Цикл книг «Roma Sub Rosa» — 13 книг

Действие романа происходит в Риме времен диктатуры Суллы. Гордиан по прозвищу Сыщик соглашается помочь молодому адвокату Цицерону распутать одно темное дело об убийстве... и оказывается в самой гуще кровавой драмы, развязку которой невозможно предугадать даже этому хитроумному римскому Шерлоку Холмсу. Любовный сюжет и остроумный слог делают чтение этого психологического детектива незабываемым.

Действие романа происходит в Риме времен диктатуры Суллы. Гордиан по прозвищу Сыщик соглашается помочь молодому адвокату Цицерону распутать одно темное дело об убийстве... и…

72 год до нашей эры. Восстание Спартака охватило юг Италии, угрожая жителям Рима. Убит управляющий огромной виллой. Таинственный клиент срочно вызывает сыщика Гордиана. Все улики указывают на двух рабов, как считают, убежавших к Спартаку. Владелец виллы - Марк Красе, самый богатый человек в Риме. Красе решается применить старинный римский закон: в случае убийства рабом его господина должны умереть все рабы этого дома. И вот через три дня, в день похорон, девяносто девять рабов будут убиты на арене. Красе обращался к Сенату с просьбой доверить ему военное командование в войне со Спартаком. Теперь, приговаривая к самому тяжелому из возможных наказаний оставшихся рабов, он превращает политическую неудачу в политический переворот. Разгадка убийства гораздо сложнее, чем кажется на первый взгляд. Поиски правды ведут Гордиана по невероятному пути - от адского спуска к рабам-гребцам на римской галере до визита к прорицательнице Сивилле и на страшный бой гладиаторов. По мере приближения часа убийства рабов Гордиан обнаруживает все больше многочисленных, но противоречивых улик. Продвигаясь к разгадке, Гордиан понимает, что правда может повлечь за собой и его собственную гибель.

72 год до нашей эры. Восстание Спартака охватило юг Италии, угрожая жителям Рима. Убит управляющий огромной виллой. Таинственный клиент срочно вызывает сыщика Гордиана. Все улики…

63 год до нашей эры. Сбывается заветная мечта Гордиана Сыщика - он бросает коррумпированный Рим и уезжает из города вместе со своей семьей в поместье.
В то же самое время давнишний покровитель Гордиана Цицерон тоже достиг своей цели — стал консулом. Цицерон просит Гордиана проследить за действиями сенатора Катилины, подозреваемом в антигосударственном заговоре. Невольно Гордиан оказывается вовлеченным в сеть обманов и интриг, не подозревая об опасностях, угрожающих ему и его близким, и даже начинает сомневаться, на чьей стороне он находится.
Неожиданно обнаруженный в поместье Гордиана обезглавленный труп усложняет ситуацию. Сыщик сталкивается с самой зловещей загадкой в своей работе.
Эпическая по размаху, злободневная по описанию политических интриг, блестящая по разработке сюжета, «Загадка Катилины» увлекательно рисует разные стороны античной жизни — от обманчивого спокойствия деревни до хаоса выборов в Риме.

63 год до нашей эры. Сбывается заветная мечта Гордиана Сыщика - он бросает коррумпированный Рим и уезжает из города вместе со своей семьей в поместье.
В то же самое время…

56 год до нашей эры. Практически весь Восток находится под властью Рима. Только Египет еще остается независимым. Но римское общество охвачено разложением. Власть имущие заняты политическими интригами, бесконечными судебными дрязгами, не останавливаются перед физическим устранением противника. Боясь стать следующей жертвой, египетский посол Дион обращается за помощью к своему старому другу Гордиану. Расследование приводит сыщика в круг таких людей, как известная красавица Клодия, поэт Катулл, евнух жрец Тригонион, политик Цицерон - все они участники смертельной игры. Отравление и предательство встают на пути Гордиана, пока события стремительно приближаются к разгадке преступления на одном из самых знаменитых в истории судебном процессе. Но даже после вынесения приговора не все тайны остаются раскрытыми.

56 год до нашей эры. Практически весь Восток находится под властью Рима. Только Египет еще остается независимым. Но римское общество охвачено разложением. Власть имущие заняты…

This is the fifth in Steven Saylor's "Roma Sub Rosa" series—murder mysteries set in classical Rome just before the fall of the Roman Republic (1st century BCE). Once again, Saylor's sleuth Gordianus the Finder is hired by the rich and infamous of Roman society to solve their personal and political troubles.This time the powerful politician Publius Clodius is murdered (53 BCE) on the Appian Way (a major road leading south from Rome), and as riots break out in Rome at the news of his death, the fate of the Republic is in doubt. All of the major political figures of the time are involved: Pompey (the great), Julius Caesar, Milo, and Cicero, plus any number of lesser figures. Surrounded by intrigue and beset with problems, Gordianus seeks out the unpalatable truth behind this death, and uncovers a complex and dangerous sequence of events.

This is the fifth in Steven Saylor's "Roma Sub Rosa" series—murder mysteries set in classical Rome just before the fall of the Roman Republic (1st century BCE). Once again,…

It is Ancient Rome, and Gordianus the Finder has a knack for finding trouble. Known to many as the one man in the ancient world who can both keep a secret and uncover one, Gordianus lays bare some of his most intriguing and compelling adventures.
The House of the Vestals collects nine of the award-winning stories of Gordianus the Finder by critically acclaimed, bestselling author Steven Saylor. Filling in some of the gaps between novels, this delightful collection of unique and unforgetable mysteries is Saylor at his finest - revealing the intrigues in the secret history of Rome.

