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Old 01-22-2016, 10:39 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe View Post
Did Ellis Peters start all this with her Brother Cadfael series, or were detectives from the Middle Ages always popular? This is the second such nomination this month. But it does look interesting, so...

With my third and final vote, I second The Apothecary Rose.
People may have this; I'm pretty sure it was a freebie at some point. I'm out of nominations so I can't help it along.

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But there are several good ancient sleuths, as Gordianus by Steven Saylor (Ancient Rome), Judge Dee by Robert van Gulik (Ancient China), Sano Ichiro by Laura Joh Rowland (Ancient Japan), to name a few.
The club read a Judge Dee, The Chinese Maze Murders, in 2011.
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