Preface: Murder, now and then ... / Steven Saylor -- Aphrodite's trojan horse / Amy Myers -- Investigating the Silvius boys / Lindsey Davis -- Gateway to death / Breni James -- Death of the King / Theodore Mathieson -- Favour of a tyrant / Keith Taylor -- Whote fawn / Steven Saylor -- Statuette of Rhodes / John Maddox Roberts -- Things that are Caesar's / Edward D. Hoch -- Murderer, farewell / Ron Burns -- Pomegranate for Pluto / Claire Griffen -- Gardens of Tantalus / Brain Stableford -- Green boy / Anthony Price -- Mosaic / Rosemary Aitken / Brother in the tree / Keith Heller -- Ass's head / Phyllis Ann Karr -- Nest of evil / Wallace Nichols -- In this sign, conquer / Nina-Gail Anderson and Simon Clark -- Last things / Darrell Schweitzer -- Beauty more stealthy / Mary Reed and Eric Mayer -- Poisoned chalice / Peter Tremayne.
Summary:
In this new collection twenty-two writers take up their pens to give an enthralling picture of classical crime. Favorite historical detectives Gordianus the Finder, Decius Metellus and Sister Fidelma rub shoulders with eminent temporary sleuths such as Socrates and that honorable man Brutus, whilst other great names - Augustus, Archimedes, and even the spoilt and beautiful goddess of love, Aphrodite herself - also become enmeshed in terrible and ingenious crimes.
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