by Steven Saylor · St. Martin's Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9780312097639
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«Catilina's Riddle» is the historical mystery novel by Steven Saylor, published by St. Martin's Press in hardback (430 pages, in English).
In 63 BC, Gordianus settles on an inherited farm, but finds headless bodies and hostile neighbours, relatives of his benefactor. Gordianus's son, Meto, celebrates the festival of the toga in Rome at sixteen. Commissioned by Cicero, Gordianus watches a populist senator and becomes caught up in Catiline's conspiracy.
First edition, published in New York in 1993. The cover identifies it as «A Novel of Ancient Rome» and mentions the author of Roman Blood and Arms of Nemesis.
For readers of historical fiction and mystery interested in ancient Rome, Cicero and the Catiline conspiracy.
Steven Saylor is an American author of historical novels. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied history and classics.
