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Across Mystery & Detective and Historical — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Dangerous Games by Amanda Scott.

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The Scottish Prisoner A Novel

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

Under the Wave at Waimea — Paul Theroux

Under the Wave at Waimea

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Clayborne Brides One Pink Rose, One White Rose, One Red Rose — Julie Garwood

The Clayborne Brides One Pink Rose, One White Rose, One Red Rose

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe, Fiction, Literary, Romance, Gothic, Historical — Ann Radcliffe

A Sicilian Romance by Ann Radcliffe, Fiction, Literary, Romance, Gothic, Historical

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

Small Mercies A Novel — Dennis Lehane

Small Mercies A Novel

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Devious Dr. Jekyll An Electric Empire Novel — Viola Carr

The Devious Dr. Jekyll An Electric Empire Novel

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Berlin Letters A Cold War Novel — Katherine Reay

The Berlin Letters A Cold War Novel

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

All the Colours of the Dark — Chris Whitaker

All the Colours of the Dark

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Essential Frank Norris The Octopus, a Story of California: The Pit, a Story of Chicago: McTeague, a Story of San Francisco — Frank Norris

The Essential Frank Norris The Octopus, a Story of California: The Pit, a Story of Chicago: McTeague, a Story of San Francisco

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Briar Club A Novel — Kate Quinn

The Briar Club A Novel

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

Manalive — G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Darwin Strain An R. J. MacCready Novel — Bill Schutt

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Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life A Novel — Mameve Medwed

How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life A Novel

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

Soul Catcher — Michael C. White

Michael C. White

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Program A Novel — Gregg Hurwitz

The Program A Novel

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

City of Lies — Victoria Thompson

Victoria Thompson

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

Cricket Maiden Romance, Match-Fixing, Murder Mystrey, T20 Matches, and a Magic Cricket Bat … . . — Algenes Edmund Dantes

Cricket Maiden Romance, Match-Fixing, Murder Mystrey, T20 Matches, and a Magic Cricket Bat … . .

Algenes Edmund Dantes

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Prisoner’s Key — C. J. Archer

The Prisoner’s Key

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Three Miss Allens — Victoria Purman

The Three Miss Allens

Victoria Purman

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Lobster Lake Bandits Mystery at Moosehead — Tommy Carbone

The Lobster Lake Bandits Mystery at Moosehead

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

City of Secrets — Victoria Thompson

City of Secrets

Victoria Thompson

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

Coronation Year A Novel — Jennifer Robson

Coronation Year A Novel

Jennifer Robson

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

Almost Home A Novel — Pam Jenoff

Almost Home A Novel

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

The Deception of the Emerald Ring — Lauren Willig

The Deception of the Emerald Ring

Themes: Mystery & Detective • Historical

Fans of Dangerous Games by Amanda Scott will find 24 titles here, all united by Mystery & Detective, Historical. Authors represented include Diana Gabaldon, Paul Theroux, Julie Garwood, Ann Radcliffe, and others.

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