Historical Whodunits - hard cover reprint

edited by Mike Ashley

Barnes & Noble hardbound reprint of a collection of twenty-three writers of historical crime, which was purchased specifically for the following authors' contributions:

"Mightier Than The Sword", by John Maddox Roberts; page 28. Decius Metellus, the protagonist of Roberts' "SPQR" is serving as a plebian aedile and trying to stay out of trouble. The three triumvirs are away from Rome, and the gangs of Clodius and Milo are rioting in the streets ... Decius stumbles upon a murder ...

"A Byzantine Mystery", by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer; page 99. A John the Eunuch story, before any of the hard bound novels were published. John is Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor Justinian.