Fiction Set in Ancient Rome - Detective Fiction

Detective Fiction

  • The Roma Sub Rosa series (1991–2012) by Steven Saylor, starts with Roman Blood (1991); the books cover the period 92 BC to 46 BC.
  • The Marcus Didius Falco series by Lindsey Davis, starts with The Silver Pigs; set in the reign of Vespasian.
  • The SPQR series by John Maddox Roberts.
  • The I, Claudia series of novels by Marilyn Todd featuring her picaresque heroine Claudia Seferius
  • The Publius Aurelius series by Danila Comastri Montanari
  • The Marcus Corvinus series by David Wishart
  • Roman Justice: SPQR: Too Roman To Handle, by Anne Hart
  • The Roman Mysteries young adults' detective/drama series by Caroline Lawrence
  • The Caius Trilogy by German author Henry Winterfeld: Caius ist ein Dummkopf (Caius is an Idiot); Caius geht ein Licht auf (Caius has an Inspiration), and Caius in der Klemme (Caius in a Fix). The first part was published in English with the alternate title Detectives in Togas. The second was published in English with the alternate title Mystery of the Roman Ransom.
  • The Third Princess: A Septimus Severus Quistus Roman Mystery by Philip Boast
  • Rubies of the Viper (2010) by Martha Marks. A Roman woman sets out to uncover the identity of her brother's murderer.

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