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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 XI: UNDER VESUVIUS
By: John Maddox Roberts

SPQR Roman Mysteries
Minotaur Books
December 2008
On Sale: November 25, 2008
Featuring: Decius Caecilius Metellus; Julia
224 pages
ISBN: 031237089X
EAN: 9780312370893
Paperback
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Mystery Historical

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, “Italy’s 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 priest’s 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 he's 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.