Category Archives: Original Sins

An End To “Original Sins”

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

As regular readers will have noticed, I’ve been doing an occasional thread called “Original Sins” concerning mysteries set in the Ancient World. There’s been nine books in total, far fewer than I intended, but it’s time to draw the thread … Continue reading →

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A Coin For The Ferryman by Rosemary Rowe

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

187 AD, Roman Britain. Libertus, an ex-slave turned pavement maker with a sideline in solving mysteries is freeing his slave and sidekick Junio, and adopting him as well. But when a body is found when the ground is being cleared … Continue reading →

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The Song of the Gladiator by Paul Doherty

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

313 AD, Rome. Constantine, the Emperor of the West, has summoned a meeting between the various factions of the Christian Church in an effort to dampen the frictions between the various beliefs. Constantine has endorsed Christianity while (possibly) not believing … Continue reading →

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Roman Blood by Steven Saylor

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

80 BC and the Roman Republic (not an Empire just yet) is ruled by the dictator Sulla. Cicero (yes, that one) is defending Sextus Roscius who has been accused of murdering his own father. Enter Gordianus, nicknamed “The Finder”, an … Continue reading →

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Act of Mercy by Peter Tremayne

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

When last we (OK, I) saw Sister Fidelma, in The Monk Who Vanished, she was having a crisis of faith and duty (and with regard to her feeling for Brother Eadulf) so she decides that it’s time for a pilgrimage … Continue reading →

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The Slayers of Seth by Paul Doherty

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

We’re staying in Ancient Egypt for “Original Sins” but leaping forward one and a half millennia from Death Comes As The End to 333 BC and the reign of Hatusu, Queen of all Egypt. Chief Judge Amerotke is investigating the … Continue reading →

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Death Comes As The End by Agatha Christie

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

Next in “Original Sins” – an exploration of murder mysteries set in the Ancient World – we come to the original “Original Sin”. Written in 1945, and set in 2000 BC, Egypt, Death Comes As The End is Dame Agatha … Continue reading →

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The House of Death by Paul Doherty

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

Inevitably, my “Original Sins” strand of reviews comes around to Paul Doherty. There are three series that qualify – the Ancient Egypt mysteries featuring Judge Amerotke, the Ancient Rome mysteries featuring Claudia and this series, featuring everyone’s favourite Macedonian, Alexander … Continue reading →

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The Bull Slayer by Bruce MacBain

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Bithynia, 103ish AD (Bithynia is now part of Turkey, by the way) a part of the Roman Empire. It’s a wild and unruly part at that, and Gaius Plinius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Younger, has been sent as … Continue reading →

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Furies by D L Johnstone

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Alexandria, 36 AD. Decimus Tarquitius Aculeo, a Roman businessman is ruined as his fleet of ships and their cargo has been lost. As his wife leaves for Rome, taking his son with her, Aculeo descends into a drunken depression. That … Continue reading →

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