In a message of , Fred Runk (1:300/6.2) writes:
 >I also like the mysteries set in other times and other climes.  Along with
 >PD James, Martha Grimes, Elizabeth George, and Colin Dexter, I also enjoy
 >Ellis Peter's tales of Brother Cadfael; Anne Perry's Victorian amnesiac
 >detective, Monk; and a series set in Augustinian Rome, based on the 
xploits
 >of a private informer, Falco, by Lindsey Davis, I think.
Yes, Lindsey Davis's character is Falco.  You need to read the Stephen Saylor 
series about Gordianus the Finder.   The first one is Roman Blood and the 
second is Arms of Nemesis.  There are presently 5 in all.  I also like the 
John Maddox Roberts series which begins with SPQR, but the Saylor series is 
the best one of the three.
 >Another series, set in the future, is Isaac Asimov's Lije Baley/R. Daneel
 >Olivaw mystery series.  Lije Baley is a NYC cop, who, in the first novel,
 >was forced to work with R. Daneel Olivaw on a case--he was unhappy about
 >that for several reasons--jurisdictional for one, secondly it was a
 >high-profile political murder, and three, R. is short for robot.  Not that
 >he was prejudiced against robots, but...  
The Caves of Steel, followed by The Naked Sun.  And written much later, The 
Robots of Dawn.   I have never read the last one, having been warned off.  
The Caves of Steel is arguably Asimov's best novel.
 
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