Books like The Winter Ground by Catriona McPherson

A 1751 adventure of a sixteen‑year‑old orphan kidnapped by his uncle who follows the Scottish highlanders against English rule.

In the misty Yorkshire moors, Lady Julia Grey returns to her ancestral home and is drawn into a deadly mystery involving a ruined manor, hidden family secrets, and a sinister past haunting the upper class.

"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.

Sophie and her mother must survive the harsh winter on a deserted island in the New World.

In 1942 England, a young governess faces a sinister manservant, tyrannical master, and deadly rivalries, all revealed through diaries and letters.