Books like 'Written in Bones: How Human Remains Unlock the Secrets of the Dead'
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Между строк by Boris Akunin
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsВторой том переносит нас в Японию, 1878 года: ниндзя, гейши, самураи... Это история любви молодого дипломата Эраста Фандорина и роковой красавицы-ниндзя О-Юми, любви, изменившей всю его жизнь и напомнившей ему о себе через многие годы... -
![The Stone Chamber by Kate Ellis]()
The Stone Chamber by Kate Ellis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe brand new mystery in the bestselling DI Wesley Peterson crime series!'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times __________________On a summer evening, Robert and Greta Gerdner are shot dead at their home in the Devon countryside... -
![Nor Will He Sleep: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 4 by David Ashton]()
Nor Will He Sleep: An Inspector McLevy Mystery 4 by David Ashton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBASED ON THE LONG-RUNNING BBC RADIO 4 McLEVY DRAMA SERIES ...WHILE THE STREETS OF LONDON HAD SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE DARK ALLEYS OF EDINBURGH HAD INSPECTOR JAMES McLEVY ELEGANT AND CONVINCING' The Times | 'ASHTON IS THE DIRECT HEIR TO ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON' Brian Cox | 'EXCELLENT' The Sherlock Holmes Society | 'DRIPPING WITH MELODRAMA AND DERRING-DO' Herald 1887... -
![Barriers to Entry by Ariel Lawhon]()
Barriers to Entry by Ariel Lawhon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn inquisitive woman defies expectations to become the mother of forensic science in this absorbing short story by New York Times bestselling author Ariel Lawhon.You will have ninety minutes to solve the murder. A startling declaration by a new Harvard instructor: sixty-seven-year-old Frances Glessner Lee. It’s 1945...Categorized as:
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![Food for the Fishes by David Wishart]()
Food for the Fishes by David Wishart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Licinius Murena, wealthy fish-farm owner, is found dead, not many tears are shed. Certainly not by Trebbio, who had just been booted out of his cottage by the landowner, nor by his widow, daugher, or farm manager. With friends like these, who needs enemies? Marcus Corvinus is the man to find out, with the help, of course, of his clever wife, Perilla...Categorized as:
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![The Chariots of Calyx by Rosemary Rowe]()
The Chariots of Calyx by Rosemary Rowe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibertus is in Londinium, at the invitation of the Roman Governor, when news arrives of the brutal murder of Caius Monnius, the city's chief corn-officer. Still reeling from the shock of catching sight of the wife he lost to slavery 20 years earlier, only to lose her again, the ever-inquisitive Libertus is, for once, uninterested in unmasking the murderer... -
![A Roman Ransom by Rosemary Rowe]()
A Roman Ransom by Rosemary Rowe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGlevum, AD 188. Lying in his sick bed, weak and disoriented, Libertus is strictly forbidden visitors. But when Marcus Septimus forces his way in, desperate to speak to the pavement-maker, Libertus knows that something is seriously wrong. Marcus's beloved wife Julia and their baby son have disappeared without a trace... -
![Prima Facie by Ruth Downie]()
Prima Facie by Ruth Downie
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA novella from the author of bestseller Medicus, featuring reluctant investigator Ruso and his partner Tilla. A tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal in Roman Gaul. It's AD 123 and the sun is shining on southern Gaul. Ex-military medic Ruso and his British wife Tilla are back after a long absence - but it's not the reunion anyone had hoped for...Categorized as:
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![The Assassins of Isis by Paul Doherty, P.C. Doherty]()
The Assassins of Isis by Paul Doherty, P.C. Doherty
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe mysterious Sebaus--a sect taking its name from demons--has stolen a powerful secret, and the wrath of the fiery Hatusu knows no bounds. But when the empire's great military hero, General Suten, is bitten to death by vipers, it appears events have spiraled out of her control.Meanwhile, a dark shadow lies across the Temple of Isis... -
![The Abbot's Agreement by Melvin R. Starr]()
The Abbot's Agreement by Melvin R. Starr
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy life would have been more tranquil in the days after Martinmas had I not seen the crows. Whatever it was that the crows had found lay in the dappled shadow of the bare limbs of the oak, so I was nearly upon the thing before I recognized what the crows were feasting upon. The corpse wore black... -
