Fictional detectives often interact across a wide spectrum of society, from Emperors to Vagabonds, so a good crime novel can give a more interesting and memorable insight into History or Geography than the lives of Kings and Queens, or guidebooks.
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Three hands in the fountain by Lindsey Davis
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First-century Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco seeks a serial killer who keeps leaving the body parts of his murdered victims …
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See Delphi and die by Lindsey Davis
When Falco and Helena hear that a young girl and a newly married woman have been murdered at Olympia, they …
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The beast in the red forest by Sam Eastland
A soldier returns from the frontline of battle to report that Inspector Pekkala's charred body has been found at the …
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In the midst of the fighting, two Russian soldiers seek refuge in the crypt of a German church. There, clutched …
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April, 1945. East of Berlin, the Red Army stands poised to unleash its final assault upon the ruined capital of …
