London: Macmillan, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel and the first in this series of mysteries set in ancient Rome introducing Claudia, a beautiful young woman who inveigled her way into marriage with the wealthy middle-aged wine merchant Gaius Seferius, and investigator Marcus Cornelius Orbilio, on the trail of a sadistic serial killer. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-333650220.