While the book was still enjoyable, it was the weakest of the series. Everything felt rushed. And don't even get me started on the pregnant lady. Just don't Read 1/28/2020 - 1/30/2020
While I don't necessarily find the mysteries in this series to be anything mind blowing, I adore the banter that takes place between characters. The subtle wit is brilliant. I'm a little disappointed the next book in this series will be my last. Read 1/21/2020 - 1/24/2020
I think until the reading challenge tracker is fixed- If I use hopeful language, there will be positives results, right? I'm just going to post a blurb with the dates I read a book. I'm still tracking on Goodreads. I may even have to dust off my Rifle account. I don't want to dust off my Rifle a...
The Democrats and the Conservatives are fighting. I guess democracy has had the same problem since the beginning of its time. Maybe we need a Nicolaos instead of a Mueller? I've immediately gone ahead and ordered the next three books in this series. It is pretty rare for me to like a first book i...
This series may not be the greatest series of historical mysteries ever written, but golly, are they fun. This one takes Nico and Diotima off to Egypt. They have been hired by Herodotus to be his bodyguards while he does research for his book (The Histories), which he is afraid no one will ever r...
Death Ex Machina is the fifth novel in the series set in classical Athens (I believe the year is 458 BC), the Athens of Pericles and so many other famous ancient Athenians, some of whom are characters in this novel. (Gary Corby, the author, marks them with an asterisk next to their names in his dra...
This is book 4 of Gary Corby's series about Nico, a detective in classical Athens (the year is 459 B.C.), and I found it as entertaining as the other three. This one features a long-dead, much-hated tyrant's body showing up in the wrong place, a dead girl and her missing best friend, memories of th...
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