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SPQR I: The King's Gambit

A Mystery

The SPQR Roman Mysteries (Volume 1)

Author: John Maddox Roberts

SPQR I: The King's Gambit

SPQR I: The King's Gambit

$20.99

About This Book

Blackmail, corruption, treachery, murder--the glory that was Rome.

In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes readers back to a Rome filled with...

Page Count
288
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On Sale
08/24/2001

Book Details

Blackmail, corruption, treachery, murder--the glory that was Rome.

In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes readers back to a Rome filled with violence and evil. Vicious gangs ruled the streets of Crassus and Pompey, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike, so the garroting of a lowly ex-slaved and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant in the dangerous Subura district seemed of little consequence to the Roman hierarchy. But Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger--highborn commander of the local vigiles--was determined to investigate. Despite official apathy, brazen bribes, and sinister threates, Decius uncovers a world of corruption at the highest levels of his government that threatens to destroy him and the government he serves.

Imprint Publisher

Minotaur Books

ISBN

9780312277055

In The News

“This literate mystery introduces the newest in an ever-expanding genre of quirky dicks: Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger, a high-born bad boy, but patriotic head of a civil detective force in ancient Rome.” —Publishers Weekly

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SPQR I: The King's Gambit

SPQR I: The King's Gambit

$20.99