Mary Reed, Author, Eric Mayer, Author . Poisoned Pen $24.95 (303p) ISBN 978-1-59058-718-8
Reed and Mayer’s excellent eighth John the Chamberlain mystery (after 2008’s Seven for a Secret
) centers on the real-life Nika riots, which nearly destroyed Constantinople in A.D. 532. When two prisoners escape police custody, each a...
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Mary Reed and Eric Mayer. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (318p) ISBN 978-1-59058-994-6
In Reed and Mayer’s superior ninth mystery set in sixth-century Constantinople (after 2010’s Eight for Eternity), Justinian sets John, the emperor’s lord chamberlain, an almost impossible, high-stakes task. John must discover who killed Justinian’s...
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Mary Reed and Eric Mayer. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0227-8
Reed and Mayer mix things up a bit with their 10th whodunit set in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian (after 2012's Nine for the Devil). In the wake of the murder of the emperor's wife, Theodora, which John solved in the last book,
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Mary Reed, Author, Eric Mayer, Author . Poisoned Pen $24.95 (292p) ISBN 978-1-59058-031-8
In this captivating prequel set in sixth-century Constantinople, the fourth in Reed and Mayer's well-received historical series (Three for a Letter, etc.), the future emperor Justinian asks a young slave named John the Eunuch to investigate the...
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Mary Reed, Author, Eric Mayer, Author . Poisoned Pen $24.95 (259p) ISBN 978-1-59058-112-4
Reed and Mayer surpass last year's fine Four for a Boy
with this superb fifth entry in their series to feature smart, determined and credibly human sleuth John the Eunuch, Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian. In the year 542, in the...
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Mary Reed, Author, Eric Mayer, Author . Poisoned Pen $24.95 (267p) ISBN 978-1-59058-145-2
Set in plague-ridden sixth-century Constantinople, Reed and Mayer's captivating sixth John the Eunuch novel (after 2004's Five for Silver
) opens dramatically as John, lord chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, flees "excubitors" (i.e.,...
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Mary Reed, Author, Eric Mayer, Author, Eric Mayer, Joint Author . Poisoned Pen $24.95 (242p) ISBN 978-1-890208-82-0
John, Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian, continues his sixth-century A.D. adventures in this third worthy installment (following One for Sorrow
and Two for Joy), in which nimble wits are required not to keep one's job but to keep one'
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Mary Reed, Author, Eric Mayer, Author, Eric Mayer, Joint Author Poisoned Pen Press $23.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-890208-19-6
Painting an enticing picture of sixth-century Byzantium, Reed and Mayer ably evoke court intrigue and the conflict of religious beliefs in the Christian capital of Constantinople. The sleuth is John the Eunuch, lord chamberlain to Emperor Justinian.
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Mary Reed, Author, Eric Mayer, Author, Eric Mayer, Joint Author Poisoned Pen Press $23.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-890208-37-0
This sequel to One for Sorrow continues the sixth-century adventures of John the Eunuch in the bustling, intrigue-filled city of Constantinople. The authors successfully create a setting in which Christianity, now the dominant religion under Emperor
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Mary Reed and Eric Mayer. Poisoned Pen, $26.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4642-0408-1
Reed and Mayer’s solid 11th John the Chamberlain mystery (after 2014’s Ten for Dying) finds the sixth-century sleuth no longer serving Emperor Justinian. Now living in exile from Constantinople on his family’s estate near Megara, Greece, John is...
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Mary Reed and Eric Mayer. Poisoned Pen, $26.95 (266p) ISBN 978-1-4642-1065-5
Reed and Mayer’s outstanding 12th whodunit set in the sixth century CE (after 2015’s Murder in Megara) takes John the Eunuch, a worshipper of the sun god Mithra and former
lord chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, from Greece, where he has been in...
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Mary Reed, Author, Eric Mayer, Author . Poisoned Pen $24.95 (296p) ISBN 978-1-59058-489-7
In Reed and Mayer’s engrossing seventh mystery set in sixth-century Constantinople (after 2005’s Six for Gold
), John, lord chamberlain to the emperor Justinian, has taken to sharing his thoughts with a young girl, whom he’s named...
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