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2003., Century Call No: MYS Fic Dav Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Marcus Didius Falco Volume: 15
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-- Angels and demons.c2000., Atria Books Call No: LP Fic Bro Edition: 1st large print hardcover ed June 2003. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: World renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon must uncover clues that point to the resurgance of an ancient secret society.
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-- Angels and demons.c2000., Atria Books Call No: Fic Bro Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: World renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon must uncover clues that point to the resurgance of an ancient secret society.
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-- Ben-Hur2011., General, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic Ben-Hur Edition: 50th anniversary ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Experience the visual splendor, thundering action and towering drama of this record-setting winner of 11 Academy Awardsª including Best Picture. Charlton Heston brings a muscular physical and moral presence to his Best Actor Oscarª-winning role of Judah Ben-Hur, a Jewish nobleman in Palestine whose heroic odyssey includes enslavement by the Romans, vengeance against his tormentors during a furious arena chariot race and fateful encounters with Jesus Christ. Best Director Oscarª winner William Wyler masterfully grips the reins of an enduring and spellbinding spectacular."--Conainer.
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c2010., Adult, Macmillan Call No: MYS Fic Hew Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Nic Costa Volume: 8Summary Note: "Twenty years ago, a mysterious group called the Butteri committed a series of bizarre crimes evoking the lost race of the Etruscans, and leaving in their wake a several bodies, a cryptic message, and a kidnapped child. Now, the leaders of the G8 are descending on Rome for a summit at the Quirinale Palace. But when a politician is found ritually murdered, seemingly by a strange young man dressed as the Etruscan blue demon, detective Nic Costa suspects that the old case was never really solved. The Butteri have returned - and are planning to unleash a devastating sequence of attacks on the city. Officially sidelined from the investigation but encouraged by the wily old Italian President, Dario Sordi, Costa and his team start to dig deeper into the past. There are still too many questions left unanswered - and much more to the history of the Butteri than anyone wants to admit."--Inside jacket flap.
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2010., Harper Call No: Fic Bur Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Mysteriously summoned to Quantico to help re-create the face of a murdered, mutilated young woman, FBI forensic artist Special Agent Sydney Fitzpatrick knows immediately this is no ordinary crime. The hit-and-run death of the forensic anthropologist assisting her--a close friend--and Sydneyœs abrupt dismissal from the case by covert government investigators only strengthen her need for answers. Now her hunt for a killer is carrying her from Washington to Rome to the hidden chamber of a legendary tomb--on the trail of a fabled treasure of the Knights Templar ... and a curse ..."--p. [4] of cover.
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2008., Macmillan Call No: MYS Fic Hew Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Nic Costa Volume: 7Summary Note: Mystery fiction. The death mask of the poet Dante is to be exhibited at the premiere of a controversial film, 'Inferno', based on his epic work. But at the grand unveiling this priceless artefact is replaced by a macabre death mask of the film's star, Allen Prime. And minutes later, the leading actress, Maggie Flavier, is threatened before her attacker is shot. After footage of Prime's murder is shown over the internet, the Carabinieri are determined to take over the investigation, certain that a crazed Dante fan is behind the killing. Nic Costa and his team follow the movie to its next showing in San Francisco, to safeguard the remaining items. However, in California the mystery deepens, with confusing new clues about the deaths in Rome. Can Costa protect Maggie, find the truth and stop the killer - all before life imitates art?.
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By Quinn, Kate2011., Berkley Books Call No: Fic Qui Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. The Year of Four Emperors will change everything, especially the lives of two sisters. Cornelia embodies the essence of the perfect Roman wife. She lives to one day see her loyal husband as Emperor. Her sister Marcella is more aloof, content to witness history. But when a bloody coup turns their world upside-down, both women must maneuver carefully just to stay alive.
