Murder in Purple and GoldWhen Flavia Albia stumbles upon the murdered corpse of a young man near Rome's famous Circus Maximus, she is about to embark on one of her most dangerous and complicated cases. Rome and the Romans are obsessed with chariot racing. Lepo was the rising star of the Purples, a new team created by the psychotic Emperor Domitian with big money backing. Suspicion immediately falls on Lepo's greatest rival, Agathon, a young man emerging from a rival team, the

Allies will become enemies

they are searching for the only person Raine believes can help them get back home: the enigmatic and infuriatingly elusive Queen of Feathers

'Achieves a near-impossible marriage between paranormal pop-culture

As the dead return to haunt the living

white-bearded stranger who sits on the veranda each night and smokes one cigarette

a spy whose network of agents is vital to British victory

Two red-headed brothers

yet unease still casts a shadow over the peaceful lives of the Close's inhabitants

the surreal weightlessness

In his memoirs

Corayne finds herself on a desperate journey to complete an impossible task

My son Thomas