Book Review: Steven Saylor’s A Mist of Prophecies
It’s a hotbed of intrigues as Pompey and Julius Caesar fight for control of the Republic, and a young seeress staggers then dies in the arms of Gordianus.
It’s a hotbed of intrigues as Pompey and Julius Caesar fight for control of the Republic, and a young seeress staggers then dies in the arms of Gordianus.
It’s a bloody civil war with Pompey fighting with the city of Massilia against Julius Caesar. Worse Gordianus the Finder is searching for his supposed traitor son, Meto.
There’s panic in Rome as Caesar marches on the city, and Gordianus the Finder discovers the body of Pompey’s favorite cousin. He must find the murderer or Pompey will kill his son-in-law.
The happily retired Armand Gamache has found peace. One that’s disturbed when Clara fears for her artist husband, Peter, who hasn’t come home. He’d promised…
Hostile forces are lining up against Chief Inspector Armand Gamache in Quebec, and he must save the reputation of the Sûreté, those he holds dear, and himself?
World-famous for their voices, the cloistered monks who have taken a vow of silence experience murder amongst their own, and Gamache must face his demons and those of others.
…what it takes to be a great author. To be willing to sabotage a sweet character’s triumph, a woman who “paints dear life”. To create a character so vicious and evil!
Fidelma and Brother Eadulf must discover who was behind the attempted assassination attempt of King Colgú. Was it their arch enemies? Evil secrets at an abbey?
Family secrets are revealed…and murdered with emus on the loose.
A murderous quest that spans 400 years threatens to ignite long-smouldering tensions between the English and the French. Complicating matters is Olivier’s recent conviction for murder.