Abduction of a Slave, the fourth Eye of Isis novel (see below for the first three plus buy links, natch) launches on the previous Saturday, January 25, at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore. If you can’t attend in person you can watch on Facebook Live and YouTube, and you can preorder your signed hardcover first edition right here. They ship. Anywhere. Including Rome. Although not Ancient Rome. Even the PP isn’t that powerful.

Speaking of Ancient Rome here’s a fun site for those of you interested in seeing if I get the geography right in this books (I’m relieved to report I do, mostly) Stanford University has an interactive map called The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World. And you can created a route map from, say, Alexandria to Cyrene

or from Cyrene to Hadrumetum because it doesn’t show Thapsus. Frowny face.

Pretty cool.

Death of an Eye  introduces us to Tetisheri, lifelong friend of Cleopatra, the Lady of Two Lands and ruler of Egypt. The queen’s Eye is struck down in the streets of Alexandria and Cleopatra tasks her friend to find the murderer and bring them to justice.

Disappearance of a Scribe  Tetisheri’s first official case as the new Eye of Isis. A scribe goes missing and leads to an investigation of corruption, bribery, and murder in Alexandria’s building trades.

Theft of an Idol   The most popular actor in Alexandria is kidnapped and the queen asks Tetisheri find her and return her to her adoring fans. The journey takes Tetisheri and the Five Soldiers to Memphis, deep into the depravity and degradation of the eldest temple and even deeper into the heart of the tombs of the dead.

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