It is Ancient Rome, and Gordianus the Finder has a knack for finding trouble. Known to many as the one man in the ancient world who can both keep a secret and uncover one,…

As 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. Amid the city's sordid underbelly, Gordianus learns that the murdered man was a dangerous spy. Now, as he follows a trail of intrigue, betrayal, and ferocious battles on land and sea, the Finder is caught between the chaos of war and the terrible truth he must finally reveal.

As 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…

In 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.

From the first pages, author Steven Saylor is on sure ground with his distinguished protagonist. Gordianus's careful, thoughtful musings are infused with real pathos as he seeks out information about his son whom, he has been informed, is dead. There is some speculation that Meto betrayed Caesar and that death was his punishment. Lacking a corpse, Gordianus cannot bring himself to believe that Meto is really dead.

Indeed, bonds between fathers and children—their betrayals, promises, and legacies—play a key role in the twisting plot of Last Seen in Massilia. Literally the title refers to Meto, but the motif extends to other key characters as well. Apollonides, the imperious ruler of Massilia, has a peculiar bond with his horribly deformed daughter. The city's "scapegoat", Hieronymus, lives out the legacy of his parents' illegal double suicide by being the human repositor of Massilia's collective sins. He is expected to hurl himself from Sacrifice Rock to appease vengeful gods.

Sacrifice Rock is central to the book, the site of a tussle between man and woman that ends, provocatively, in the woman's death. Was it suicide or murder? The three witnesses—Gordianus, Davus, and Hieronymus—are sharply divided on exactly what they saw. Gordianus pursues the truth of this mystery almost as a diversion from the more compelling mystery of his son's disappearance

In 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…

In 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. Possibly mad and claiming no memory of her past, Cassandra—like her Trojan namesake—was reputed to possess the gift of prophecy. For such a gift there are many in Rome who would pay handsomely—or resort to murder.

Obsessed with Cassandra and her mystery, Gordianus begins to investigate her murder. As he gradually peels away the veils of secrecy that surround Cassandra's life and death, he discovers a web of conspiracy linking many of the city's most ruthless and powerful women. Now Gordianus's pursuit of the truth not only endangers his own life, but could change the future of Rome itself.

In 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…

It 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. But Egypt is a treacherous land, torn apart by the murderous rivalry between the goddess-queen and her brother King Ptolemy.

Into this hot-house atmosphere of intrigue and deception comes Gordianus the Finder, innocently seeking a cure for his wife Bethesda in the sacred waters of the Nile. But when his plans go awry, he finds himself engaged in an even more desperate pursuit - to prove the innocence of the son he once disowned, who stands accused of murder.

The judgment of Caesar will determine the fate of Gordianus's son; the choice Caesar makes between Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy will determine the future of Rome's empire. At the center of these two dilemmas, Gordianus becomes the unwitting fulcrum that will shift the balance of history. Witness to the death throes of the old world, he is to play a critical role in the birth of the world to come.

Drawing scrupulously on historical sources, this is the most ambitious novel yet in Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series. Saylor presents a bold new vision of Caesar and paints a compelling and original portrait of Cleopatra, amid bloodshed, battles and storms, in a setting of Egyptian magic and mystery.

It 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…

Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series of novels, set in the later Roman Republic and featuring Gordianus the Finder, has garnered unusual acclaim from readers and reviewers alike, establishing him as one of the pre-eminent historical mystery writers. In A Gladiator Dies Only Once, the second collection of his award-winning stories featuring Gordianus, Saylor more than meets his own high standards. Set between the events of his novels Roman Blood and Catilina's Riddle, these previously untold adventures from the early career of Gordianus - when his adopted son, Eco, was still a mute boy and his wife, Bethesda, was but his slave - will delight Saylor's many fans while illuminating details of the ancient world like no other writer can.

Steven Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa series of novels, set in the later Roman Republic and featuring Gordianus the Finder, has garnered unusual acclaim from readers and reviewers alike,…

Triumph of Caesar, The: A Novel of Ancient Rome, by Saylor, Steven

In The Throne of Caesar, award-winning mystery author Steven Saylor turns to the most famous murder in history: It’s Rome, 44 AD, and the Ides of March are approaching.

Julius Caesar has been appointed dictator for life by the Roman Senate. Having pardoned his remaining enemies and rewarded his friends, Caesar is now preparing to leave Rome with his army to fight the Parthian Empire.

Gordianus the Finder, after decades of investigating crimes and murders involving the powerful, has set aside enough that he’s been raised to the Equestrian rank and has firmly and finally retired. On the morning of March 10th, though, he’s first summoned to meet with Cicero and then with Caesar himself. Both have the same request of Gordianus―keep your ear to the ground, ask around, and find out if there are any conspiracies against Caesar’s life. Caesar, however, has one other important matter to discuss. Gordianus’s adopted son Meto has long been one of Caesar’s closest confidants. To honor Meto, Caesar is going to make his father Gordianus a Senator when he attends the next session on the 15th of March.

With only four days left before he’s made a Senator, Gordianus must dust off his old skills and see what conspiracy against Julius Caesar, if any, he can uncover. Because the Ides of March are approaching...

In The Throne of Caesar, award-winning mystery author Steven Saylor turns to the most famous murder in history: It’s Rome, 44 AD, and the Ides of March are approaching.

Julius…