Ben Pastor

An Aelius Spartianus Mystery

1 - The Water Thief (Feb-2007)
2 - The Fire Waker (Apr-2008)

Captain Martin Bora

1 - Lumen (Apr-2011)
2 - Liar Moon (Mar-2012)
3 - A Dark Song of Blood (Apr-2014)

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  The Water Thief
  

  • Feb-2007
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  An Aelius Spartianus Mystery - 1
  

  Summer, 304 AD. Aelius Spartianus, historian and envoy, is researching the nearly two hundred year-old unsolved drowning of Emperor Hadrians male favorite, Antinous. Soon he finds himself embroiled in murder and mystery involving a lost letter by Had...

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  The Fire Waker
  

  • Apr-2008
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  An Aelius Spartianus Mystery - 2
  

  In the winter of 304 c.e., the Roman Empire is divided by Emperor Diocletian into four separate parts. Individual power struggles and manipulations make the once-stable empire a breeding ground for corruption. In the midst of this, Aelius Spartianus,...

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  Lumen
  

  • Apr-2011
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  Captain Martin Bora - 1
  

  "Pastor's plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection." -- Publishers Weekly"A mystery, it rivets the reader until the end and beyond, with its twist of historical realities. A historical piece, it faithf...

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  Liar Moon
  

  • Mar-2012
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  Captain Martin Bora - 2
  

  Praise for Ben Pastor's Lumen:“Pastor’s plot is well crafted, her prose sharp. . . . A disturbing mix of detection and reflection.” -- Publishers Weekly"Rivets the reader with its twist of historical realities. A historical piece, it faithfully...

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  A Dark Song of Blood
  

  • Apr-2014
  • / Historical Mystery
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  Captain Martin Bora - 3
  

  Praise for the Martin Bora series:"The tone of Liar Moon has a flu-like grimness, appropriate the 1943 setting. Pastor is excellent at providing details (silk stockings, movie magazines, cigarettes) that light up the setting." -- Booklist"Lumen's plo...

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  Tin Sky
  

  • Jun-2015
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  FOURTH IN THE MARTIN BORA SERIES.SPELLBINDING MULTI-LAYERED CRIME NOVEL SET IN UKRAINE AS THE GERMANS REGROUP AFTER THE DISASTER OF STALINGRAD.FOR FANS OF PHILLIP KERR (BERNIE GUNTHER SERIES), ALAN FURST (SPIES OF THE BALKANS).THE HERO, MAJOR MARTIN ...

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  The Road to Ithaca
  

  • Mar-2017
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  Wehmacht officer Bora is sent to recently occupied Crete and must investigate the brutal murder of a Red Cross representative befriended by Himmler. All the clues lead to a platoon of trigger-happy German paratroopers but is this the truth? Bora take...

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  The Horseman's Song
  

  • Mar-2019
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  Spain, summer 1937. The civil war between Spanish nationalists and republicans rages. On the bloody sierras of Aragon, among Generalissimo Franco’s volunteers is Martin Bora, the twenty-something German officer and detective whose future adventures...

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  The Night of Shooting Stars
  

  • Jul-2020
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  Bora is ordered to investigate the murder of Walter Niemeyer, a dazzling clairvoyant, a star since the days of the Weimar Republic. For years he has mystified Germany with his astounding prophecies. Bora’s inquiry, supported by former S.A member Fl...

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  The Venus of Sal�
  

  • Jul-2024
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  A new Investigation for Wehrmacht Officer Martin Bora. October 1944, in the Republic of Salò, the last fascist stronghold in the country,  Bora must investigate the theft of a precious painting of Venus. While the inquiry proceeds amon...

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