ANCIENT WORLD MYSTERIES

AUTHOR	TITLE	PERIOD	LOCATION

Apostolou, Anna	See Doherty, Paul

Ashley, Mike	Classical Whodunnits: murder and mystery in Greece and Rome (1997)	A.W.	Greece/Rome
	Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits (2003)	Var.	Rome
	Mammoth Book of Ancient Egyptian Whodunnits	Var.	Egypt

Atherton, Gertrude	Golden Peacock (1936)	20 b.c.	Rome

Bell, Albert	All Roads Lead to Murder (2002)	83 ad	Rome
	Blood of Caesar (2007)	ad	Rome

Benton, Kenneth	Death on the Appian Way	1st Cent B.C.	Rome

Blackburn, John	Flame and the Wind (1967)	30 a.d.	Jerusalem

Bradshaw, Gillian	Island of Ghosts (1998)	2nd Cent.	Rome

Blair, JMC	Excalibur Murders (2008)	aw	England
	Lancelot Murders (2009)	aw	England
	Pendragon Murders (2010)	aw	England

Boast, Philip	Son of Heaven (2007)	64 ad	Asia
	The Third Princess (2006)	AW	Britain

Burns, Ron	Roman Nights (1991)	52-43b.c.	Rome
	Roman Shadows (1992)	52-43b.c.

Chavarria, Daniel	Eye of Cybele (2002)	5th Cent b.c.	Greece

Christie, Agatha	Death Comes as an End (1945)	2000 bc	Egypt

Connell, Charles	Meet Me at Philippi (1948)	c. 50b.c.	Rome
	Most Delicious Poison (1951)	c.50.b.c.	Mid East

Davis, Lindsey	Accusers (The) (2003)	75-76 a.d.	Rome
	Alexandria (2008)	77	Egypt
	Body in the Bath House (2001)	75 a.d.	Rome
	Dying Light in Corduba (1996)	73 a.d.	Spain
	Iron Hand of Mars (1992)	71 a.d.	Germany
	Jupiter Myth (2002)	75	London
	Last Act in Palmyra (1994)	72 a.d.	Mid East
	Nemesis (2010)	?	Rome
	Ode to a Banker (2000)	74 a.d.	Rome
	One Virgin Too Many (1999)	?	?
	Poseidon's Gold (1993)	72 a.d.	Rome
	Saturnalia (2007)	76 ad	Rome
	Scandal Takes a Holiday	?	Ostia
	See Delphi and Die (2005)	76 ad	Rome
	Shadows in Bronze (1990)	71 a.d.	Rome
	Silver Pigs (1989)	70 a.d.	England
	Three Hands in the Fountain (1997)	73 a.d.	Rome
	Time to Depart (1995)	72 a.d.	England
	Two For The Lions (1998)	73. a.d.	Rome
	Venus in Copper (1991)	71 a.d.	Rome

Doherty, P.C.	Anubis Slayings (2000) (Amerotke)	1479- 1478 b.c.	Egypt
	Assassins of Isis (2004) (Amerotke)	1479- 1478 b.c.	Egypt
	Death of Alexander (2004) (Alexander the Great)	?	Greece
	Domina (2002) (Rome Series)	?	Rome
	Evil Spirit Out of the West (Amerotke)	1479 - 1478 b.c.	Egypt
	Gates of Hell (2003) (Alexander)	334 b.c.	Greece
	Godless Man (2002) (Alexander the Great)	334 b.c.	Greece
	Horus Killings (1999) (Amerotke)	1479 b.c.	Egypt
	House of Death (2001) (Alexander)	334 b.c.	Greece
	Mask of Ra (1998) (Amerotke)	1479 b.c.	Egypt
	Murder Imperial (2003)	313 a.d.	Rome
	Murder in Macedon: a mystery of Alexander the Great. (1997)	336 b.c.	Greece
	Murder in Thebes (1998) (Alexander)	335 b.c.	Greece
	Murder's Immortal Mask (2008) (Claudia)	314 ad	Rome
	Queen of the Night (2006)	313 a.d.	Rome
	Poisoner of Ptah (2007) (Amerotke)	1479 b.c.	Egypt
	Season of the Hyena (2005)	?	Egypt
	Slayers of Seth (2001) (Amerotke)	1478 b.c.	Egypt
	Song of a Gladiator (2005)	313	Rome
	Spies of Sobeck (2008) (Amerotke)	1479 b.c.	Egypt
	Year of the Cobra (2006)	AW	Egypt

Doody, Margaret	Aristotle and Poetic Justice (2002)	330 b.c.	Greece
	Aristotle and the Secrets of Life	330 b.c.	Mykonos
	Aristotle, Detective (1978)	332 b.c.	Greece
	Death in Eleusis (2005)	332 b.c.	Greece
	Poison in Athens (2004)	330 b.c.	Greece

Downie, Ruth	Medicus & The Disappearing Dancing Girls (2006)	117 ad	Britain
	Persona Non Grata (2009)	118 ad	Britain
	Ruso and the Demented Doctor (2008)	118 ad	Britain
	Terra Incognita (2008)	118 ad	Britain

