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Title: One for Sorrow by Mary Reed, Eric Mayer ISBN: 1-890208-42-6 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good story - abominable editing
Comment: I enjoyed this story, read the next book in the series and have ordered the third. However, I have never in my life read a book that had so many glaring spelling, grammar and other editing errors. It's as if an early draft was accidentally printed or, if this was a final, it was proofed by a not very well-trained chimpanzee. There are errors on almost every page. It's very distracting. If you can ignore that and finish the book, the second book has fewer appalling editing failures. The protagonist in this series is a rather fascinating character - interesting enough to make me curious to read his continuing adventures.
Rating: 4
Summary: Muder in Byzantium
Comment: If you like the ancient Rome centered mystery novels of Lindsey Davis, John Robert Maddox, and Steven Saylor and want to try a different locale, read "One for Sorrow". It takes place in sixth-century Byzantium and takes place in the streets, docks, cisterns, and Great Palace. Scenes occur at the Hippodrome, the Church of Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia), and even atop a column with a stylite. While this ancient capital is officially Christian, Mithraism and Egyptian religions influence the tale. Details of life in the capital of the Eastern Empire include references to Kollyba, Liquamen, and even an early type of organ, the Hydra.
The hero is John the Eunuch, once a mercenary but now Lord Chamberlain in Justinian's court who seeks to solve the murder of the Keeper of the Plate. Bodies turn up and John seeks to find the answer that ties together a soothsayer, a red headed knight from Britain, and the victims while protecting his former lover (from before the incident that gave him the appellation) and daughter.
Mary Reed and Eric Mayer provide a great detective story set in a different time and place. The copy I read from Poisoned Pen Press was crisply printed with a very readable type setting. It includes a small map of Byzantium and ends with an 8 page glossary (in case you don't know who Zeuxippos was).
Rating: 5
Summary: AN EXCITING NEW MYSTERY SERIES
Comment: Mary Reed and Eric Mayer's One For Sorrow kicks off one of the most entertaining, thought-provoking new mystery series I've read in a long time. It takes place in 6th Century Byzantium, is rich with period detail and character. The main character, John the Eunuch, is the Emperor's chief advisor, a job that requires intelligence, tact and guile; many a chief advisor for the Roman emperor has had his head removed from his body for not accommodating his boss.
The second in the series, Two For Joy, is a treat as well. You don't have to be a fan of historical mysteries to like this book or this series. (I'm not, in particular). You just have to like well-written mysteries with terrific plots, even better characters and a depth of texture and detail that makes many, many other novels seem anemic by comparison.
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Title: Two for Joy by Mary Reed, Eric Mayer ISBN: 1890208760 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Three for a Letter by Mary Reed, Eric Mayer, Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen ISBN: 1890208884 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Four for a Boy: A John the Eunuch Mystery by Mary Reed, Eric Mayer ISBN: 1590580311 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Germanicus Mosaic by Rosemary Rowe ISBN: 0747261016 Publisher: Trafalgar Square Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Germanicus: A Marcus Corvinus Mystery by David Wishart ISBN: 0340825316 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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