More on Fortunes of Death – book two

Sabina, the daughter of a powerful Roman magistrate, must once again use her God-given sleuthing talent to save an innocent man from Rome’s brutal injustice. All the while knowing she cannot attract the attention of the authorities persecuting her Christian faith. 

When Sabina is invited to the murdered man’s home, his widow arouses Sabina’s suspicions but swears she did not kill her husband and entreats Sabina to clear her name.

Suspects abound when a fortune teller who predicted Dionysius’s death discloses enigmatic clues. But is she hiding her guilt? His children accuse the widow of an affair with Dionysius’s friend and banker. A daughter’s dubious wedding is suddenly on the nuptial fast track, and letters written by Dionysius the night before he died uncover a business partnership with a criminal ex-gladiator. 

With Yechiel’s execution looming, another murder victim is found. As danger mounts, can Sabina find the killer before becoming the third victim?