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The Bull Slayer: A Plinius Secundus Mystery (Plinius Secundus Series)
The Bull Slayer A Plinius Secundus Mystery - Plinius Secundus Series Author:Bruce Macbain A turbulent frontier province, rotten with corruption and seething with hatred of Rome?a barbarian god whose devotees may include a murderer ?a clever and unscrupulous faith healer who knows everyone's secrets?a boy who struggles toward manhood though stricken with the Sacred Disease: these are the elements in a mystery that Pliny, newly appoint... more »ed governor of Bithynia, confronts when a high Roman official is found murdered on a desolate hillside, miles from the capital. But as Pliny pursues one baffling lead after another, he is being betrayed where he least expects it: his beautiful wife, neglected and lonely in an alien city, falls desperately in love with a handsome young provincial?an affair which threatens to bring not only pain but ruin to Pliny's career. All these threads come together in a surprising and tragic finale.« less
ISBN-13: 9781464201097 ISBN-10: 1464201099 Publication Date: 3/5/2013 Pages:250 Edition:Large type / large p Rating: