Roma Sub Rosa Mystery Series

“Saylor’s Roma Sub Rosa mystery series is one of life’s pure pleasures!”
(Book Passage News & Reviews)

In ancient myth, the Egyptian god Horus came upon Venus engaged in one of her many love affairs. Cupid, her son, bribed Horus with a rose to keep quiet; thus the rose became the symbol of confidentiality, and a rose hanging over a council table indicated that all present were sworn to secrecy. Sub Rosa (“under the rose”) has come to mean “that which is done in secret.” Thus ROMA SUB ROSA: the secret history of Rome, as seen through the eyes of Gordianus.

“Steven Saylor’s engrossing series of popular novels centered around Gordianus the Finder — a kind of Roman Sherlock Holmes.” (Wall Street Journal)

“Saylor puts such great detail and tumultuous life into his scenes that the sensation of rubbing elbows with the ancients is quite uncanny.”
(New York Times Book Review)

“Saylor has acquired the information of a historian but he enjoys the gifts of a born novelist.” (Boston Globe)

“The detail is meticulous.” (Archaeology Magazine)

	A TWIST AT THE END New York Times Book Review: “A riveting historical mystery...fascinating and provocative.” A gripping novel based on the serial murders that terrorized Austin, Texas, in 1885, and the scandalous trials that followed. Drawing on a decade of research, Steven recreates a forgotten era, and (with O. Henry as his hero) finds a solution to the first recorded serial murders in U.S. history. • Watch an interview with Steven about O. Henry • For reviews and an interview, click here. • Kindle • Nook • iBooks • Audible audiobook
	HAVE YOU SEEN DAWN? Austin American-Statesman: A “rocket of a read...with enough red herrings and things that go bump in the night to keep you entertained all the way.” • For more reviews, click here • Steven says: “This is my most autobiographical work, because it draws deeply on my own past growing up in a small town in the heart of the Texas hill country. But the plot is pure contemporary suspense — a definite change of pace for me.” Available for Kindle • Nook • iBooks
	FUTURE, PRESENT, PAST Three short stories from three different genres: “Insecticide,” a chilling tale of the near-future…“Murder Myth-Begotten,” a modern-day story of suspense…and “The Eagle and the Rabbit,” set in 146 B.C. after the fall of the Carthage, as a handful of survivors are hunted down by ruthless Roman mercenaries—a timeless tale of cruelty and betrayal, courage and freedom. Kindle • iBooks • Nook
	MY MOTHER’S GHOST In these three autobiographical essays, Steven writes with remarkable candor about his mother’s death, growing up in a small Texas town, and his marriage to another man. Also included is the prize-winning short story “Kinder, Gentler.” Kindle • iBooks • Nook
	A BOOKISH BENT A baker’s dozen of essays written over a period of twenty years, beginning in 1992 when Steven was asked to interview the poet Thom Gunn. All these essays have a connection to reading and writing, including “On Big Trucks, Bush, and Bikes,” which begins at the Texas Book Festival in Austin but ends with a chilling reflection on the near-miss that almost prevented George Bush’s presidency. Kindle • iBooks • Nook
	ROGUES This massive, multi-genre anthology edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois includes includes a never-before-published Steven Saylor short story, “Ill Seen in Tyre,” a “lost episode” from the journey of young Gordianus to see The Seven Wonders. “Not a single bad story in the bunch…The table of contents alone will make fans from all genre aisles salivate.”—Library Journal • Amazon • Barnes & Noble • iBooks
	WARRIORS This massive, multi-genre anthology edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois includes Steven’s story “The Eagle and the Rabbit”, set in 146 B.C., about Roman slave traders tracking down the last scattered survivors of Carthage. Coincidentally, there’s another tale about Rome v. Carthage in the anthology, “The Triumph” by Robin Hobb. The huge hardback was split into three paperbacks; Steven’s story is in Volume I. Get the whole anthology from Amazon • Barnes & Noble • mp3 cd audio from Amazon • CD-ROM from Amazon • audio from iTunes •
	DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS This massive, multi-genre anthology edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois includes Steven’s story “Styx and Stones” (later incorporated into The Seven Wonders), which takes young Gordianus to ancient Babylon, plus new stories of the uncanny by Charlaine Harris, S.M. Stirling, Diana Gabaldon, and many more. • Amazon • Barnes & Noble • mp3 cd audio from Amazon • audio from iTunes •
	A CASUALTY OF WAR Here’s a rarity, found only in this book: Steven’s early, prize-winning short story “Kinder, Gentler” (from 1989) appears in this anthology of gay fiction edited by the late Peter Burton. Other authors include Francis King, Richard Zimler, Hugh Fleetwood, and Neil Bartlett. • Amazon.com • Barnes & Noble
	LONE STAR SLEUTHS An excerpt from Steven’s novel A Twist at the End appears in this anthology of Texas crime fiction from the University of Texas Press. Other authors in the collection include Kinky Friedman, Mary Willis Walker, Carolyn Hart, Nevada Barr, and Jesse Sublett. • Amazon.com • Barnes & Noble
	ROME AT WAR Steven contributed a brief introduction to this omnibus edition of three excellent book-length works: Caesar’s Gallic Wars by Kate Gilliver, Caesar’s Civil War by Adrian Goldsworthy, and Rome at War AD 293-696 by Michael Whitby. • Amazon.com • Barnes & Noble

