Roman Blood: A Novel of Ancient Rome: 1 (Novels of Ancient Rome 1)

In the unseasonable heat of a spring morning in 80 B.C. Gordianus the Finder is summoned to the house of Cicero a young advocate staking his reputation on a case involving the savage murder of the wealthy sybaritic Sextus Roscius. Charged with the murder is Sextuss son greed being the apparent motive. The punishment rooted deep in Roman tradition is horrific beyond imagining. . The case becomes a political nightmare when Gordianuss investigation takes him through the citys raucous pungent streets and deep into rural Umbria. Now one mans fate may threaten the very leaders of Rome itself.