![The River God's Vengeance by John Maddox Roberts]()
The River God's Vengeance by John Maddox Roberts
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe would rise up as savior of the State, but Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger already has a lot on his mind. In the year of his aedileship, Decius is expected to stage elaborate and expensive games out of his own pocket... -
![A Point of Law by John Maddox Roberts]()
A Point of Law by John Maddox Roberts
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDecius Caecilius Metellus is moving up in the world. He's won some money and glory fighting pirates in the Mediterranean and expects a speedy election to the office of praetor.That all changes when a man he's never seen before publicly accuses him of corruption. Decius and his powerful family of Rome's leading politicians scramble to prepare a defense...Categorized as:
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![Rubicon by Steven Saylor]()
Rubicon by Steven Saylor
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs Caesar marches on Rome and panic erupts in the city, Gordianus the Finder discovers, in his own home, the body of Pompey's favorite cousin. Before fleeing the city, Pompey exacts a terrible bargain from the finder of secrets-to unearth the killer, or sacrifice his own son-in-law to service in Pompey's legions, and certain death...Categorized as:
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![Last Seen in Massilia by Steven Saylor]()
Last Seen in Massilia by Steven Saylor
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this mystery set in Marseilles in 49 B.C., master detective Gordianus the Finder is on a personal quest to learn the truth about his missing son, Meto. Plunged into the midst of the bloody Roman civil war, the well-connected Gordianus and his son-in-law Davus survive adventure after adventure as they penetrate the Gaulic city Massilia, which is walled against Roman invasion...Categorized as:
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![Cut to the Bone: A Body Farm Novel by Jefferson Bass]()
Cut to the Bone: A Body Farm Novel by Jefferson Bass
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this long-awaited prequel to his New York Times bestselling series, Jefferson Bass turns the clock back to reveal the Body Farm's creationand Dr... -
![Extrañas by Guillermo Arriaga]()
Extrañas by Guillermo Arriaga
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsInglaterra, 1781. William Burton, un joven noble, afronta un encuentro cuya intensidad marcará y cambiará su vida. Resuelto, se embarca en una aventura donde conocerá a los genios de la época, de quienes absorberá cuantos conocimientos y experiencias ponen a su alcance para encarar situaciones extremas... -
![The Judgment of Caesar by Steven Saylor]()
The Judgment of Caesar by Steven Saylor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is 48 B.C. For years now, the rival Roman generals Caesar and Pompey have engaged in a contest for world domination. Both now turn to Egypt, where Pompey plans a last desperate stand on the banks of the Nile, while Caesar's legendary encounter with queen Cleopatra will spark a romance that reverberates down the centuries...Categorized as:
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![A Famine of Horses by P.F. Chisholm, Patricia Finney]()
A Famine of Horses by P.F. Chisholm, Patricia Finney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the year 1592, Sir Robert Carey comes north to Carlisle to take up his new post. He has wangled his appointment to be nearer his true love. And of course, he can use the money....Rich in atmosphere and packed with vivid real and fictional characters, few novels are as well imagined or as much fun as this romp through roguish courtiers, rival gangs, rustling, treason, and high ambition... -
![Murder in Grub Street by Bruce Alexander]()
Murder in Grub Street by Bruce Alexander
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe crime appeared as easily solved as it was wicked. A Grub Street printer, his family, and two apprentices brutally murdered in their sleep. A locked building. And at the scene, a raving mad poet brandishing a bloody axe. Surely the culprit had been found, and justice would be swift and severe. But to Sir John Fielding, justice was more than finding a culprit-it was finding the truth... -
![Judge Dee At Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories by Robert van Gulik]()
Judge Dee At Work: Eight Chinese Detective Stories by Robert van Gulik
