By David Wishart
Book Details:
ISBN: 1780290543
EAN: 9781780290546
ASIN: 1780290543
Publisher: Creme de los angeles Crime
Publication Date: 2013-11-01
Number of Pages: 224
Website: Amazon, LibraryThing, Google Books, Goodreads
Synopsis from Amazon:
December, AD39. whereas having fun with the iciness pageant vacation at his followed daughter's domestic within the Alban Hills, Marcus Corvinus discovers that an outwardly good pillar of the neighborhood, neighborhood baby-kisser Quintus Caesius has been came upon crushed to demise on the rear front of the city brothel.
Questioning those that knew the sufferer, Corvinus is dismayed to discover Bovillae a spot of small city secrets and techniques, sour feuds, malicious gossip and lethal competition: an international clear of the sophistication of Rome. As he's to find, there are numerous suspects with cause to undergo Caesius a grudge. yet who may hate him sufficient to kill him? And what could a supposedly sturdy citizen be doing vacationing the neighborhood brothel?
GoodReads writer Information:
Author Name: David Wishart (Born: 1952/01/01)
Author Description:
Historical crime author David Wishart was once born in Arbroath, Scotland. He studied Classics - Latin and Greek - at Edinburgh college and after commencement taught for 4 years in a secondary school.
He then retrained as a instructor of English as a international Language and labored overseas for 11 years, in Kuwait, Greece and Saudi Arabia. He lower back to Scotland in 1990 and now lives along with his kinfolk in Carnoustie, blending writing with educating EFL and examine abilities at Dundee University.
Author URL: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40203
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Dr Allen sported new glasses and a salon haircut. Finally having arrived at an age that matched his serious nature, he was beginning to find a look that he felt comfortable with: stylish academic. She had never asked him if he was married but she assumed not, and guessed that the subtle makeover was part of his strategy to remedy the situation. He looked up from the bound notebook in which he made his precise longhand notes. ' He smiled. ' She felt a rush of electricity travel up her spine and she almost said it; almost confessed that her father had told her that Katy was a first cousin, his brother's little girl.
Just tell me what she said, [suspect covers face with hands] DI G: Come on, Paul. Let's hear it. ' And that's when I picked up a knife from the counter and stuck it in her, right there, in the chest. DI G: How many times? [suspect shakes his head] DI G: What did you do then? PC: I ran out of that house. I ran away from there. DI G: What did you do with the knife? PC: Threw it away. DI G: Where? Where did you throw it? [suspect shakes his head, breaking down into tears] The last document in the file was a report from the court- appointed psychiatrist, Dr Helen Graham, who said she had examined Craven on three separate occasions during his remand.
He kept his eyes trained on the centre of her face. He was making her nervous. 'How is your relationship with your son? ' 'For the time being. ' She sounded like a fraud and could tell that he saw straight through her. ' 'We've both been rather busy. He works in the day and has to study at night. I barely get an evening to myself . ' 'So neither of you feels the need to make the effort? ' Declared himself. Where did he get these phrases from? Jenny shrugged. ' Dr Allen nodded, as if she had confirmed his theory.