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New Cretan Mysteries!!Announcing my own first fiction -
set in 15th Century B.C. Crete, the Minoan Priestess Kitane must navigate the Labyrinth of Knossos to uncover a killer, in this short story.

"Bitter Honey," published online in March 2008
by Orchard Press Mysteries

 

 

Tomb of Zeus
by Barbara Cleverly

The debut novel featuring a new heroine from the author of the Joe Sandilands Mysteries. Laetitia "Letty" Talbot is a a neophyte archeologist in 1920s Crete, who's been assigned to locate and excavate the fabled Tomb of Zeus. But Letty uncovers a modern Greek tragedy when an untimely death opens a Pandora's box of secrets.
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 Death Comes by Amphora
by Roger Hudson

An unlikely detective team takes center stage in this new mystery novel. Eighteen-year-old Lysanias and his elderly slave Sindron must navigate the political turmoil of 461 B.C. Athens in order to uncover a murderer.
read more, including The S&S book review...

 

 The author talks with us about
researching & writing ancient Athens

 
Read The New Interview Here!

 

Blind Eye
by Marilyn Todd

An exciting new series set in Ancient Greece from the creator of I, Claudia's Claudia Seferius.
The heroine this time is High Priestess Iliona of Sparta.
read more...

Marilyn generously spent some time discussing
her new series with The Sibyl & Sleuth:
Read Interview Here!

 

Historical Mystery Resources -

  Historical Mystery Stories Online! links to free (and some 49¢) mysteries, including a few exclusives you won't find anywhere else.

 

Ancient Greece in Fiction

Ancient Egypt in Mysteries - by Noreen Doyle

Clues Unlimited - independent mystery bookstore in Tucson, Arizona

Crime Thru Time - discussion list, timelines, book club and more

Criminal History - website for fans of historical crime fiction

The Detective & the Toga - by Richard M. Heli, historical mysteries of
    Ancient Rome

Historical Detectives by Renée Vink

Historical Mystery Fiction by N. S. Hurt (a.k.a. "Brer Fox")

Historical Mystery Fiction by Gaslight Books of Australia

Mystery Lists by Topic - collection of mystery booklists on the web

Mystery Short Fiction - by William Contento, an index to mystery 
    magazines & anthologies

The Poisoned Pen - independent mystery bookstore in Phoenix, Arizona

Music to read to:


Mists of Avalon: music rooted in ages past

  


Radio Rivendell:
the Fantasy Music Station

 

Radio Rivendell & Waerloga Records asked me to co-write a fantasy story to accompany their
new CD, released April 2008:
The Book of War.
Buy it here!

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