SPQR XI: Under Vesuvius: A Mystery: 11 (The SPQR Roman Mysteries 11)

Things are going well for Decius Caecilius Metellus. He is praetor peregrinus which means he has to judge a case or two outside Rome. His first stop is Campania Italys most popular resort district. He and his wife Julia are happy for a change of scenery. But the good times end when in a town near Vesuvius a priests daughter is murdered. Decius must find her killer and keep the mob off a young boy whom everyone blames but he believes to be innocent. Decius may have acquired more prestige but hes also acquired more trouble. . With his SPQR novels John Maddox Roberts has written a satisfying and entertaining historical mystery series. The stakes just keep getting higher in this latest atmospheric puzzle.