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2014., Adult, Quercus Call No: MYS Fic Cos Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Commissario Balistreri mystery Volume: 1Summary Note: "Rome, 1982. On the evening of Italy's winning the football World Cup in Spain, an eighteen-year-old female employed by by the Vatican's housing agency disappears into thin air. The investigation is given to a young officer, Michele Balistreri. Headstrong and arrogant, Balistreri takes the case lightly, and it is only when a gruesome discovery is made on the banks of the Tiber that he realizes the terrible cost of his negligence. Rome, 2006. While Italy celebrates its first World Cup triumph in twenty-four years, journalist Linda Nardi is busy investigating a series of brutalities against young women. Although the murders have been pinned on a group of juveniles from the city's immigrant community, Nardi is exploring a more sinister possibility, at the personal request of the head of Rome's Special Foreign Section, Michele Balistreri. Balistreri, despite having risen to one of the highest ranks in the Italian police, is still plagued by the tragedy that marked his early career. Suspecting the recent crimes to be the work of a serial killer, he hopes that stopping this murderer will help to assuage the crippling guilt and regret that he has shouldered for over two decades. For Nardi - a relentless and enigmatic investigative journalist - Balistreri's proposition has presented a golden opportunity. If the nation is being misled as to the true nature of the crimes, she can expose the conspiracy and help to combat the corruption and racism that has become endemic in Italian society. One is fighting to fix the past, the other to fix the present. Yet these battles will prove to be shockingly linked: for the evil Nardi now seeks has marked Balistreri once before, and its malevolent trail goes way higher, and way further back, than either of them dared imagine. "--Publisher.
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2012, c2011., Adult, HarperCollins Call No: Fic Coo Edition: 1st Canadian ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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By Baily, Ginny2016., Back Bay Book/Little, Brown and Company Call No: Fic Bai Edition: First Back Bay trade paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Two women's decision to save a child during WWII will have powerful reverberations over the years. Claiming the woman's son, Daniele, as her own nephew, Chiara demands his return; only as the trucks depart does she realize what she has done. She is twenty-seven, with a sister who needs her constant care, a hazardous journey ahead, and now a child in her charge. Several decades later, Chiara lives alone in Rome, a self-contained woman working as a translator. Always in the background is the shadow of Daniele, whose absence and the havoc he wrought on Chiara's world haunt her. Then she receives a phone call from a teenager claiming to be his daughter, and Chiara knows it is time to face up to the past.
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By Quinn, Katec2012., Berkley Books Call No: Fic Qui Edition: Berkley trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Powerful, prosperous, and expanding ever farther into the untamed world, the Roman Empire has reached its zenith under the rule of the beloved Emperor Trajan. But neither Trajan nor his reign can last forever... --Publisher.
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c2014., Adult, Hodder & Stoughton Call No: MYS Fic Dav Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Flavia Albia mystery Volume: 2Summary Note: An outsider in more ways than one, Albia has unique insight into life in ancient Rome, and she puts it to good use going places no man could go, and asking questions no man could ask. Even as the dust settles from her last case, Albia finds herself once again drawn into a web of lies an intrigue. A mysterious death at a local villa begs may be murder and, as the household slaves are implicated, Albia is once again forced to involve herself. Her fight is not just for truth and justice, however; this time, she's also battling for the very lives of people who can't fight for themselves.
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2002, c2001., Phoenix Call No: SC Fic Mas Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Matter of eternal Rome Volume: 1st v.
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2008., Adult, Macmillan Call No: MYS Fic Hew Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Nic Costa Volume: 6Summary Note: CRIME & MYSTERY FICTION. In a hidden studio in an area of Rome, where the Vatican liked to keep an eye on the city's prostitutes, an art expert from the Louvre is found dead in front of one of the most beautiful paintings that Nic Costa has ever see, an unknown Caravaggio masterpiece. But before long tragedy will strike Nic even more terribly as his young wife is brutally killed by the suspect Costa is pursuing. The man's identity is known but he remains untouchable, protected in his grand palazzo by a fleet of lawyers and a sinister cult known as The Ekstasists. If Costa and his team can crack the reasons for the cult's existence, he may well stand a chance of nailing his wife's killer. But the mystery will take him right back to Caravaggio himself and the reasons he had to flee Rome, all those centuries before.
