Libertus, a former slave and current mosaic artist, has developed a reputation for solving murders, and in this fourth installment of Rosemary Rowe's series about Roman-era Britain, Libertus is asked by the Roman governor of Britain, Pertinax, to solve the murder of the corn officer. Caius Monnius has been strangled in his bed, and everyone is a suspect, including his young second wife, his mother, and his first wife, who all live together. There are also missing documents and money, and as Libertus follows the clues, he unearths crimes and intrigues that complicate the murder investigation including rigged betting on horse races and fraudulent sales of poor quality corn. As in the earlier books, Libertus and his slave Junio get people to open up to them as they develop their theories about who is responsible for the murder, resulting in a final surprise reveal in the last pages.
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