Drake, Nick	Nefertiti (2006)	BC	Egypt
	Tutankhamun (2008)	bc	Egypt

Edwards, Michael	Murder at the Panionic Games (2001)	650 b.c.	Greece


Finnis, Jane	A Bitter Chill (2005)	95 ad	Britain
	Buried Too Deep (2008)	98 ad	York
	Get Out or Die (2003)	91 ad	Britain

Ford, Margaret	Last Pagan (2002)	360 a.d.	Greece

Friesner, Esther	Druid's Blood (?)	Claudius	Rome

Gale, Elizabeth	Julia Valeria (1950)	19 b.c.	Rome

Geagley, Brad	Day of the False King (2006)	1153 b.c	Egypt
	Year of the Hyenas (2005)	1150 b.c.	Egypt

Gill, Anton	City of Dreams (1993)	1361 bc	Egypt
	City of the Dead (1993)
	City of the Horizon (1991)

Gray, Charles E.	Murder Defies the Roman Emperor	117-138 a.d.	Rome

Green, George	Hawk (2005)	34 ad	Rome

Greenwood, Kerry	Electra (1996)	B.C.	Greece

Hambly, Barbara	Quirinal Hill Affair (1983)	116 a.d.	Rome

Haney, Lauren	Cruel Deceit (2002)	BC	Egypt
	Curse of Silence (2000)	BC	Egypt
	Face Turned Backwards (1999)	BC	Egypt
	Flesh of the God (2002)	BC	Egypt
	Path of Shadows (2003)	BC	Egypt
	Place of Darkness (2001)	BC	Egypt
	Right Hand of Amon (1997)	1464 bc	Egypt
	Vile Justice (1999)	BC	Egypt

Hatten, Patrick	Champion of the Dead (2004)	400 b.c.	Athens

Holland, Tom	Attis (1995)	60-55 b.c.	Rome
	Sleeper in the Sands (1999)	BC	Egypt

Hudson, Roger	Death Comes By Amphora (2008)	461 b.c.	Athens

Irwin, Wallace	Julius Caesar Murder Case (1935)	44 b.c.	Rome

Jacq, Christian	Assassinated Pyramid (2002)	B.C.	Egypt
	Beneath the Pyramid (2004)	B.C.	Egypt
	Ramses: Battle of Kadesh (1998)	B.C.	Egypt
	Ramses: Eternal Temple (1998)	B.C.	Egypt
	Ranses: Lady of Abu Simbel (1998)	B.C.	Egypt
	Ramses: Son Of Light (1997)	B.C.	Egypt
	Ramses: Under the Western Acacia (1999)	B.C.	Egypt
	Secrets of the Desert (2004)	aw	Egypt

Karr, Phyllis	Idylls of the Queen (1982)	500 a.d.	UK

Larkin, Patrick	The Tribune (2003)	19 ad	Palestine

Lawrence, Isabelle	Theft of the Golden Ring (1948)	63 b.c.	Rome

Levey, Michael	An Affair on the Appian Way (1984)	97-117 a.d.	Rome

Levin, Lee	King Tut's Private Eye (1996)	B.C.	Egypt

Locke, Thomas	To the Ends of the Earth (1996)	338 a.d.	Holy Roman Empire

Mandino, Og	Christ Commission (1980)	32 a.d.	Rome

Mayer, Eric	See listings under Reed, Mary	_	_

Nelson, Ray	Dogheaded Death (1989)	67 a.d.	Rome

Noyer, Albert	Cybeline Conspiracy (2005)	400's	Mainz
	Saint's Day Deaths (2001)	406 a.d.	Mainz
	Secundus Papyrus (2003)	400's	Ravenna

O'Hagan, Joan	Roman Death (1988)	45 b.c.	Rome

Pastor, Ben	The Fire Walker (2008)	304 ad	Rome
	The Water Thief (2007)	304 ad	Rome

Perry, Anne	Thou Shalt Not Kill (2005)	AW	Judea

Reed, Mary & Eric Mayer	One For Sorrow (1999)	535a.d.	Byzantium
	Eight for Eternity (2010)	532	Byzantium
	Five for Silver (2004)	542	Byzantium
	Four For A Boy (2002)	525	Byzantium
	Seven For A Secret (2008)	542	Byzantium
	Six for Gold (2005)	542	Byzantium
	Three For A Letter (2002)	539 ad	Byzantium
	Two For Joy (2000)	537a.d.	Byzantium

Richards, Kel	Case of the Damascus Dagger (1994)	1stcenB.C.	Rome
	Case of the Dead Certainty (1995)	1stcenB.C.	Rome
	Case of the Vanishing Corpse (199)	30 a.d.	Jerusalem
	Clues for Armchair Detectives: Investigations into the first Easter (1991)	30 a.d.	Jerusalem

