The Roman Mysteries: The Prophet from Ephesus: Book 16

Description

It's August, AD 81. Presumed dead by their families but wanted by unknown authorities, Flavia and her friends feel very far from home. News of more kidnappings in Italia reach them, and when they discover one of Miriam's twins is among the missing, the four detectives set out for Halicarnassus in the Roman province of Asia. Here they find the countryside is full of prophets who heal the sick and cure the lame - or are they merely tricksters and villains in disguise Once again, the detectives' loyalties are tested as they are confronted with hopes for the future and grim legacies of the past . . .

Caroline Lawrence is American. She won a scholarship to Cambridge to read Classical Archaeology, then did a degree in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College, London. She lives with her husband, a graphic designer, by the river in London and, in addition to writing her books, is very active as a speaker in schools and at book festivals.

'Lawrence's books are well supported with information about the period and locale in which they are set....A gripping mystery adventure story' - BOOKS FOR KEEPS 'If you were appointing a time-traveller to report back on life in first-century Rome, you couldn't do better than Caroline Lawrence' - DAILY MAIL 'Caroline Lawrence is good at this stuff; education with a flavour of the Famous Five' - BOOKWITCH