Roman Law

Fresh from his trip to Britain, Falco needs to re-establish his presence in Rome. A minor role in the trial of a senator entangles him in the machinations of Silius Italicus and Paccius Africanus, two real-life lawyers at the top of their trade. These notorious ex-consuls play a dangerous game, where success brings rich pickings but a mistrial or a wrong verdict entails huge financial penalties.

It’s all come down to this. Every touch, every kiss, every heated look and rogue bullet. Eleni, lost in the clutches of an unknown enemy, is losing a battle against time. Dante, desperate to find her before all hope is lost, makes a decision that rattles the Staten Island Saints to the core. Dante realizes a choice has to be made. Can he remain the cold-hearted boss of the Saints and still be with Eleni? Can he keep her, and the secret she’s guarding with her life, safe?

Murder of an early Pope Nerva, the future emperor of Rome, called the Christian faith “Desiderata’s lost cause”. At the time the ‘Universal Church’ counted only a few thousand faithful rather than untold millions, and he didn’t think it would last, as the Second Coming of the Messiah was looking more and more like a no-show. His blind friend Desiderata would demur and argue. Then in AD 76 the first elected Pope was brutally murdered, and Desi realized that the very survival of her faith was at stake. Delegates from all over the empire had come to Rome for the Pope’s ordination...