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe intriguing master detective of ancient China tackles a variety of crimes in these short stories, from a brutal murder in a watchtower to a case of treachery within the Chinese armies...Categorized as:
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![The Year of Confusion by John Maddox Roberts]()
The Year of Confusion by John Maddox Roberts
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGaius Julius Caesar, now Dictator of Rome, has decided to revise the Roman calendar, which has become out of sync with the seasons. As if this weren’t already an unpopular move, Caesar has brought in astronomers and astrologers from abroad, including Egyptians, Greeks, Indians and Persians... -
![A Coin for the Ferryman by Rosemary Rowe]()
A Coin for the Ferryman by Rosemary Rowe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Roman Britain, AD 189, every slave knows his lot in life depends solely upon the morals—or lack thereof—of his master. Fortunately for one young Glevum slave, Junio, his owner believes heartily in rewarding years of loyalty and service. Libertus, a former slave turned pavement-maker, is to grant Junio his freedom in an elaborate ceremony at the Basilica Law Court... -
![A Mist of Prophecies by Steven Saylor]()
A Mist of Prophecies by Steven Saylor
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the year 48 B.C., Rome is in the midst of civil war. As Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar fight for control of the Republic, Rome itself becomes a hotbed of intrigue, riven by espionage, greedy profiteering, and bitter betrayals...Against this background a beautiful young seeress staggers across the Roman marketplace and dies in the arms of Gordianus the Finder... -
![The Triumph of Caesar by Steven Saylor]()
The Triumph of Caesar by Steven Saylor
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTriumph of Caesar, The: A Novel of Ancient Rome, by Saylor,...Categorized as:
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![A Moorland Hanging by Michael Jecks]()
A Moorland Hanging by Michael Jecks
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe Knights Templar They had all joined taking three vows: poverty, chastity, and obedience...for they were monks: warrior monks, dedicated to the protection of pilgrims in the Holy Land -- until stories spread by anavaricious king who wanted their wealth for his own destroyed the order. There was one knight, however, who escaped the stake, vowing justiceas he watched his innocent brothers die... -
![The Germanicus Mosaic by Rosemary Rowe]()
The Germanicus Mosaic by Rosemary Rowe
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt is the 2nd century A.D., and Libertus, a freedman and pavement-maker, has a reputation for solving crime. When his influential patron asks for his help in a politically-sensitive murder case, Libertus is in no position to refuse. When the main suspect is also found murdered, the truth seems elusive... -
![Secrets in the Stones by Tessa Harris, Simon Vance]()
Secrets in the Stones by Tessa Harris, Simon Vance
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWithin the mysteries of the body, especially those who have been murdered, 18th-century anatomist Dr. Thomas Silkstone specializes in uncovering the tell-tale clues that lead towards justice. . . -
![Egypt: the Book of Chaos by Nick Drake]()
Egypt: the Book of Chaos by Nick Drake
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe future of Egypt lies in the hands of the Medjay's chief-detective Rahotep in the final, gripping installment of Nick Drake's acclaimed Ancient Egyptian trilogy... -
![Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing by Linda S. Robinson]()
Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing by Linda S. Robinson
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFoul play once again stalks the court of King Tut in the third historical whodunit featuring ancient Egyptian sleuth Lord Meren. When the murder of his beautiful cousin-in-law shatters Lord Meren's homecoming celebration, the man who is "the Eyes and Ears of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun" plunges into a shocking mystery that could threaten his most crucial mission for the boy king... -
![La fila india by Antonio Ortuño]()
La fila india by Antonio Ortuño
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn order to repatriate the victims of a massacre, a young officer is sent to a lost village in the southeast of Mexico. Her first moving there with her seven-year-old daughter. The second opening her house to a survivor. The arguing that a criminal group is against Central American migrants. And trying to resolve the simple question of why no one seems to care... -
![Rosemary for Remembrance by Felicity Pulman]()
