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Also by John Maddox Roberts:

SPQR XIII: The Year Of Confusion, January 2011
Paperback
SPQR XII: Oracle Of The Dead, December 2009
Paperback
SPQR XI: Under Vesuvius, December 2008
Paperback
SPQR X: A Point Of Law, May 2007
Paperback
SPQR IX: The Princess and the Pirates, February 2006
Paperback
SPQR VIII: The River God's Vengeance, February 2005
Paperback
SPQR VI: Nobody Loves A Centurion, October 2003
Paperback
SPQR V: Saturnalia, October 2003
Paperback

SPQR X: A POINT OF LAW
By: John Maddox Roberts

SPQR Roman Mysteries
Minotaur Books
May 2007
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Featuring: Decius Caecilius Metellus
272 pages
ISBN: 0312337264
EAN: 9780312337261
Paperback
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Mystery Historical

Decius Caecilius Metellus is moving up in the world. He’s won some money and glory fighting pirates in the Mediterranean and expects a speedy election to the office of praetor.That all changes when a man he’s never seen before publicly accuses him of corruption. Decius and his powerful family of Rome’s leading politicians scramble to prepare a defense. However, the day of the trial they are greeted with a strange surprise on the steps of the courthouse: the corpse of the man who made the accusation. Now Decius is up against a much more serious charge of murder. It may cost him his chance to run for office, but not if he can help it.

Roberts once again masterfully sets Decius and his adventures against the background of this famed and crumbling Republic, enriching his story with historical detail and the immortal personalities of the day.