Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Roads Lead to Murder | 2002 | Albert A. Bell Jr. | Buy |
| 2 | The Blood of Caesar | 2008 | Albert A. Bell Jr. | Buy |
| 3 | The Blood of Caesar: A Second Case from the Notebooks of Pliny the Younger | 2008 | Albert A. Bell Jr. | N/A |
| 4 | The Corpus Conundrum | 2011 | Albert A. Bell Jr. | Buy |
| 5 | Death in the Ashes | 2013 | Albert A. Bell Jr. | Buy |
| 6 | The Eyes of Aurora | 2014 | Albert A. Bell Jr. | Buy |
| 7 | Fortune’s Fool | 2017 | Albert A. Bell Jr. | Buy |
| 8 | The Gods Help Those | 2018 | Albert A. Bell Jr. | Buy |
| 9 | Hiding from the Past | 2020 | Albert A. Bell Jr. | Buy |
The Pliny the Younger series by Albert A. Bell Jr. turns the historical Roman writer into an amateur detective. Set in the late first century AD, the books follow Pliny as he navigates the politics and dangers of imperial Rome while solving murders and unraveling conspiracies. Bell has taught Roman history at Hope College since 1978, and that background shows in the period detail.
The series begins with All Roads Lead to Murder in 2002 and runs nine books through Hiding from the Past in 2020. The Blood of Caesar was named one of the five best mysteries of 2008 by Library Journal. Fans of Steven Saylor’s Roma Sub Rosa or Lindsey Davis’s Falco series will recognize the territory.