Semi-identical twins?
Miriam tells us in THE DEADLIEST LIE that her servant Phoebe was a Greek foundling her mother rescued. Finding the infant wrapped in a...
WHY READ MYSTERIES?
In THE DEADLIEST HATE, during her voyage to Caesarea, Miriam sits with her feet elevated on a long chaise in one of the Orion’s deckhouse...
The flax, Ma’am, just the flax.
In THE DEADLIEST THIEF, Miriam describes a scene when she and Judah were in their dining room: Our couch, flanked by ebony lamp stands,...
ROMAN GLASS
By Miriam’s time, the first century of the Common Era, Roman glass was being manufactured into everyday containers and plain tableware....
A WIG FIT FOR AN EMPRESS
Near the beginning of THE DEADLIEST THIEF, Phoebe is kidnapped. Miriam suspects she was abducted from a wig shop when her lead bearer...
A MOTHER'S SAVIOR
In THE DEADLIEST THIEF, my newest mystery, Miriam reminds us that her mother died of childbed fever after giving birth to her and her...
THE DEADLIEST THIEF is here!
I stood there as if I’d been punched in the chest. The knocking was so frantic that I bolted out of my study, tore across the atrium to...
A STUNNING REVIEW
In THE DEADLIEST THIEF, June Trop brings to life a fascinating figure in 1st Century CE Alexandria, Miriam bat Isaac. Despite its ancient...
DON'T BE FOOLED
In THE DEADLIEST FEVER, Miriam speaks of the beauty of the Egyptian plane trees in the gardens of Alexandria as her bearers bring her to...