Books like The hollow of fear by Sherry Thomas

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.

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.

A determined woman sleuth unravels a cold case in Victorian London, weaving romance and societal intrigue into a gripping historical mystery.

In 1933 London, a young Indian woman’s body is found in a canal. Maisie Dobbs, the city’s leading private investigator, steps in when Scotland Yard’s investigation stalls, uncovering a web of secrecy and injustice.

A gripping mystery set in London during the 1920s as Maisie Dobbs investigates a brutal murder of a street vendor.

Set in spring 1937, Maisie Dobbs returns to Britain only to find herself entangled in a murder investigation and political intrigue in Gibraltar amid the Spanish Civil War refugees.

A retired FBI agent in Tucson confronts a resurging serial killer while juggling family drama and an uneasy household, forcing her to question whom she can trust.

Kate Shackleton, an amateur sleuth, investigates the mysterious death of banker Everett Runcie, whose wife seeks divorce and his murder may be linked to hidden personal scandals.

"In the first century A.D., during Domitian's reign, Flavia Albia is ready for a short break from her family. So, in July, she returns to Rome, leaving them at their place on the coast. Albia, the daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, now retired as private informer, has taken up her father's former profession and it's time to get back to work. The first order business, however, is the corpse found in a chest sent as part of a large lot to be sold by the Falco family auction house. As the senior family representative in Rome, it falls upon Albia to find out who, why, and by whom. At the same time, her potential young man, Faustus, comes looking for help with his friend Sextus's political campaign. Between the auction business and Roman politics, it's not quite clear which one is the more under-handed and duplicitous. Both, however, are tied together by the mysterious body in the chest, and if Albia isn't able to solve that mystery, it won't be the only body to drop"--

Milo, a devoted woman sleuth, travels to Paris to uncover the sinister murder of famed perfume magnate Amory, whose imminent fragrance launch has attracted ruthless rivals and greedy heirs brashly fighting for his empire.

Amory Ames, a stylish detective, works with her husband Milo to solve a jewelry theft and a murder at a masked ball in 1930s London.

Private investigator Jasmine Sharp is forced to enter the domain of Scotland Yard detective Superintendent Catherine McLeod, where she must confront the secrets entangled in their lives since her mother's murder and the deaths of their fathers.

Amory and Milo Ames investigate a decades‑old murder that resurfaces when socialite Isobel Van Allen returns to her former country house to publish a scandalous sequel, forcing the detectives to untangle a web of lies and uncover the killer.

A first‑time thriller that spins a tense love triangle, in which a mother’s obsessive bid to keep her son with her threatens the life of the woman he loves.