On a chill January evening in 56 B.C., two strange visitors to Rome—an Egyptian ambassador and a eunuch priest—seek out Gordianus the Finder whose specialty is solving murders, but the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, has come to ask for...
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As Caesar marches on Rome and panic erupts in the city, Gordianus the Finder discovers, in his own home, the body of Pompey's favorite cousin. Before fleeing the city, Pompey exacts a terrible bargain from the finder of secrets-to unearth the...
In 48 B.C. the Roman generals Caesar and Pompey are engaged in a battle to rule the world. Now, as Pompey plots a reckless stand on the banks of the Nile, Gordianus the Finder—who has brought his dying wife Bethesda to the Nile seeking a cure from...
The Roman civil war has come to its conclusion: Pompey is dead, Egypt is firmly under the control of Cleopatra (with the help of Rome's legions), and for the first time in many years Julius Caesar has returned to Rome itself. Appointed by the Senate...
Nikki Sands, manager of the Malveaux Estates in Napa Valley – and girlfriend of the owner – is blissfully happy. Until a guru's devotee is killed on the famous Napa Valley Wine train and ruins her peace of...
Romaan Inglise kaupmehe poja Frank Osbaldistone romantilistest seiklustest oti mägismaal. Peategelane meenutab vanas eas oma nooruse sündmusi, mis viisid ta osavõtmiseni oti mägilaste ülestõusust ja abiellumiseni armastatud...
Douglas Grimes, penniless ex-pilot, is waiting for the future to start living again. A fortune in cash by a dead body in New York City brings opportunity. Miles Fabian, debonair, jet-set con-man, shows the way.... Fast cars, fancy hotels, fancier...
Mayhem is on the rise at the Witt’s End Resort, especially Cabin 14, where no guest ever leaves alive.Okay, is that a great hook or what? And the book is about-a death coach. Who solves murders.To add to it, the reason the guests...
Set in Alaska, Edgar Award-winner Dana Stabenow's novels combine a lush and evocative portrait of life in the frozen north with taut suspense and topnotch characters, especially the dynamic Aleutian PI Kate Shugak. A perennial bestseller...
Everyone knew Len Dreyer, a handyman for hire in the Park near Niniltna, Alaska, but no one knew anything else about him. Even Kate Shugak hired him to thin the trees on her 160-acre homestead and was planning to ask him to help build a small...