SeriesLord Meren Mysteries
Series author: Lynda S. Robinson
8 Works
Popularity 13,536 (646 Members)
1,591 Books
27 Reviews
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Core
| Murder in the Place of Anubis by Lynda S. Robinson 386 copies, 8 reviews | 1 |
| Murder at the God's Gate by Lynda S. Robinson 307 copies, 3 reviews | 2 |
| Murder at the Feast of Rejoicing by Lynda S. Robinson 259 copies, 3 reviews | 3 |
| Eater of Souls by Lynda S. Robinson 255 copies, 5 reviews | 4 |
| Drinker of Blood by Lynda S. Robinson 187 copies, 4 reviews | 5 |
| Slayer of Gods by Lynda S. Robinson 184 copies, 4 reviews | 6 |
Collections and Selections
| Death of a Place-Seeker by Lynda S. Robinson 2 copies | short story |
| Murder in the Place of Anubis | Murder at the God's Gate by Lynda S. Robinson 11 copies | Omnibus 1-2 |
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- Meren is a widowed nobleman, with three daughters and an adopted son. He serves as "Eyes and Ears" to the pharaoh Tutankhamen, who is in his early teens as the series begins. Meren has paternal feelings as well as a proper respect for his royal master. The country is still suffering from the aftershocks of the rule of Tutankhamun's predecessor, Ankhenaten. Meren's family suffered under the rule His father, and other family members, were killed for refusing to abandon the familiar gods. Meren, a teenager at the time, was tortured into submitting, and still feels a sense of shame.The short story "The Death of a Place-Seeker" is placed chronologically rather than by publication date; it was published in the same year as Eater of Souls, 1997. The series is discussed in: "Linda S. Robinson and Lauren Haney: Detection in the Land of Mysteries" by Rita Rippetoe, pp. 11-21. in: The Detective as Historian ed. by Ray B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. (Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University, 2000), pp. 11-21. (English, Unclassified)
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