14 AD.
When Dokimos the vegetable seller is found bludgeoned to death in the Black Sea
town of Tomis, it’s the most exciting thing to have happened in the region for
years. Now reluctantly settled into life in exile, the disgraced Roman poet
Ovid helps his friend Avitius to investigate the crime, with the evidence
pointing straight at a cuckolded neighbour.
But Ovid is also on edge, waiting for the most momentous death of all.
Augustus, the first Emperor of Rome, is nearing his end, and the future of the
whole Roman world is uncertain.
Even as far away as Tomis, this political shadow creates tension as the pompous
Roman legate Flaccus thinks more of his career than solving a local murder.
Avitius and Ovid become convinced that an injustice has been done in the case of the murdered vegetable seller. But Flaccus continues to turn a deaf ear.
When Ovid’s wife, Fabia, arrives unexpectedly, carrying a cryptic message from
the Empress Livia, the poet becomes distracted - and another crime is
committed.
Ovid hopes for a return to Rome - only to discover that he is under threat from an enemy much closer to home.
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Fiona studied Classics at Oxford before teaching it for 25 years. A family move to Qatar gave her the opportunity to write about ancient Rome, and she is now back in the UK, working on her seventh novel.
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