Flavia, Jonathan, Nubia, and Lupus work together within the rules of the ancient Roman legal system to prove the innocence of Hephzibah, a slave in a wealthy household who has been accused of murder, but the witnesses are killed before they can testify before the magistrate.
year: 2009
call number/section: 1000
subjects: slaves, fiction, murder, homicide, mystery fiction, rome, history, empire, 30 b.c.-284 a.d, fiction