David Wishart, Author Hodder & Stoughton $24.95 (356p) ISBN 978-0-340-77129-7
In David Wishart's (I, Virgil ) latest humorous Marcus Corvinus Roman mystery, A Vote for Murder, Corvinus's uneventful visit to his stepdaughter in the rustic Alban Hills takes a deadly turn with the murder of one of two candidates running for...
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David Wishart. Severn/Creme de la Crime, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-054-6
From the outset, anachronistic language and Britishisms combine to detract from Wishart’s otherwise solid 15th Marcus Corvinus first-century A.D. Roman historical (after 2012’s No Cause for Concern). The opening—“I like the Winter Festival. Oh yeah,
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David Wishart. Severn/Creme de la Crime, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-063-8
With the opening sentence, “November in Rome sucks,” Wishart wastes no time in introducing modern colloquialisms into his 16th Marcus Corvinus mystery set in first-century Rome (after 2013’s Solid Citizens). For readers who can look past the jarring
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David Wishart. Severn/Creme de la Crime, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-1-78029-080-5
Those comfortable with modern slang in their historical whodunits (“OK, pal, keep your hair on”) will welcome Wishart’s 17th mystery set in Imperial Rome (after 2014’s Finished Business). It’s 41 C.E., and Claudius has just succeeded Caligula as...
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David Wishart. Crème de la Crime, $29.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-78029-087-4
Set in 42 C.E., Wishart’s engaging 18th whodunit featuring ancient Roman investigator Marcus Corvinus (after 2015’s Trade Secrets) takes Corvinus from Rome to Lugdunum, Gaul, to investigate the murder of Tiberius Claudius Cabirus, a well-respected...
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