The Venus Throw: A Mystery of Ancient Rome

"Finely etched historical background . . . The finest flower yet of Saylor's Roma Sub Rosa Series."—Kirkus Reviews

On a chill January evening in 56 B.C. , two strange visitors to Rome--an Egyptian ambassador and a eunuch priest--seek out Gordianus the Finder whose specialty is solving murders. But the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, has come to ask for something Gordianus cannot give--help in staying alive. Before the night is out, he will be murdered.

Now Gordianus begins his most dange...