Marilyn Todd

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  • Bibliography:
    22 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1995
  • Latest Book:
    February 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Claudia Seferius

1 - I, Claudia (1995)
2 - Virgin Territory (1996)
3 - Man Eater (1997)
4 - Wolf Whistle (1998)
5 - Jail Bait (1999)
6 - Black Salamander (2000)
7 - Dream Boat (Apr-2002)
8 - Dark Horse (Oct-2002)
9 - Second Act (Oct-2003)
10 - Widow's Pique (Sep-2004)
11 - Stone Cold (Jun-2005)
12 - Sour Grapes (Jan-2006)
13 - Scorpion Rising (Aug-2006)

High Priestess Iliona

1 - Blind Eye (Dec-2007)
2 - Blood Moon (Apr-2009)
3 - Still Waters (Jul-2010)

Book List in Order: 22 titles

  • I, Claudia

    • / Historical Mystery
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    Claudia Seferius - 1

    First in the Claudia Seferius mystery series, set in 13 B. C.!Claudia Seferius has successfully flattered her way into marriage with a wealthy Roman wine merchant. But when her secret gambling debts spiral, she hits on another resourceful way to make...

  • Virgin Territory

    • / Historical Mystery
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    Claudia Seferius - 2

    It just wasn't fair. When you marry a man for his money, you expect him to leave you a shining pile of gold pieces. Not a crummy old wine business. How was the new young widow Claudia going to pay off her gambling debts now? So when Eugenius Collatin...

  • Man Eater

    • / Historical Mystery
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    Claudia Seferius - 3

    On the eve of the Roman festivities, the last thing you’d expect Claudia Seferius to be doing is heading out of the city. Unfortunately, even hedonistic young widows have to put business before pleasure when their vineyards are threatened with arso...

  • Wolf Whistle

    • / Historical Mystery
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    Claudia Seferius - 4

    Five slave women have been murdered on Market Day, so it isn’t a safe time for Claudia to be chased by dogs into the darkest streets of Rome. In the back alleys of the capital city, Claudia finds an abandoned boy, Jovi, and takes him home with her....

  • Jail Bait

    • / Historical Mystery
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    Claudia Seferius - 5

    Claudia "borrows" 3000 sesterces from Sabbio Tullus, and leaves town for the spa resort of Atlantis. There she meets Cal, but after a little flirting she finds Cal is dead, and realizes from the gossip that Atlantis is far more dangerous than the dis...

  • Black Salamander

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    Claudia Seferius - 6

    In ancient Rome, the beautiful young widow, Claudia Seferius, agrees to deliver a pouch sealed with the black salamander. But a rockfall in the dangerous Helvetii territory leaves them stranded in an Alpine valley with five of their number dead. A...

  • Dream Boat

    Claudia Seferius - 7

    When her stepdaughter is abducted, Claudia can't just throw money at the problem. The cash simply isn't there. And the frustratingly delectable Orbilio can't help he's been arrested after a skeleton was found walled up in his house. Now, with the Gam...

  • Dark Horse

    Claudia Seferius - 8

    Taking refuge on an island three hundred miles away from Rome after she is caught doping racehorses, Claudia Seferius discovers that her crimes have followed her when she begins to receive sinister messages....

  • Second Act

    Claudia Seferius - 9

    The latest adventure for the Roman sleuth and glamorous heroine of ""I, Claudia Busy, busy, busy . . . A house full of actors, Saturnalia coming up, the Guilds to outmanoeuvre, creditors on her back and, ahem, a slight cash-flow problem to deal with;...



  • Widow's Pique

    Claudia Seferius - 10

    The latest adventure for the Roman sleuth and glamorous heroine of I, Claudia
    When the King of Histria invites Claudia to visit, she assumes it's as a wine merchant. How wrong can she be? And, before long, all manner of assumptions are proved fals...

  • Stone Cold

    Claudia Seferius - 11

    The latest adventure for the Roman sleuth and glamorous heroine of I, Claudia Claudia was just ten years old when her father marched off to war and never came home. Now it's time to uncover the truth about his disappearance. The search takes her to t...

  • Sour Grapes

    Claudia Seferius - 12

    The latest adventure for the glamorous Roman sleuth Claudia Visiting her stepmother at the family estate in Tuscany, Claudia is concerned at the gaggle of hangers-on surrounding the old lady. And what of the series of recent local murders, and the mi...

  • Scorpion Rising

    Claudia Seferius - 13

    The latest adventure for the glamorous Roman sleuth Claudia. Blackmailed into investigating the murder of a child in south-west Gaul, Claudia is plunged into a bizarre world of nature priestesses, known as the Hundred Handed, who talk with their hand...

  • Blind Eye

    High Priestess Iliona - 1

    A new series set in Ancient Greece - 466 BC - Blackmailed into spying for Spartas hated secret police, High Priestess Ilionas investigations keep turning up the same stories of a one-eyed giant that lives in the hills above Sicily: the legendary Cycl...

  • Blood Moon

    High Priestess Iliona - 2

    A High Priestess Iliona Ancient Greek Mystery - When three bodies are found in bizarre circumstances, for the rulers of Sparta, hosting an important trade delegation, the timing is terrible. Convinced it is the work of Athenian agents, they call in L...

  • Still Waters

    High Priestess Iliona - 3

    For High Priestess Iliona, unparalleled happiness would mean staying in Sparta, but Lysander, head of the secret police, needs her help to track down some stolen gold. The trail leads to a new lakeside posting station--which proves to be a hotbed of ...

  • Swords, Sandals and Sirens

    Murder, conmen, elephants. Who knew ancient times could be such fun? Many of the stories feature Claudia Seferius, the superbitch heroine of Marilyn Todd's critically acclaimed mystery series set in Ancient Rome. Others feature Iliona, High Priestess...

  • The Wickedest Town in the West

    Sometimes, wishing someone dead is not enough. Sometimes, you need to make it happen. Always, there's someone there to make you pay. From one of the best mystery short story writers of her generation comes this sparkling collection of ten chillers an...

  • Dead & Breakfast and Other Stories

    Not all detectives are heroes. And when the dead can’t defend themselves, help comes from the most unlikely sources. It might be from P.I.s with offices in unusually high places (“Heaven Knows”). It might come from shapeshifters in love (“Sta...



  • Slay Belles

    The North Pole wasn’t the most original name for a year-round Christmas shop, but you can’t say people didn’t know what they were in for. From the spray-on snowflakes round the window to the ho, ho motion-sensor Santa, it was floor-to-ceiling t...

  • Burning Desire and Other Stories

    Passions run high in this sparkling collection from what Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine describes as one of the best mystery short story writers of her generation.From shy insurance clerks obsessed with a stripper (Pirate of Penance) to wives plotting...

  • The Wickedest Town in The West and Other Stories

    • / Mystery
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    18pt Large Print Edition! Sometimes, wishing someone dead is not enough. Sometimes, you need to make it happen. Always, there’s someone there to make you pay. From one of the best mystery short story writers of her generation comes this sparklin...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Marilyn Todd has published 22 books.

Marilyn Todd does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Burning Desire and Other Stories, was published in February 2023.

The first book by Marilyn Todd, I, Claudia, was published in January 1995.

Yes. Marilyn Todd has 2 series.
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