In the first century A.D., during Domitian's reign,
Flavia Albia is ready for a short break from her family. So
despite the oppressive July heat, she returns to Rome,
leaving them at their place on the coast. Albia, daughter
of Marcus Didius Falco, the famed private informer (now
retired), has taken up her father's former profession, and
it's time to get back to work. The first order of business,
however, is the corpse that was found in a chest sent as
part of a large lot to be sold by the Falco family auction
house. As the senior family representative in Rome, it
falls upon Albia to identify the corpse, find out why he was
killed, who killed him, and, most important, how did it end
up in the chest.
At the same time, her potential
young man, Faustus, comes looking for help with his friend
Sextus's political campaign. Between the auction business
and Roman politics, it's not quite clear which one is the
more underhanded and duplicitous. Both, however, are tied
together by the mysterious body in the chest, and if Albia
isn't able to solve that mystery, it won't be the only body
to drop.
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