Books like Something wicked by Elizabeth Ferrars

After being murdered at fourteen, Susie Salmon watches from heaven as her family, friends, and killer grapple with grief and justice, revealing how love and forgiveness shape a family's future.

He'll grant her every wanton wish . . . If she gives him her hand in marriage. What will she bid? Desperate for riches, penniless Michael Tremayne, Marquess of Falconridge, is willing to auction away his only possession of value--his title--to the highest bidding American father. But Kate Rose was the last woman he had in mind to marry. The willful and headstrong Kate requires from marriage the one thing Michael is unable to give--powerful, unending love. Kate, 20, refuses to give into her husband's sensual demands until he has earned her love. Michael is not one to back down from a challenge, but neither does he believe in playing by the rules. While he is unfamiliar with love, he is extremely intimate with passion. He is determined to convince Kate that one can substitute for the other. And what better way to convince her than by patiently and skillfully seducing her? Kate never thought marriage would be so mischievous . . . or that her husband would persuade her to be so sinful.

A detective in semiretirement finds herself assigned to lead the Literary Detectives, only to be replaced by a new chief librarian, leaving her to deal with the consequences of her past actions.

Retired botanist Andrew Basnett finds his quiet holiday routine shattered by a bomb at his neighbor’s house, a mystery that drags him into a tangled family drama of murder and secrets.

After a failed escape plan, Serena Blythe stows aboard Beau St. Jules’s yacht, where the alluring Earl of Rochefort—an intelligence officer and notorious libertine—falls for her and must face war, danger, and love.

Retired botany professor Andrew Basnett retreats to his cousin's Berkshire home for Easter, only to uncover a murder mystery that turns a family gathering into a tense investigation over money.

Margot Armstrong, a privileged English heiress, abandons the arranged marriage to a Scottish chieftain and returns to the Highlands to uncover a plot threatening her family and her former husband’s power.

Andrew Basnett series #4

A retired botany professor returns to his old university town to unravel a murder that remains unsolved, as new killings and rumors of blackmail threaten the community.

A gripping tale of mystery and intrigue, following the pursuit of justice by a private investigator who uncovered the truth behind two murders.

In the English countryside, a convivial gathering of friends for retired professor Andrew Basnett’s home becomes a deadly mystery when guests begin to die, forcing Basnett to track a cunning killer.

During a Christmas visit to Adelaide, retired botany professor Andrew Basnett becomes an amateur sleuth as he works to clear his hostess of murder charges and solve a second chilling crime.

In Regency England, Madame Helene's Pleasure House is where Michael and Marguerite find dangerous passion, turning a life of intrigue into an erotic romance that tests desire and devotion.

Retired teacher and botanist Andrew Basnett returns to the seaside town of Gallmouth for a quiet holiday, only to become embroiled in a murder investigation when two prominent women connected to a local novelist are found dead.

A chilling psychological thriller about two women caught in the grip of a series of gruesome murders in Yorkshire.

Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot investigates a mysterious murder in the Yorkshire Dales, while Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks, once a lover, comes to help and uncover the darker aspects of his family's past.