{"product_id":"spqr-i-the-kings-gambit-a-mystery","title":"Spqr I: The King's Gambit: A Mystery","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSpqr I: The King's Gambit: A Mystery\u003c\/h1\u003eJohn Maddox Roberts,John Maddox Roberts\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003eAugust 24 2001\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9780312277055\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 0312277059\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlackmail, corruption, treachery, murder--the glory that was Rome.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes readers back to a Rome filled with violence and evil. Vicious gangs ruled the streets of Crassus and Pompey, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike, so the garroting of a lowly ex-slaved and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant in the dangerous Subura district seemed of little consequence to the Roman hierarchy. But Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger--highborn commander of the local \u003ci\u003evigiles\u003c\/i\u003e--was determined to investigate. Despite official apathy, brazen bribes, and sinister threates, Decius uncovers a world of corruption at the highest levels of his government that threatens to destroy him and the government he serves.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391311511597,"sku":"WHS-e3b2c26f226d4912b399d0a96398455b","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_03b9b76d-3f40-4e1c-b1d8-649d01869775.jpg?v=1787353259","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/spqr-i-the-kings-gambit-a-mystery","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}