Crimson Petal and the White - anything similar?

[AnduinsGirl]

LOVED this book and thinking that Victorian fiction might be a new passion for me. Anyone got suggestions for similar novels, perhaps Victorian crime although not necessarily Jack the Ripper themed....
TIA

Have you read Fingersmith and some of the other Sarah Waters ones?

Crime-wise, the Anne Perry books are good for atmosphere and detail, with strong characters.

Thanks both - I have not read Fingersmith or Ann Perry off to Google

Patrick Suskind - Perfume

You might like Michel Faber's book of short stories " The Apple". There is a follow on story from Crimson Petal.

The Observations by Jane Harris

Yes to Fingersmith.

I enjoyed Fingersmith (as well as the film version The Handmaiden) but preferred Waters's Tipping the Velvet, you could also try J.G. Farrell's The Siege of Krishnapur, Philip Hensher's The Mulberry Empire, Margaret Attwood's Alias Grace or Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor. There's one other I thought of that would fit, but need to check the title.

Remembered it was Jennifer Donnelly's A Gathering LIght murder mystery set in the early 1900s, originally marketed to young adults but actually a great read at any age.

I loved The Crimson Petal and the White too, will follow the recommendations on here.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-whores-asylum-by-katy-darby-6776962.html%3famp It's a while since I read this but I enjoyed it.

An original sensation novel: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Audley%27s_Secret

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norell
Fingersmith, as mentioned
The Quincunx

I'll think of more

YY to Fingersmith and The Observations (one of my absolute favourite books)

You could also try Beloved Poison by E S Thompson, the first in the Jem Flockhart series of Victorian medical mysteries. Very atmospheric and involving. I discovered this author only recently at the Edinburgh book festival and looking forward to reading more of her books.

Try Essie Fox's novels The Somnabulist and Elijah's Mermaid. Both very ornate Victorian settings and stories.

I loved the "Crimson Petal and the White" and would also second "The Quincunx", it's even longer than the former but a great read. Another cracking Victorian based novel riddled with murder, deceit, love and revenge "The Meaning of Night"by Michael Cox, I think I would deem that the closest to Crimson Petal. Another worth a mention Gillespie and I by Jane Harris.

DonnaHaywood second Lady Audley's Secret, from a similar period East Lynne is also excellent, very melodramatic.

Shamelessly place marking so I can find this thread again when the clears from my head

Gillespie and I By Jane Harris, anything by Sarah Waters.

OP if you haven't read Wilkie Collins's The Woman In White and The Moonstone, you're in for a treat (both real Victorian novels and cracking reads).