Rosemary Rowe

CE 198. It all starts with a broken clasp on a piece of jewellery belonging to Lady Julia, which when repaired and returned is the wrong piece. Her husband instructs Junio to investigate. Soon the bodies of murdered men are discovered. Can Junio unravel the motive behind the killings.
A well-written and entertaining Roman Britain historical mystery with its cast of interesting characters.

This is a novel "Lizzie Treloweth is one of ten children. With the outbreak of World War I, their father enlists and the family struggle to run his butcher's shop in Penzance. Lizzie trains as a nurse under Tamsin Beswetherick, daughter of the local gentry, and their friendship with the four Jago brothers develops."

Workmanlike, it didn't reach the heights but was sturdy and readable. I picked this up while waiting for the next in the Medicus series by Downie.

187 A.D. Marcus Septimus, master of Libertus, is hosting a dinner which unfortunately does not end as he hoped, but with a death. Libertus foolishly points out that the death is no accident and soon Marcus Septimus has been arrested. This results in Libertus being on the run but how can he free Marcus. Soon he will have the help, for money, of the Ghosts of Glevum run by Sosso.
An enjoyable and well-written story