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Lord Meren serves as mentor-and eyes and ears-to the boy king Tutankhamun. But to keep the young pharaoh safe, he's keeping his investigation into the death of Nefertiti a secret. Meren has concluded succumbed to poison, not the plague, and he's narrowed his potential suspects down to three men. His clandestine efforts are interrupted when Tut asks him to look into a mysterious fatality at the royal zoo, but Meren remains focused-even when someone...
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Egypt is under threat from the Hittites, and the teenage pharaoh has additional troubles stemming from the heresy of his late father, Akhenaten. Fate seems to be pointing a finger at him when a priest topples to his death-from a statue of none other than Tutankhamun himself. Now Lord Meren, the confidential agent who protects the boy king, must struggle to uncover Tutankhamun's most threatening enemies, some within the court at Thebes ...
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In the city of Memphis in ancient Egypt, multiple victims have been found with their hearts torn from their chests, and white feathers left in their place. The latest corpse belongs to a Hittite prince who insulted King Tut-in whose service Lord Meren works. Now Meren must put aside his quiet inquiries into the death of Queen Nefertiti to investigate this new string of killings. The circumstances suggest the likely culprit is the god Ammut. But if...
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Lord Meren, protector of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, is convinced the boy king's stepmother, Queen Nefertiti, didn't die of the plague as others believe, but was instead poisoned. As Meren journeys around Egypt to gather clues, visiting the lush countryside and tombs of the dead, his investigation will lead him to a treacherous-and lethal-conspiracy ...
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The body of a much-hated scribe has been found in the sacred place of embalming, and the resulting outrage could threaten the reign of Tutankhamun. So the boy king tasks his investigator, Lord Meren, to look into the crime. The quest will take Meren into the worlds of nobles, slaves, and schemers in the royal court-all while he fights to keep the teenaged pharaoh safe from those who would take advantage of this crisis ...
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During a celebration for Lord Meren, an agent of King Tutankhamun, one of his relatives is murdered. Known for her sharp tongue and numerous lovers, Anhai could've been targeted for any number of reasons, but Meren fears her death might have something to do with the undercover mission he's currently working on. He'll have to rummage through family secrets and face a nest of vipers to uncover the truth ...
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Rome, 58 AD.
The dinner party didn't turn out the way Aemilius Valerius expected. He didn't expect a place at the main table. He didn't expect to drink that much. He didn't expect to hook up with one of the scarier dancers. And he most certainly didn't expect to trip over the bloody corpse of his host on the floor of the informal dining room.
One man's grisly murder is another man's opportunity. Valerius teams up with the investigator,...
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A stolen valuable is just the beginning of a trail of strange events Junio has to uncover in this skilfully plotted historical mystery set in 2nd century Britain.
Late summer, CE 198. With Glevum an uneasy place since the current Emperor seized power, and with rebel Celts still actively opposing Roman rule, tension remains as Caesar turns his attention to stamping out all remaining threats to his authority.
Junio, Libertus's adopted son, tries to...
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Ancient Crete, 1450 BC. When her sister Arge drops to the floor in convulsions and then dies at her wedding, fifteen-year-old Martis, a young poet and bull leaper in training, is certain she was murdered. The prime suspect is the groom, Saurus, a barbarian from the Greek mainland, but when Arge's Shade visits Martis, swearing Saurus is not her murderer, Martis vows to uncover the truth. As Martis begins asking questions, she discovers that while her...
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