Books like Silent in the sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn

A collection of twelve short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, first published in The Strand Magazine (1891‑92) and compiled in 1892.

A Christmas Carol is Charles Dickens’ allegorical novella about Ebenezer Scrooge, whose miserly ways are transformed through visits from Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.

A historical novel set in the 12th century, focusing on the building of a cathedral and the surrounding community's fortunes amidst historical events of the time.

Charlotte Holmes defies 19th‑century London society by adopting her uncle’s legendary detective name to solve a trio of murders that threaten her family’s honor.

Mario Puzo traces the rise of the Borgia family, revealing the intertwined forces of ambition, faith, and power that shaped one of Italy’s most notorious dynasties.

In 1887 London, butterfly hunter Veronica Speedwell is drawn into the Curiosity Club, where Lady Sundridge tasks her with saving art patron Miles Ramsforth from a murder conviction before the hangman's rope.

In Boston’s Chinatown, a severed hand clutches a gun, forcing detective Jane Rizzoli to uncover the truth behind this grisly discovery.

After Sir Edward Grey is murdered, his widow Julia partners with private investigator Nicholas Brisbane to uncover the brutal truth behind his death, confronting London’s hidden dangers and her own painful revelations.

In Victorian London, orphaned scientist Veronica Speedwell navigates romance, intrigue, and danger when a German baron helps her escape an abduction—only for him to be murdered, forcing Veronica and naturalist Stoker to uncover a conspiracy while on the run.

Set in 1905 England, The Edwardians follows the contrasting lives of brother Sebastian and sister Viola as they navigate the glittering highs and looming decline of aristocratic society, exploring tradition, love, and rebellion.

Maisie Dobbs, a former housemaid turned Cambridge student, serves as a war‑zone nurse during World War I. After the conflict, she begins a career as a private investigator, and her first case unravels a darker secret that forces her to confront the war’s lingering trauma.

A mystery novel featuring a couple returning to London after an adventure, but the business of helping people is proving too much for them. As they discover an unusual and creepy secret society, they find themselves entangled in a scandalous investigation.

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.

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.

Georgette Heyer’s tale follows William, Duke of Normandy, as he rises to become King of England in 1066, detailing his trials, alliances, and the pivotal Battle of Hastings.

In eighteenth‑century London, Jewish ex‑boxer Benjamin Weaver is hired to track debtors and thieves. When his estranged father's mysterious death links him to the nascent stock market, Weaver confronts a cabal of financiers, a desperate prostitute, and his own heritage.

"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.

A young London seamstress falls into the world of veteran prostitution amid poverty and danger, navigating misfortunes that put her at the heart of real‑life struggles and crime.

In 1806 Richmond, Miss Dido Kent becomes a budding sleuth when a neighbour’s sudden death bequeaths a fortune to her nephew, leading her to investigate a possible overdose and uncover hidden secrets of upper‑class life.

Victorian detective Charles Lenox is drawn from his quiet study to investigate the suspicious death of a former servant in London, where a rare poison may have hidden a murder beneath an apparent suicide.

Detective Bernie Gunther is pulled back into the shadows of Berlin’s 1934 Nazi world and Havana’s 1954 political turmoil as he confronts past enemies and a new threat that could end his life.