By Lindsey Davis
"There are ideas for personal informers accepting a brand new case. by no means tackle consumers who can't pay you. by no means do favours for buddies. do not paintings with family members. If, like me, you're a lady, preserve away from males you discover beautiful.
"Will I by no means learn?"
In historical Rome, the variety of slaves used to be a long way more than that of unfastened electorate. for this reason, frequently the folks Romans feared so much have been the "enemies at home," the slaves less than their very own roofs. due to this, Roman legislations decreed that if the top of a loved ones was once murdered at domestic, and the wrongdoer wasn't speedy found, his slaves―all of them, to blame or not―were presumed liable and have been placed to demise. with no exception.
When a pair is located lifeless of their personal bed room and their apartment burglarized, a few of their family slaves be aware of what's approximately to occur to them. They flee to the Temple of Ceres, which through culture is revered as a haven for refugees. this can be the place Flavia Albia is available in. The experts, stressed from both sides, desire a answer. Albia, a personal informer similar to her father, Marcus Didius Falco, is requested to resolve the murders, during this secret from Lindsey Davis.
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