.. .an enjoyable, convincing, and at times gripping read, a text where the setting itself shines as its most prominent character. With such a plucky detective and an amazing location...this series may be around for a long time indeed. -- Bloomsbury Review of Get Out or Die If that gaudy, blood-drenched HBO series Rome makes you want to know what everyday life was really like for the Romans who lived in conquered lands such as Britannia, Jane Finnis is the writer for you. Her second period mystery (after the superb Get Out Or Die ) again uses topnotch writing and research to get under the skin of Romans and their increasingly restive Brit charges... --Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune, September 2005 Finnis does a good job of interweaving several plot strands into a suspenseful and authentically detailed historical whodunit. --Margaret Flanagan, Booklist