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. Steven Saylor is the author of the internationally bestselling historical novels Roma and Empire (which precede Dominus), as well as the acclaimed Roma Sub Rosa series of historical mystery novels featuring Gordianus the Finder, beginning with Roman Blood. 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. Now Gordianus must begin the most dangerous case of his career. The fifth, Murder on the Appian Way, is available in hardback or paperback. And before the night is out, Dio is brutally assassinated. The Venus Throw is the fourth novel in the series to be published in Britain. The Venus Throw 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. But the ambassador, a philosopher named Dio, asks for something Gordianus cannot give - help in staying alive. Both are seeking Gordianus the Finder, who has a reputation for solving murders.
On a cold January evening in 50BC, two strangers enter Rome - one an Egyptian ambassador and the other a eunuch priest.
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