I stood there as if I’d been punched in the chest. The knocking was so frantic that I bolted out of my study, tore across the atrium to...

In THE DEADLIEST THIEF, June Trop brings to life a fascinating figure in 1st Century CE Alexandria, Miriam bat Isaac. Despite its ancient...

In THE DEADLIEST FEVER, Miriam speaks of the beauty of the Egyptian plane trees in the gardens of Alexandria as her bearers bring her to...

In THE DEADLIEST THIEF, Miriam’s latest adventure, she welcomes a guest to her table in a local café. A moment later, a mousy-haired,...

In modern times, graffiti has come to be regarded as a rapidly evolving, stylized form of social expression, where spray paint and marker...

Both the term “graffiti” and its rarely used singular form “graffito” are from the Italian word graffiato meaning scratched. In ancient...

“Will you look at that!” Bion made a sound, equal parts gasp and squeal. “No wonder he slept with a cudgel.” As he lifted the sack out of...

Miriam bat Isaac, a budding alchemist and amateur sleuth in first-century CE Alexandria, becomes frantic when her best friend, Phoebe, is...

In THE DEADLIEST HATE, when Miriam is in Caesarea, she takes the side streets to avoid not only the traffic but the assassins who could...

​ Catching criminals has always been difficult, but centuries ago, all sleuths had to go on were their wits and whatever clues the...