by David Wishart (Author)
It is the morning after the nocturnal rite of the good Goddess, an all-female ceremony strictly out of bounds to the male of the species, and the body of a young woman has been found, her throat cut. Suicide or murder? Hoping to avoid scandal, Senator Lucius Arruntius calls in Marcus Corvinus to do some discreet sleuthing. Marcus is helped in his investigations by a feisty flutegirl and by his clever, loyal wife Perilla (even though her attention is somewhat distracted by the acquisition of a revolutionary new clock). But - inevitably - to solve the mystery, Marcus must look beyond the obvious and first untangle a complex web of treachery and deceit.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 339
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: New English Library
Published: 21 Feb 2002
ISBN 10: 034076886X
ISBN 13: 9780340768860
Book Overview: The sixth Marcus Corvinus mystery from the leading Roman crime writer in the industry.
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