Five for Silver

by Mary Reed, Eric Mayer

Series: John the Eunuch Mysteries | Death in Byzantium (5)

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Winner, Glyph Award for Best Book Series Nominee, Bruce Alexander History Mystery Award In 542, Peter, John the Lord Chamberlain's elderly servant, claims a heavenly visitor revealed a murder to him. It transpires that Peter's old army friend has indeed been stabbed, but then John discovers that Gregory was not what he appeared to be. John's quest for the truth leads him to churchmen and whores, lawyers and bear trainers. Suspects include a dealer in dubious antiquities, a resourceful bookseller, a court poet fixated on bereavement, and a holy fool who outrages the city by dancing with the dead and invading the empress' private bath....… (more)

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The Justinian plague is ravaging Constantinople but it is by no means the only cause of death. When the body of Gregory, a friend of John's servant Peter, is found dead of a stab wound, John agrees to investigate. The investigation is complicated by the fact that Gregory was not at all as he made himself out to be to Peter.

Very atmospheric. The picture of life going on in these terrible circumstances was actually more interesting than the mystery. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Mary Reed	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Mayer, Eric	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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Five for Silver

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2004-03-01

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John the Eunuch

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Constantinople, Byzantine Empire

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Winner, Glyph Award for Best Book Series Nominee, Bruce Alexander History Mystery Award In 542, Peter, John the Lord Chamberlain's elderly servant, claims a heavenly visitor revealed a murder to him. It transpires that Peter's old army friend has indeed been stabbed, but then John discovers that Gregory was not what he appeared to be. John's quest for the truth leads him to churchmen and whores, lawyers and bear trainers. Suspects include a dealer in dubious antiquities, a resourceful bookseller, a court poet fixated on bereavement, and a holy fool who outrages the city by dancing with the dead and invading the empress' private bath....

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