by David Wishart (Author)
When Pegasus, racing mega-star and lead driver of the Whites faction, is found stabbed to death in the alleyway beside a wineshop, Marcus Corvinus is already on site. The local District Watch - crooked to a man - claim that the killer's motive was a simple theft. Tracking the murderer down with the often-unwilling help of his wife Perilla takes Marcus deep into the murky world of Roman chariot-racing with all its secrets, skulduggeries and scams; and his task is not made any easier by the fact that in the process he has a lovesick major-domo, an invisible dagger and Mount Etna to contend with.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 624
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: New English Library
Published: 19 Sep 2002
ISBN 10: 0340771283
ISBN 13: 9780340771280
Book Overview: The seventh Marcus Corvinus mystery from the leading Roman crime writer in the industry. Marcus Corvinus investigates in the murky world of Roman chariot-racing.
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