The Temple of the Muses

In the Eternal City, intrigue is boiling and blood is being spilled—Guy Julius Caesar is rushing for power. Having many enemies, senator Decius Lucilius Metellus the Younger decided it was best to leave Rome—somewhere there is music and wine flowing, but no hired killers prowling around. Alexandria fit the bill perfectly—the second most magnificent city in the ancient world. Joining a diplomatic mission, Decius already anticipated feasts in the royal palace and scholarly conversations with the philosophers of the great Library. But it seems the gods have not prepared even a minute of peace for him: the very first banquet is marred by the murder of one of the scholars. And the Roman “Sherlock Holmes” begins a new investigation…