widow, FBI agent Jane Hawk, surrounded by questions destined to go unanswered unless she does what all the grief and fury inside her demand: Find the truth, no matter what. People of talent and accomplishment, people seemingly happy and sound of mind, have recently been committing suicide in surprising numbers. A disturbing pattern is beginning to emerge. Jane is determined to give up everything to find out why. And if that means going rogue and becoming America's Most Wanted, then so be it. Those arrayed against her are legion, and devoted to protecting something profoundly important-or terrifying-enough to exterminate any and all in their way. But Jane is as clever as these enemies are cold-blooded, as relentless as they are ruthless. And she is driven by a righteous rage they can never comprehend. Because it is born of love.

In post‑war London, detective Gideon Fell and a mysterious woman hear the famed Professor Rigaud recount the baffling murder of Howard Brookes, a case that seems to defy logic and invites fresh investigation.

When two elderly ladies are strangled in Buddington-on-the-Hill, schoolmaster Carolus Deene must untangle the mystery to expose the killer.

When widower Edward de Salis meets bright American Marguerite, he opens his heart to love again and brings her to his Irish home, Cashelmara, only to discover a family torn by love, hatred, and looming violence.

A story of love, loss, and reconnecting with family.

A nice little murder mystery set in England involving a private investigator named Arthur Crook and a Dutch au pair woman who is romantically linked to the main character.

When Lionel Townsend, a biographer, is implicated in his aunt's poisoning while an unsuspecting publisher is found hanged, Sergeant Beef unravels both mysteries, proving that even the most unlikely clues can converge.

In the commuter’s first‑class carriage, the missing sixth seat sparks a mystery that only Carolus Deene can unravel, revealing a fatal twist in the quiet English village of Brenstead.