AD 91: Life is cheap, and so is death...
WELCOME TO ROMAN BRITAIN. It is almost fifty years since the legions invaded but Britannia is still a raw, frontier province. Tensions run high, especially in the north, where Aurelia Marcella, a young Roman woman fled from the ruins of Pompeii, runs the Oak Tree Inn on the road to York.
SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT. When a traveller is beaten and left for dead outside her inn, Aurelia finds herself confronted by a man known only as The Shadow of Death. The Shadow of Death leads a clandestine warband and they have but one message for Roman settlers like Aurelia: GET OUT OR DIE. Can Aurelia discover who The Shadow of Death is before his campaign of terror turns to outright rebellion?
Head of Zeus * Crime Fiction
01 Nov 2012 * 368pp * £4.49 * 9781908800886
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'Highly readable and endlessly absorbing historical adventure'
Kirkus Reviews
'If the blood-drenched HBO series Rome makes you want to know what life was like in Britannia, Finnis is the writer for you'
Chicago Tribune
'Suspenseful and authentically detailed'
Booklist
I recommend Jane Finnis's Aurelia Marcella novels... these are enjoyable enough to overcome even the deepest-set prejudices against historical detective fiction'
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