In this new collection twenty-two writers take up their pens to give an enthralling picture of classical crime. Favourite historical detectives Gordianus the Finder, Decius Metellus and Sister Fidelma rub shoulders with eminent temporary sleuths such as Socrates and that honourable man Brutus, whilst other great names - Augustus, Archimedes, and even the spoilt and beautiful goddess of love, Aphrodite herself - also become enmeshed in terrible and ingenious crimes.

Contents:

• Aphrodite’s Trojan Horse by Amy Myers
• Investigating the Silvius Boys by Lindsey Davis
• The Gateway to Death by Brèni James
• Death of the King by Theodore Mathieson
• The Favour of a Tyrant by Keith Taylor
• The White Fawn by Steven Saylor
• The Statuette of Rhodes by John Maddox Roberts
• The Things That Are Caesar’s by Edward D. Hoch
• Murderer, Farewell by Ron Burns
• A Pomegranate for Pluto by Claire Griffen
• The Gardens of Tantalus by Brian Stableford
• A Green Boy by Anthony Price
• Mosaic by Rosemary Aitken
• The Brother in the Tree by Keith Heller
• The Ass’s Head by Phyllis Ann Karr
• The Nest of Evil by Wallace Nichols
• In This Sign, Conquer by Gail-Nina Anderson and Simon Clark
• Last Things by Darrell Schweitzer
• Beauty More Stealthy by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer
• The Poisoned Chalice by Peter Tremayne