Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Roads Lead to Murder | 2002 | Notebooks of Pliny the Younger | Buy |
| 2 | The Blood of Caesar | 2008 | Notebooks of Pliny the Younger | Buy |
| 3 | The Corpus Conundrum | 2011 | Notebooks of Pliny the Younger | Buy |
| 4 | Death in the Ashes | 2013 | Notebooks of Pliny the Younger | Buy |
| 5 | The Eyes of Aurora | 2014 | Notebooks of Pliny the Younger | Buy |
| 6 | Fortune’s Fool | 2017 | Notebooks of Pliny the Younger | Buy |
| 7 | The Gods Help Those | 2018 | Notebooks of Pliny the Younger | Buy |
| 8 | Hiding from the Past | 2020 | Notebooks of Pliny the Younger | Buy |
The Pliny the Younger series is a collection of historical mysteries set in ancient Rome during the turbulent reign of Emperor Domitian. Pliny the Younger, the real historical letter-writer and government official, is cast as an amateur detective navigating the dangerous politics of imperial Rome while solving murders that the authorities would prefer stayed unsolved.
The series begins with All Roads Lead to Murder (2002) and spans eight novels through Hiding from the Past (2020). Pliny investigates each case with help from his friend the historian Tacitus, while his forbidden relationship with Aurora, a slave in his household, adds personal stakes to every story. The novels use the rich detail of Roman daily life — its legal system, class structure, and political intrigue — as the backdrop for classic mystery plotting.