Dimensions
114 x 178 x 19mm
Libertus, freedman and pavement-maker, is in Londinium at the invitation of the Roman Governor, Perennis Felix, when news arrives of the brutal killing of Caius Monnius, the chief corn-officer of the city.
Still reeling from the shock of catching sight of the wife he lost to slavery twenty years ago, only to lose her once again in a devastating twist of fate, the ever-inquisitive Libertus is, for once, uninterested in unmasking the murderer. But when the Roman Governor asks you to investigate . . .
The dead man's mother, Annia, is convinced that the truth behind the killing lies with Fortunatus, a celebrated and much-vaunted charioteer with home Monnius' wife, Fulvia, was having an affair. Or could the killer be one of the many disgruntled grain suppliers whom, if the rumours are to be believed, Caius had been underpaying for years?
But with the discovery of a second corpse, it soon becomes clear that this case is more complex - and more sinister - than anyone had suspected.
