Rosemary Rowe, Author . Headline $9.99 (271p) ISBN 978-0-7472-6519-1
British author Rowe's growing reputation as an outstanding Roman historical mystery writer, second only to Steven Saylor, will be burnished by her latest outing, featuring a tricky bit of fair play in the best tradition of golden age masters...
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Rosemary Rowe, Author . Headline $24.95 (337p) ISBN 978-0-7553-2741-6
Eight books into British author Rowe's acclaimed mystery series set in second-century Roman Britain (Enemies of the Empire
, etc.), her period detail, plotting and characterization are as strong as ever. A string of suspicious coincidences make...
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Rosemary Rowe, Author . Headline $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7553-2743-0
Rowe’s engaging ninth Roman Britain whodunit finds mosaic-maker and occasional detective Longinius Flavius Libertus in the midst of turbulent times. Libertus seizes an opportunity to free his slaves Junio and Cilla and adopt Junio as his son...
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Rosemary Rowe, Author . Severn $28.95 (213p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6698-1
A setup Agatha Christie fans would appreciate forms the framework for Rowe’s fine 10th mystery set in second-century Roman-occupied Britain (after 2007’s A Coin for the Ferryman
). Series sleuth Libertus, a mosaic maker by trade, agrees...
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Rosemary Rowe, Author . Severn $28.95 (230p) ISBN 978-0-7278-6877-0
Steven Saylor fans eager for his next Gordianus novel will find themselves satisfied in the interim with the 11th in Rowe's above average historical series set in second-century Britain (after 2009's Death at Pompeia's Wedding
)....
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Rosemary Rowe. Severn, $28.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8029-1
The strength of Rowe's 12th mystery set in second-century Britain (after 2010's Requiem for a Slave) lies more in the well-researched history than the whodunit plot. While Longinus Flavus Libertus, a pavement maker and occasional sleuth, is...
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Rosemary Rowe. Severn, $28.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8163-2
Clever plot shifts and fully realized characters distinguish Rowe’s 13th second-century Roman Britain mystery featuring pavement-maker Libertus (after 2011’s The Vestal Vanishes). Libertus’s influential, if capricious, patron, Marcus Septimus...
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Rosemary Rowe. Severn, $28.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8299-8
Rowe’s 14th whodunit set in second-century Britain (after 2012’s A Whispering of Spies) offers a surprisingly undramatic story line, given the events roiling the Roman Empire at the time. News of the death of the capricious and tyrannical emperor...
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Rosemary Rowe. Severn, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8439-8
A grim discovery during a time of great turmoil for the Roman Empire drives Rowe’s 15th whodunit, one of her best featuring pavement maker Longinus Flavius Libertus (after 2013’s Dark Omens). In 192 C.E., Marcus Septimus Aurelius, Libertus’s patron,
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Rosemary Rowe. Severn, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8591-3
The struggle for control of the Roman Empire in 193 C.E. provides the backdrop for Rowe’s engrossing 16th mystery featuring British pavement maker Libertus (after 2015’s The Fateful Day). After the murder of Helvetius Pertinax, who succeeded the...
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Rosemary Rowe. Severn, $28.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8742-9
In Rowe’s superb 17th whodunit set in second-century Roman Britain (after 2016’s The Ides of June), Libertus, a Gloucester pavement-maker with a knack for solving mysteries, is sorry to hear from his patron, Marcus Aurelius Septimus—“one of the...
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Rosemary Rowe. Severn, $28.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8890-7
Set in Roman-ruled Britain in 194 C.E., Rowe’s 18th series whodunit (after 2018’s The Price of Freedom) surpasses her own high standard. Libertus, a pavement-maker turned magistrate in Glevum (modern day Gloucester), visits the home of Josephus...
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Rosemary Rowe. Severn, $28.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8991-1
Political tensions are high in Rowe’s exceptional 19th mystery set in Roman Britain (after 2019’s A Prisoner of Privilege) after the assassination of Emperor Pertinax in 194 CE and the succession of Septimus Severus, whose wife is a powerful force...
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Rosemary Rowe. Severn, $31.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-4483-0833-0
Rowe’s brilliant 20th mystery set in second-century Britain (after 2021’s A Dreadful Destiny) stars Junio, the adopted son of previous series lead Libertus, a Celtic nobleman turned Roman citizen who’s been exiled from Glevum (modern-day Gloucester).
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