Book 1998

Catilina's Riddle

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Publisher: Constable and Robinson
Published: 1998

Crime & mystery
Historical fiction

63 BC: Gordianus attempts to find out why headless bodies keep appearing on his newly-inherited farm and contend with hostile neighbors—all cousins of his benefactor—while he is entangled in republican conspiracy and counter-conspiracy. in Rome, Meto celebrates his toga party, on his sixteenth birthday.