Author: joanohagan

Classic murder mystery set in Ancient Rome. In 45 BC, Julius Caesar is at the height of his power and the fortunes of the Fufidii and Scauri families are at a watershed. Quintus Fufidius agrees against his wife’s instincts to the marriage of their daughter to Lucius Scaurus, but before the wedding can take place one of the principals is murdered. Suspects are few, but Roman society is shocked … when Quintus’s wife is accused not only of murder, but also of incest. The trial of Helvia, in which she is defended by Cicero, is a courtroom battle on the…