MYSTERY & DETECTIVE The Venus Throw (Roma Sub Rosa Series #4) 368. by Steven Saylor | Editorial Reviews. | — Fiction. Before he died, it seems, Felix Vodyanov was linked to a passenger ferry that sank in 1994, an even earlier U.S. government project to research biological agents that could control human behavior, the hinky spiritual retreat Sparkling Waters, the dark web site DeepUnder, and the disappearances of at least four schoolchildren, two of whom have also turned up dead. Fraud. GENERAL THRILLER & SUSPENSE | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Venus_Throw&oldid=981214017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 30 September 2020, at 23:43. Sir Edmund has hidden Christabel away her whole life and wants Bridie to believe this is an ordinary kidnapping. Plot summary. When he is poisoned shortly after, Gordianus attempts to find the murderer. Sir Edmund believes Christabel is a “merrow,” a darker and less romanticized version of a mermaid. The year is 56 BC, and Gordianus is visited by his old friend and teacher Dio, a diplomat who leads an embassy on behalf of the citizens of Egypt, who want to make a complaint about their king Ptolemy XII to the senate of Rome. Kathy Reichs, by Gordianus the Finder (Fictitious Character) — Fiction. ‧ Venus in Taurus people may prefer practical luxury, saving up for pricey, yet well made, items from classic brands. is an expert at setting a supernatural mood perfect for ghosts and merrows, but her human villains make them seem mundane by comparison. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. | Categories: Fearing that he will be next, the Egyptian ambassador Dio calls on his old friend Gordianus the Finder and all of his special skills for help." Julius Caesar is defeating the Gauls. A Murder on the Appian Way is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor, first published by St. Martin's Press in 1996. There’s a lot going on in this singular novel, and none of it pretty. There are no comments for this title yet. Breaking and entering. Retrieve credentials. In a spellbinding real-life oration, Cicero turns the trial into an inquest on Clodia's scandalously public private life, and Gordianus, who keeps finding startling new twists in the evidence everyone else is ignoring, is left until after the trial to surmise the truth at last. Forget about solving all these crimes; the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival. Arson. Once again, Gordianus the Finder is put in the delicate position of having to solve a crime and keep his own c