A Comedy Of Terrors by Lindsey Davis

During the raucous Saturnalia festival in ancient Rome, a wry private informer is drawn into a cascade of mischief that escalates from seasonal pranks and food-market fraud—especially among rival nut sellers—into blackmail and murder. Juggling domestic chaos, civic unrest, and meddling power brokers, she follows a trail of clues through street mayhem and family feuds to restore order before misrule turns deadly.

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