In a message of , Fred Runk (1:300/6.2) writes:
 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.
Roberts is now writing sword-and-sorcery mysteries.   The 1st one was a  
Forgotten Realms book and the 2nd is a Dragonlance book.  
 >You may get some argument on that from some, but I definitely consider 
AVES
 >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 
now
 >what I mean, while  Asimov had something else in mind for ROBOTS OF DAWN.  

 >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 
oing
 >to bring all his works into one universe.
I enjoyed Robots and Empire where the link is made explicitly.  Not a mystery 
though.
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