As for the e-book version, my agent and I are hoping to see Nox (and the Arcturus series) picked up by a larger publisher, and are thus holding those rights for the present … but I most definitely would like to see at least a Kindle version.

And if anyone is interested in an excellent site/discussion group that lists historical mysteries, try Crime Thru Time.

Thanks again, everyone!

I’m sure that after Gutenberg’s press came into common use collectors sat around and moaned about how printing was debasing the quality of the book.

I thought The Big Sleep thing was a nice lagniappe.

I've a Masters Degree in Classics, which helps considerably with research.

There you go! People can make a living with a Classics degree. I loved the two classes I took in college and would have been tickled pink to major in that or history.

Thanks very much for the thoughtful review of Nox Dormienda! Alas, Ruth Downie came out with Medicus after I’d received my publication news, so the fact that we both created medici was just a matter of coincidence. I thought her book was terrific.

Thanks again for your comments. I’ve a Masters Degree in Classics, which helps considerably with research.

As for the title … it’s from a line of poetry by Catullus (first century BCE Roman poet), and is the basis for subsequent literary metaphors, including Hamlet’s soliloquy and Chandler’s The Big Sleep. As I mention in the acknowledgments, the homage is intentional … Chandler knew his Greek and Latin very well, and happens to be my favorite noir writer.