Flavia Albia
St. Martin's Griffin
June 2017
On Sale: May 23, 2017
336 pages ISBN: 1250131154 EAN: 9781250131157 Kindle: B019N4X5FK Trade Size / e-Book (reprint) Add to Wish List
n first century Rome, Flavia Albia, the daughter of Marcus
Didius Falco, has taken up her father's former profession as
an informer. On a typical day, it's small cases---cheating
spouses, employees dipping into the till---but this isn't a
typical day. Her beloved, the plebeian Manlius Faustus, has
recently moved in and decided that they should get married
in a big, showy ceremony as part of beginning a proper
domestic life together. Also, his contracting firm has been
renovating a rundown dive bar called The Garden of the
Hesperides, only to uncover human remains buried in the
backyard. There have been rumors for years that the previous
owner of the bar, now deceased, killed a bar maid and these
are presumably her remains. In the choice between planning a
wedding and looking into a crime from long ago, Albia would
much rather investigate a possible murder. Or murders, as
more and more remains are uncovered, revealing that
something truly horrible has been going on at the Hesperides.
As she gets closer to the truth behind the bodies in the
backyard, Albia's investigation has put her in the
cross-hairs---which might be the only way she'll get out of
the wedding and away from all her relatives who are
desperate to 'help.'
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