Books like Silent on the moor by Deanna Raybourn

Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel by Jane Austen.

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.

Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens’s 1837-39 social novel, follows an orphan raised in a workhouse who flees to London, joins a gang of pickpockets, and uncovers family secrets while exposing child labour and exploitation.

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.

A 19th‑century tale of poverty, family, and the perils of a fraudulent antique dealer, centered on the young orphan Nell and her loyal grandfather.

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.

Detective William Monk investigates the murder of arms dealer Daniel Alberton while a romantic entanglement between Alberton’s daughter and the American Lyman Breeland threatens to eclipse the crime.

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.

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.

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.

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.

After a stay in Italy, Lady Julia returns to her Sussex estate, only to discover a murder at a nearby abbey. With private investigator Nicholas Brisbane, she navigates intrigue, family secrets and a snowbound conspiracy to uncover the killer before another tragedy.

Charles Lenox, a fledgling detective in 1850 London, must solve a serial murder case after an anonymous writer claims responsibility for a victim found in a naval trunk.

"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.

Set during the Napoleonic wars, the novel follows a young woman's choice between three suitors: a sailor, a trumpetmajor, and the cowardly son of a local squire.

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.