num_pages: 413
description: Torchlight flickers on elegant marble walls. The sound of a mob echoes in the street. The year is 52 B.C. and the naked body of Publius Clodius is about to be carried through the teeming streets of Rome. Clodius, a rich man turned rabble-rouser, was slain on the most splendid road in the world, the Appian Way. Now Clodius's rival, Milo, is being targeted for revenge, and the city teeters on the verge of chaos.An explosive trail will feature the best oration of Cicero and Marc Anthony, while Gordianus the Finder has been charged by Pompey the Great himself to look further into the murder. With the Senate House already in ashes, and his own life very much in danger, Gordianus must return to a deserted stretch of the Appian Way—to find the truth that can save a city filled with the madness and glory.
language: English
title: A Murder on the Appian Way
titlecomplete: A Murder on the Appian Way (Roma Sub Rosa, #5)
characters: Marcus Tullius Cicero, Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gordianus the Finder, Titus Annius Milo
genres: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, Roman, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Ancient History, Historical Mystery, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 3674
series: Gordianus the Finder - Chronological , Roma Sub Rosa
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Mystery
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks