| Buried Too Deep: An Aurelia Marcella Roman Mystery Contributor(s): Finnis, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1590584007 ISBN-13: 9781590584002 Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press OUR PRICE: $23.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: Spring of 98 AD is a time of optimism in the turbulent frontier province of Britannia and business is brisk at Aurelia Marcella's inn on the road to York. Then a wagon arrives bearing a grievously wounded farmer seeking treatment. Before his death, he tells Aurelia his family is in grave danger. Alarmed, Aurelia sends for her twin brother Lucius, a government investigator, and together they head for the eastern coast. Could the band of piratical Gauls working the area be cover for something worse? Friction between native farmers and Roman settlers over farmland turns to open violence. Both sides resort to terrorist tactics. Underneath it all flows a current of subtle, personal agendas.... Jane Finnis and her husband Richard live near the East Yorkshire coast. She is the author of Get Out or Die and A Bitter Chill. www.janefinnis.com |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Aurelia Marcella Roman (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6" W x 9" (1.80 lbs) 560 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The spring of 98 AD is a time of optimism in the turbulent frontier province of Britannia. The season looks set fair for peace and prosperity and business is brisk at Aurelia Marcella's inn on the road to York. Then a wagon arrives bearing a local farmer seeking treatment for a grievous sword wound. Before the farmer dies, he tells Aurelia his family is in grave danger and hints that her sister's family, living near him, is threatened too. Aurelia sends for her twin brother Lucius, who is a government investigator. Together they head for the eastern coast to find out more, and to check out a shipwreck bearing valuable official cargo. A band piratical Gauls is working the area--are they cover for something worse? The aura of peace cracks further as friction between native farmers and Roman settlers over ownership of the best farmland turns to open violence. Both sides resort to terrorist tactics: stealing, kidnapping, and murder, all building to a terrible climax at the annual festival for the sea god. Underneath flows a current of subtle, personal agendas.... Third in the Aurelia Marcella series. |
Contributor Bio(s): Finnis, Jane: - Jane Finnis grew up in Yorkshire, northern England. For twenty years she lived and worked in London as a radio producer and reporter, and as a computer programmer, but then she moved back to Yorkshire, with her husband Richard. Now they live near the East Yorkshire coast. www.janefinnis.com |