-=> While in the White Hart, Richard Knowles insisted to Fred Runk that <=-
 RK> Yes, Lindsey Davis's character is Falco.  You need to read the Stephen
 RK> Saylor  series about Gordianus the Finder.   The first one is Roman 
 RK> Blood and the second is Arms of Nemesis.  There are 
 RK> presently 5 in all.  I also like the John Maddox Roberts 
 RK> series which begins with SPQR, but the Saylor series is the 
 RK> best one of the three.
Don't know the Saylor series. Thanks for the information.  I will certainly
look around for those, especially since you suggested it's better than the
Davis' set.  I think I've heard of the John Maddox Roberts series, but
related to the Science Fiction genre, not mystery.
 
 RK> The Caves of Steel, followed by The Naked Sun.  And written 
 RK> much later, The Robots of Dawn.   I have never read the 
 RK> last one, having been warned off.  The Caves of Steel is 
 RK> arguably Asimov's best novel.
You may get some argument on that from some, but I definitely consider CAVES
OF STEEL to be one of his best.  I have read ROBOTS OF DAWN and considered
it ok, but I didn't feel it was a mystery in the same sense as CAVES OF
STEEL or THE NAKED SUN.  Those two were written to be mysteries, if you know
what I mean, while  Asimov had something else in mind for ROBOTS OF DAWN.  I
think he concentrated more on linking his robot series to his "Foundation"
series and concentrated less on writing a mystery tale.
I enjoyed meeting R Daneel once again, but it was a much weaker tale,
although of interest to completists and those curious about how he was going
to bring all his works into one universe.
... No man can lose what he never had.  -Izaac Walton-
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