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- News: John Maddox Roberts' next novel, number fourteen in the series, only planned for German publication at the moment, will be titled Dolabella. Presumably it will star the senator and consul. The novel after that will not follow chronologically, but delve instead into the character's past. (4/7)
- News: Many of the novels are now becoming available for the Kindle 2, Amazon's new wireless reading device. For example, Steven Saylor's Roman Blood, Arms of Nemesis, and Catilina's Riddle are on offer for under $7 each. (4/7)
- Second edition: The second novel by Ruth Downie, Terra Incognita has appeared in paperback, audio download, unabridged audio CD, large print and MP3. (4/7)
- Second edition: David Wishart's Illegally Dead has appeared. (4/7)
- News: Noted mystery author Donald Westlake has died. The relevance to the world of Roman mysteries is that this author was a proponent of bringing Steven Saylor's 1992 novel, Arms of Nemesis to the big screen. When this site spoke with him in 1997, he reported that he had already completed eleven drafts on the script. (Maybe if Hollywood spent less time re-writing perfectly good novels and more time filming there would be something to see by now.) He also reported that in writing his own novels he never used outlines. "If I've written an outline," he said, "then the book is already done". Besides all of his great stories over the years, including work on the great film The Grifters, he also made an outstanding special contribution in Murderous Schemes, which offers a complete taxonomy of all of the different forms of mystery stories and then impressively offers a story of each type. (1/2)
- Newly out: John Maddox Roberts' latest novel in English, Oracle of the Dead, has appeared. (12/28)
- Newly out: Rosemary Rowe's tenth in the Libertus series, Death at Pompeia's Wedding has appeared. (12/28)
- Forthcoming: Caroline Lawrence will wind up the series with its seventeenth entry: The Man from Pomegranate Street, scheduled for May of 2009. (12/28)
- Forthcoming: Caroline Lawrence's The Legionary from Londinium, is scheduled for June of 2010. Previously to be a novel, it will now be a short story collection. (12/28)
- Second edition: Caroline Lawrence's The Scribes from Alexandria has appeared in paperback. (12/28)
- Forthcoming: Steven Saylor's first new short story in years, "The Eagle and the Rabbit", will be published in 2009. (7/21)
- Forthcoming: Lindsey Davis' newest one, Alexandria is to appear in February of 2009. (7/21)
- Forthcoming: Caroline Lawrence's latest novel for children, The Prophet from Ephesus, is to appear May 2009. (7/21)
- Newly out: A first Roman mystery by Kelli Stanley, Nox Dormienda, has appeared. With this series being called "Roman noir" and a new mystery book by Michael Chabon also being called by that term, it's clear that noir is back in fashion. In fact, noir is the new black. (7/21)
- Second edition: The third in the Aurelia Marcella series by Jane Finnis, Buried Too Deep, has appeared in the USA. (6/9)
- Forthcoming: Steven Saylor is planning a sequel to Roma. (6/1)
- Roman Mysteries By the Numbers (5/27)
- Newly out: Albert Bell's The Blood of Caesar has appeared. (5/27)
- Newly out: William I. Edmunds' new Biblical re-telling titled All Roads Lead to Zion has appeared. (5/25)
- Newly out: Steven Saylor's new novel, The Triumph of Caesar has appeared. (5/13)
- Second edition: Lindsey Davis' Saturnalia (US paperback) (5/1)
- Newly out: Seven For A Secret is the title for the latest in the John the Eunuch series by Mary Reed and Eric Mayer. (4/15)
- Newly out: Ben Pastor's second novel, The Fire Waker has appeared. (4/8)
- Forthcoming: Albert Noyer has penned a fourth novel which is also the third in his trilogy: Death at Pergamum (publication date unknown). (8/4)
German:
- Newly out: New author Susanne Cho has written the political thriller Im Bauch des Imperiums set in the time of Nero. (4/24)
- News: John Maddox Roberts' number fourteen in the series, is to be titled Dolabella. Presumably it will star the senator and consul. The novel after that will not follow chronologically, but delve instead into the character's past. (4/7)
- Second edition: John Maddox Roberts' In Namen Caesars has re-appeared in paperback. It is the tenth in the series. (4/7)
- Newly out: John Maddox Roberts' thirteenth novel, Die Feinde des Imperators has appeared. (12/30)
- Newly out: Die Legion des Raben is the title of the second novel by Maria W. Peter. (12/30)
- Newly out: Freyas Fluch, the second novel by Ingo Gach, has appeared. (6/30)
- Second edition: Danila Comastri Montanari has had a third novel published: Tod in Olympia. (6/11)
- Newly out: Die verflixten Fälle aus Gallien und Germanien, the fifth book in the series by Germund Mielke appeared in 2004. (2/8)
- Newly out: Das Geheimnis der Amphore and Der Sohn des Gladiators are the titles of two new juveniles by Franjo Terhart. (2/3)
- Newly out: Das Geheimnis des Mithras-Tempels is a novel in a new series by Karola Hagemann and Ilka Stitz who previously wrote together as Malachy Hyde.
- Newly out: Der Geschmack der Tollkirsche is the title of a novel by an author new to the field, Beate Sauer. (1/16)
- Newly out: Verschwörung in Germanien is the title of a novel by an author new to the field, Wolfgang Dietsch. (1/15)
- Forthcoming: A second edition of Die Antike außerhalb des Hörsaals, edited by Kai Brodersen, a collection of papers about mysteries from a conference at Mannheim is planned. Included is an article by Rosmarie Günther, "Römische Ermittlungen", which compares the works of Saylor, Roberts, Davis and Stöver. (1/4)
- Forthcoming: The fourth novel by Peter Lichtenberger is to be Aquilianus und der heilige Florian. (11/26)
- Second edition: Der geheimnisvolle Römerwagen in Colonia by Heide Huber (paperback) (11/26)
- Newly out: Der rote Rächer and Die Brandstifter von Rom are more in the series of juveniles by Fabian Lenk. (10/30)
- Newly out: The latest novel by Danila Comastri Montanari is titled Nemesis. (6/11)
- Newly out: The latest novel by Rosario Magrì is titled Il medico dell'Imperatore (6/11)
- Newly out: Italian researcher Stefano Rocchi has authored the scholarly essay "Gialli storici ambientati a Pompei" (Mystery stories set in Pompeii) which has been published in Delitti di Carta (volume 7/8, November 2006-May 2007, pp. 50-63). No on-line version is available, but any interested in reading it may contact Stefano for a PDF version. (1/4)
- Second edition: An edition of Cave Canem by Danila Comastri Montanari has appeared in Russian. (9/8)
- Second edition: Two novels of Danila Comastri Montanari have been published in Greek. (9/3)
- Newly out: In a Spanish publication, there is "La cara oculta de la Roma clásica: crimen y pesquisas en la urbe" by Isabel Moreno Ferrero. This essay appeared in Informe criminal. La figura del detective en gaero negro (A. Martín Escribá, J. Sanchez Zapatero (editors), Valladolid). (1/4)