Rosemary for Remembrance by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first in an exciting new crime series for those who love history, mystery, intrigue, and a dash of romance When Janna is saved from a wild boar by the villain Godric, she's not sure whether to kiss him or slap him, as the last thing she needs is a beau. Janna wants the freedom to follow her dreams, and a marriage proposal isn't in her plans... -
![The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits by Mike Ashley, Elizabeth Peters]()
The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits by Mike Ashley, Elizabeth Peters
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Cleopatra and Herodotus to Howard Carter and the Curse of the Pharaohs, the investigators in The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnits uncover the murder mysteries of Ancient Egypt in over two dozen stories...Categorized as:
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![The Ionia Sanction by Gary Corby]()
The Ionia Sanction by Gary Corby
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe case takes Nico, in the company of a beautiful slave girl, to the land of Ionia within the Persian Empire. The Persians will execute him on the spot if they think he's a spy. Beyond that, there are only a few minor problems:He's being chased by brigands who are only waiting for the right price before they kill him...Categorized as:
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![The Damascened Blade by Barbara Cleverly]()
The Damascened Blade by Barbara Cleverly
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the northwest frontier 1910, the screams of a wounded British officer abandoned at the bottom of a dark ravine are heard by a young Scottish subaltern. Ignoring the command to retreat to base the Highlander sets out alone, with dagger in hand, to rescue his fellow officer from the Pathan tribesman who is slowly torturing him to death...Categorized as:
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![Fortune Like the Moon by Alys Clare]()
Fortune Like the Moon by Alys Clare
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIN A SACRED PLACE, UNHOLY PASSIONS LEAD TO MURDER....Sunlight shone on the dark crimson blood, making it shine like a jewel....thus the body of Gunnora, a young nun from Hawkenlye Abbey, is found with her throat cut. Felons have been released from English prisons at the command of the new king, Richard Plantagenet, and suspicion centers on them... -
![The Dervish Gate by Ahmet Ümit]()
The Dervish Gate by Ahmet Ümit
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Dervish Gate is more than just a thriller, it is a book of secrets. The secret of a passion spanning over seven centuries: a flame first lit between Jelalledin Rumi and Shams of Tabriz.The secret behind a seven hundred year old crime: the murder of Shams of Tabriz... -
![The Bone Chamber by Robin Burcell]()
The Bone Chamber by Robin Burcell
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSpecial Agent Sydney Fitzpatrick, forensic artist to the FBI, returns to Quantico to help identify a brutally murdered young woman. But when Sydney’s friend and colleague, the forensic anthropologist who assisted her, is killed in a hit-and-run, a covert government team takes over the investigation, and Sydney is suddenly removed from the case... -
![When Pera Trees Whisper by Ahmet Ümit]()
When Pera Trees Whisper by Ahmet Ümit
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the fast-paced novel When Pera Trees Whisper, the Gezi Park Resistance plays an important part in the story, taking readers to the legendary places in Istanbul that had a dramatic role in this massive uprising in Turkey’s very recent history.Darkness…Darkness made much heavier by the cold. From a distance, songs reach his ear, the jovial shrieks of women, exaggerated drunken wails... -
![The Inquisitor's Key by Jefferson Bass]()
The Inquisitor's Key by Jefferson Bass
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe most riveting and ambitious novel to date in Jefferson Bass’ New York Times bestselling Body Farm mystery series, The Inquisitor’s Key takes forensic investigator Dr. Bill Brockton to Avignon, France, and embroils him in a deadly religious mystery that could shake the Vatican itself to its very foundations...Categorized as:
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![En sax i hjärtat by Marie Bengts]()
En sax i hjärtat by Marie Bengts
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsÅret är 1957. Sömmerskan Hannah Lönn har rest till Eneby i Småland för att ta hand om sin faster Lilly som stukat foten, men sommaridyllen skakas snart av ett mord. En av medlemmarna i byns syjunta hittas mördad med en sax i bröstet...
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