	FELINE FELONIES edited by Abigail Browning, features over 400 pages of the best in feline sleuthing. Steven Saylor contributes “The Alexandrian Cat.” Other authors in the collection include Ruth Rendell, Patricia Highsmith, P.G. Wodehouse, Theodore Sturgeon and Lilian Jackson Braun. Amazon.com
	THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF ROMAN WHODUNNITS edited by Mike Ashley, includes an introduction by Steven Saylor, “The Long Reach of Rome,” and the Gordianus novella, “A Gladiator Dies Only Once.” Other authors in this 500-page collection include Simon Scarrow, Tom Holt, John Maddox Roberts, Marilyn Todd, and Caroline Lawrence. Amazon.com
	DEATH COMES EASY: The Gay Times Book of Murder Stories edited by Peter Burton, includes Steven Saylor’s “Death by Eros,” in which Gordianus encounters the powers of love and death on the Bay of Naples. Other authors in this wide-ranging 400-page collection include Perry Brass, Francis King, Josh Lanyon, Felice Picano, and Michael Wilcox. Amazon.com
	THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF MORE HISTORICAL WHODUNNITS edited by Mike Ashley, includes Steven Saylor’s “Poppy and the Poisoned Cake,” in which Gordianus is called on to help one of Rome’s leading citizens, who fears his closest relatives may be plotting to kill him — but seems to fear the scandal more than the crime. Other authors in this big (500 pages) collection include Michael Kurland, Peter Tremayne, and Marilyn Todd. Amazon.com
	CRIME THROUGH TIME III edited by Sharan Newman with an introduction by Anne Perry, “leads off with a solid new case for Steven Saylor’s Gordianus the Finder” (Jon Breen, EQMM). In “The Consul’s Wife,” foreign intrigue and an illicit love affair play out against the backdrop of the chariot races in the Circus Maximus. Other authors in this all-new collection include Harry Turtledove, H.R.F. Keating, Jan Burke, Andrew Greeley, and Sharon McCrumb. Amazon.com
	CREME DE LA CRIME edited by Janet Hutchings, features 27 stories, all by award-winning authors, all culled from the pages of America’s leading mystery magazine, Ellery Queen. In Steven Saylor’s “Poppy and the Poisoned Cake,” Gordianus is called on to help one of Rome’s leading citizens, who fears his closest relatives may be plotting to kill him — but seems to fear the scandal more than the crime. Other authors include Ruth Rendell, Lawrence Block, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andrew Vachss. Amazon.com
	PAST POISONS The Ellis Peters Memorial Anthology of Historical Crime, edited by Maxim Jakubowski, features Steven Saylor’s “Death by Eros,” in which Gordianus encounters the powers of love and death on the Bay of Naples. Others among the 20 authors joining in this homage to the late creator of Brother Cadfael include Edward Marston, Peter Lovesey, Lindsey Davis, Anne Perry, Michael Pearce, Peter Tremayne, and (with her final story) the late Kate Ross. Amazon.com
	CLASSICAL WHODUNNITS edited by Mike Ashley, features 20 cases solved by sleuths from ancient Greece and Rome. Authors include Lindsey Davis, Anthony Price, and Brian Stableford. In Steven Saylor’s “The White Fawn,” Gordianus travels to Spain, where the rebel commander Sertorius is waging war against Rome with the help of a supernatural fawn. The volume also features a preface by Saylor, “A Murder, Now and Then...”, about the allure of the classical whodunnit. Amazon.com
	CRIME THROUGH TIME edited by Miriam Grace Monfredo and Sharan Newman, features historical mysteries from Ancient Egypt to WWII by 21 writers, including Anne Perry, Laurie King, and the late Kate Ross. In Steven Saylor’s “Archimedes’ Tomb,” Gordianus and Eco venture to Syracuse to help Cicero find a lost tomb...and solve a particularly nasty murder. Amazon.com