In this 4th volume in the Libertus Roman series, author Rosemary Rowe has presented us with the sudden death of Perennis Felix, a high-ranking Roman visiting Libertus' city of Glevum. Upon arriving, Felix had executed a slave in a gruesome manner, then arranged to have a banquet held in his own honor. During the banquet he chokes on a nut, but then dies from what turns out to be poison. There are many with potential motives, including his daughter and her lover, whom he will not allow to marry and who both suspect the other. As Libertus and his assistant Junio investigate the murder, they follow one lead after another before uncovering the truth, along with a much larger conspiracy than expected.
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