Ripley, Mike	Boudica and the Lost Roman	AW	Britainnia

Roberts, John M	SPQR 10: A Point in Law (2006)	Aw	Rome
	SPQR 2: Catiline Conspiracy (1991)	63b.c.
	SPQR 1: Kings Gambit (1990)	70b.c.
	SPQR 6: No Body Loves A Centurion (1994)	58 b.c.	Rome
	SPQR 12: Oracle of the Dead (2008)	AW	Rome
	SPQR 9: Princess & the Pirate (1997)	53b.c.
	SPQR 8: River God's Vengeance (1996)	70 bc	Rome
	SPQR 3: Sacrilege (1992)	Cicero
	SPQR 5: Saturnalia (1993)
	SPQR 4: Temple of the Muses (1992)	60b.c.
	SPQR 7: Tribune's Curse (1995)
	SPQR 11: Under Vesuvius (2007)	?	Rome
	SPQR 13: Year of Confusion (2009)	?	Rome

Robinson, Lynda	Drinker of Blood (1999)	1350 b.c.	Egypt
	Eater of Souls (1997)	1350 b.c.	Egypt
	Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing (1996)	1350 b.c.	Egypt
	Murder at the God's Gate (1995)	1350 b.c.	Egypt
	Murder in the Place of Anubis (1994)	1350 b.c.	Egypt
	Slayer of Gods (2001)	1350 b.c.	Egypt

Rowe, Rosemary	Chariots of Calyx (2002)	187	England
	Coin for the Ferryman (2006)	189	England
	Death at Pompeia's Wedding (2008)	189	England
	Enemies of the Empire (2005)	188	England
	Germanicus Mosaic (1999)	186	England
	Ghosts of Glenvum (2004)	187	England
	Legatus Mystery (2003)	187	England
	Murder in the Forum (2001)	187	England
	Pattern of Blood (2000)	186	England
	A Roman Ransom	188	England

Saylor, Steven	Arms of Nemesis (1992)	72b.c.	Rome
	Catalina's Riddle (1994)	63b.c.	Rome
	Gladiators Die Only Once (2005)	80 b.c.	Rome
	House of the Vestals (1997)	78-73 b.c.	Rome
	Judgment of Caesar (2004)	43 b.c.	Egypt
	Last Seen in Massilia (2000)	49 b.c.	Rome
	Mist of Prophecies (2002)	48 b.c.	Rome
	Murder on the Appian Way (1996)	53b.c.	Rome
	Roman Blood (1991)	80 b.c.	Rome
	Rubicon (1999)	49 b.c.	Rome
	Triumph of Caesar (2008)	?	Rome
	Venus Throw (1995)	56b.c.	Rome

Scarrow, Simon	Eagle and the Wolves (2003)	44 a.d.	Britannia
	Eagle's Prophecy (2009)	45 a.d.	Rome
	Under The Eagle (2000)	43 a.d.	Britannia

Somoza, Jose Carlos	The Athenian Murders (2002)	4th Cent b.c.	Greece

Stanley, Elli	Nox Dormienda (2008)	83 ad	London

Tassie, A.C.	Death of a Blue Hero (1998)	26a.d.	Rome
	Death of a Vestal Virgin (2005)	?	Rome

Thurston, Carol	Eye of Horus (2000)	AW	Egypt

Todd, Marilyn	Black Salamander (2000)	12 b.c.	Gaul
	Blind Eye (2007)	446 bc	Athens
	Blood Moon (2009)	bc	Rome
	Dark Horse (2002)	bc	Rome
	Dream Boat (2002)	?	Rome
	I, Claudia (1995)	13 b.c.	Rome
	Jail Bait (1999)
	Man Eater (1997)	12 b.c.	Outside Rome
	Scorpio Rising (2006)	bc.	Rome
	Second Act (2003)	bc.	Sicily
	Stone Cold (2005)	bc	Rome
	Virgin Territory (1996)	13b b.c.	Sicily
	Widow's Pique (2004)	bc	Rome
	Wolf Whistle (1998)

Wallace, Irwin	Julius Caesar Murder Case (1935)	AW	Rome

Walsh, John E.	Man Who Buried Jesus (1989)	33A.D.	Jerusalem

Waters, Paul	Of Merchants and Heroes (2009)	AW	Greece/Rome

White, Leslie	Scorpus the Moor (1962)	Nero	Rome

Williams, Jay	Roman Moon Mystery (1948)	58a.d.	Rome
	Stolen Oracle (1943)	21b.c.	Rome

Wishart, David	Food For The Fishes (2005)	ad	Rome
	Germanicus (1997)	14-19a.d.	Rome
	Horse Coin (1999)	a.d.	Rome
	I, Virgil (1995)	a.d.	Rome
	Illegally Dead (2008)	ad	Rome
	In at the Death (2007)	34 a.d.	Rome
	Last Rites (2001)	a.d.	Rome
	Lydian Baker (1998)	a.d.	Rome
	Nero (1997)	a.d.	Rome
	Old Bones (2000)	a.d.	Rome
	Ovid (1995)	14-37 a.d.	Rome
	Parthian Shot (2004)	ad	Rome
	Sejanus (1998)	30a.d.	Rome
	Vote for Murder (2002)	a.d.	Rome
	White Murder (2002)	34 a.d	Rome

Yarbro, Chelsea	See Listings Under Fantasy	98a.d.	Saxony

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