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The Last Child

Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books
Winner of the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Novel John Hart’s New York Times bestselling debut, The King of Lies, announced the arrival of a major talent. With...
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Cloudland

Minotaur Books
A stunning literary thriller set in rural Vermont from the much praised author of Nightswimmer and Clara's HeartOnce a major reporter for a national newspaper,...
  
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A Teeny Bit of Trouble

Minotaur Books
In this hilarious follow-up to GONE WITH A HANDSOMER MAN, Charleston pastry chef Teeny Templeton witnesses a murder and discovers that her laywer-boyfriend,...
  
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Gone with a Handsomer Man

Minotaur Books
“Gone with a Handsomer Man is fun, funny, and fabulous!”---Janet Evanovich Take one out-of-work pastry chef . . . Teeny Templeton believes that her life is...
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The Judgment of Caesar
A Novel of Ancient Rome
Novels of Ancient Rome

Minotaur Books
Gordianus the Finder and his ailing wife Bethesda travel to Egypt - Bethesda's homeland - seeking a cure for her enduring, mysterious illness. They arrive as...
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The Ionia Sanction

Minotaur Books
"Corby has not only made Greek history accessible—he’s made it first-rate entertainment.” --Kelli Stanley, award-winning author of Nox Dormienda and City of...
  
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Breaking Point

Minotaur Books
"Haynes is a gifted writer who grabs you on page one and doesn't let you go until the final page." -- Nelson DeMille Three NTSB experts - people brought in...
  
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The Devil's Ribbon
A Hatton and Roumande Mystery

Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books
A trail of beribboned murders. A ticking bomb. A city about to explode. July, 1858: London swelters under the oppressive heat of the hottest summer on...
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The Lost Women of Lost Lake
Jane Lawless Mysteries

Minotaur Books
Restaurateur and part-time P.I. Jane Lawless is taking some much-needed time off at her family’s lodge when her best friend, Cordelia, arrives with news that...
  
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The Man with the Baltic Stare
An Inspector O Novel
Inspector O Novels

Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books
The mysterious Inspector O is once again drawn into a web of concessions and cover-ups in the newest mystery from critically acclaimed author James...

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Roman Blood
A Novel of Ancient Rome
Novels of Ancient Rome

Minotaur Books
In the unseasonable heat of a spring morning in 80 B.C., Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero, a young advocate staking his reputation on a...
  
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The Iron Hand of Mars
A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery
Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries

Minotaur Books
When Germanic troops in the service of the Empire begin to rebel, and a Roman general disappears, Emperor Vespasian turns to the one man he can trust: Marcus...
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The Council of the Cursed
Mysteries of Ancient Ireland featuring Sister Fidelma of Cashel

Minotaur Books
In A.D. 670 Fidelma of Cashel is asked to act as an advisor to the Irish delegation to a hostile church council. In an abbey in Burgundy, Bishop Leodegar...
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Red Mandarin Dress
An Inspector Chen Novel
Inspector Chen Cao

Minotaur Books
A serial killer is stalking the young women of Shanghai. The killer’s calling card is to leave the victims’ bodies in well trafficked locations, each of them...
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The House of the Vestals
The Investigations of Gordianus the Finder
Novels of Ancient Rome

Minotaur Books
The first of Saylor's short story collections featuring Gordianus the Finder
  
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Arms of Nemesis
A Novel of Ancient Rome
Novels of Ancient Rome

Minotaur Books
The hideously disfigured body was found in the atrium. The only clues are a blood-soaked cloak, and, carved into the stone at the corpse's feet, the word...
  
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Catilina's Riddle
A Novel of Ancient Rome
Novels of Ancient Rome

Minotaur Books
"Saylor rivals Robert Graves in his knack for making the classical world come alive." --(ortland) Oregonian "Engrossing...Ironic and satisfying." -- San...
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Last Seen in Massilia
A Novel of Ancient Rome
Novels of Ancient Rome

Minotaur Books
In the city of Massilia (modern-day Marseille), on the coast of Southern Gaul, Gordianus the Finder's beloved son Meto has disappeared--branded as a traitor to...
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Venus in Copper
A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery
Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries

Minotaur Books
Rome, AD 71. Marcus Didius Falco is deperate to leave the notorious Lautumiae prison - though being bailed out by his mother is a slight indignity... ...
  
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Dancing with Demons
A Mystery of Ancient Ireland
Mysteries of Ancient Ireland featuring Sister Fidelma of Cashel

Minotaur Books
In the late 7th Century, the High King of Ireland is killed at night in the middle of his compound. Who killed him is not in question - there are...
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A Prayer for the Damned
A Mystery of Ancient Ireland
Mysteries of Ancient Ireland featuring Sister Fidelma of Cashel

Minotaur Books
In 668, Sister Fidelma – sister to the King of Muman – is set to enter a permanent marriage with her companion Eadulf, with whom she has a son. But the...
  
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The Bones of Avalon

Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books
A country divided. A newly crowned, desperately vulnerable young queen. Can one man uncover the secret that will save her throne? It is 1560, and Elizabeth...
  
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The Pericles Commission

Minotaur Books
Nicolaos walks the mean streets of Classical Athens as an agent for the promising young politician Pericles. His mission is to find the assassin of the...
  
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Rubicon
A Novel of Ancient Rome
Novels of Ancient Rome

Minotaur Books
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...