Dion, Macro's former secretary, delivers a posthumous letter from Macro to Marcus Corvinus asking him to clear Macro's name. As soon becomes apparent, Macro never had a secretary called Dion and the letter is a forgery. What is going on?

It's been a long time since I read the previous volume in this series, so I didn't always follow references to previous events, but I still love Marcus Corvinus's narrative voice. I really mustn't leave such a long gap next time. ( )

Corvinus is back in the political swing here, trying to determine how to deal with a letter suggesting a deep conspiracy. First, is there a conspiracy? And second, if there is, how should Corvinus deal with it, given that said conspiracy could target his charming emperor, Caligula? As usual in this series, the style is more British noir than classical Latin, but for my money that's what makes these books fun, along with the detailed classical Roman background. If this is the sort of thing you like, you will like it. If not, you probably won't. ( )