Aristotle Books in Order

When an influential Athenian is murdered, young Stephanos must defend his cousin Philemon against the accusation. Aristotle helps him investigate the killing, bringing philosophical reasoning to a case that threatens the family's standing and survival.

When a wealthy silver merchant's daughter is kidnapped, Aristotle and Stephanos travel toward Delphi to investigate. The search for the missing heiress entangles them in questions of motive, inheritance, and the meaning of an oracle's pronouncements.

Aristotle and Stephanos undertake an investigation across the Aegean as relations between Athens and Macedonia grow dangerous. Encounters with pirates and political conspiracy complicate their journey, linking philosophical inquiry and the study of nature with threats of war.

A death by hemlock after a lawsuit brings Aristotle and Stephanos into a poisoning investigation in Athens. Accusations against a wealthy man's wife and a separate impiety trial expose tensions beneath the city's public life.

As Stephanos prepares to marry Philomela, a neighbor's burglary becomes part of a wider sequence of theft and murder. He and Aristotle investigate while the rituals at Eleusis bring religious mystery into their already complicated affairs.