Gary Corby Books in Order

In ancient Athens, Pericles hires Nicolaos to investigate the assassination of the statesman who helped establish democracy. With witnesses dying and political tensions mounting, Nico pursues the killer while coping with his inquisitive younger brother, Socrates.

The murder of an Athenian official sends Nicolaos into the Persian Empire, where suspicion of espionage could prove fatal. Pursued by brigands and entangled with a slave girl, he must uncover a secret that threatens Athens.

At the Olympic Games, Nicolaos's friend Timodemus is condemned for murdering a Spartan rival. Nico and Diotima have four days to clear him, while the killing threatens to turn the rivalry between Athens and Sparta into war.

Preparing for their wedding, Nicolaos and Diotima are drawn into the discovery of a former tyrant's skull near a girls' sanctuary. When one student dies and another disappears, their investigation reaches into Athens's dangerous political past.

A supposed ghost disrupts preparations for Athens's great theatrical festival, prompting Nicolaos and Diotima to investigate. When an actor is found hanging from stage machinery, they must identify a killer amid a theater full of suspects.

Nicolaos accompanies Pericles to Delos, where Athens intends to seize the alliance treasury from the island's priests. A murder complicates the mission, while Diotima's approaching childbirth creates another crisis on an island that forbids both death and birth.