Books like Classical Whodunnits by Michael Ashley

In a 14th‑century winter, a rogue priest joins a traveling troupe to stage a controversial play about a local murder, drawing them into intrigue and danger.

A 313 AD mystery set in Rome where Emperor Constantine, his mother Helena, and elite agent Claudia race to solve murders linked to theological conflict and the theft of a holy relic, while gladiator Murranus faces a deadly street gang.

Win, Lose or Die: A collection of detective and mystery stories set amidst deadly games and murderous gambles.

A sweeping anthology of detective tales set through history, from ancient Egypt to the Regency era, featuring legendary sleuths like Rosamond, Judge Dee, and Sister Fidelma.

> This book offers a wide range of historical detective stories set in ancient Rome, the Far East, medieval England, and the American colonies. Readers will be taken as far afield as the Pacific Ocean on the voyages of Captain Cook, and as far back as Australia in 35,000 BC, in what must be the earliest-ever setting for a murder mystery. >*Historical Detectives* is organized into three parts: the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, and the Age of Discovery. Included are stories by such renowned writers as Ellis Peters, who unravels a fourteenth-century witch trial; Margaret Frazer, whose Sister Frevisse undertakes a medieval Oxford murder mystery; and Edward Hoch, who turns Ben Snow, his cowboy investigator, loose on the range. >Containing a feast of detective stories, spread over 37,000 years, this collection will fascinate mystery readers, armchair historians, and literati alike.