Book description
On a cold January evening in 50BC, two strangers enter Rome - one
an Egyptian ambassador and the other a eunuch priest. Both are seeking
Gordianus the Finder, who has a reputation for solving murders. But
the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, asks for something Gordianus
cannot give - help in staying alive. And before the night is out, Dio
is brutally assassinated. Now Gordianus must begin the most dangerous
case of his career. Hired to investigate Dio's murder by a beautiful
woman with a scandalous reputation, he will follow a trail of intrigue
into the highest circles of political power and the city's secret
arenas of debauchery. There Gordianus will learn that nothing is as it
seems, not the damning evidence he uncovers, nor the suspect he sends
to trial, not even the real truth behind Dio's death which also lies
shrouded in secrets - though not of the state, but of the heart.
