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Rosemary Rowe

The Rewards of Treachery (A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, 20)

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2023

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Glevum, 198 CE. Since his adoptive father, pavement-maker and amateur investigator Libertus, fled Glevum several years ago, Junio is now called upon to serve ...Read Review

A Dreadful Destiny (A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain, 19)

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2021

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In late 2nd-century Roman Glevum (present day Gloucester), Libertus, duumvir and former slave, is his patron Marcus’s main advisor in how to ...Read Review

A Prisoner of Privilege (A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain)

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2019

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In 194 AD, following civil war, Septimius Severus is proclaimed Emperor of the Roman Empire, but Pescennius Niger is still contending for the throne. ...Read Review

The Price of Freedom

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2018

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In AD 193 in Glevum (present-day Gloucester) in Britannia, Libertus, a mosaicist, is dining with Septimus, the senior magistrate at his grand villa. Feasting ...Read Review

The Ides of June: A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In Glevum (modern Gloucester, England) on the 13th of June in 193 AD, a messenger arrives at the roundhouse of Libertus, a pavement builder. ...Read Review

Dark Omens

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In Roman Britain, Libertus gets a visit to his mosaic workshop from Genialis, a citizen from a nearby village, who wants a rush ...Read Review

A Whispering of Spies

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2012

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Set in 191-192 AD in Roman Britannia, A Whispering of Spies features Libertus, Rowe’s sleuth in this series, accused of theft and ...Read Review

The Vestal Vanishes

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2011

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Libertus, the ex-slave mosaic designer, returns for the 12th entry of this series set in Roman Britain during the reign of Commodus, the ...Read Review

Requiem for a Slave: A Libertus Mystery of Roman Britain

By Rosemary Rowe - Published 2010

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Citizen Libertus is a designer of decorative tiles for wealthy Romans living in the westernmost outpost of the Empire’s lands: Britain in ...Read Review