The result is a talky, absorbing brew of Rome's decay. Saylor gives the widow a gloriously handsome, incest-inclined brother and sets his tale simmering with eroticism, adding engrossing historical filler about Roman law, politics and goddess cults. A beautiful, sex-hungry widow accuses Gordianus's neighbor, a young, loudmouthed lawyer, of murdering Dio, and she hires Gordianus to prove her charges. Gordianus looks into the doings of his late teacher's companion, the eunuch priest Trygonion, who had accompanied Dio that evening. Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover. He has appeared as an on-air expert on Roman history and life on The History Channel. Poor Dio dies that night anyway, stabbed and poisoned. 24OFF Steven Saylor - The Venus Throw (Gordianus the Finder 4) - 9781849016100 - V9781849016100. Steven Saylor is the author of the long running Roma Sub Rosa series featuring Gordianus the Finder, as well as the New York Times bestselling novel, Roma and its follow-up, Empire.

Dio, whose fellow delegates are being killed, fears being poisoned so Gordianus offers him an untainted dinner.

In his fourth adventure, in 56 B.C., Gordianus is visited by Dio, his teacher of Greek philosophy 30 years earlier in Alexandria, who is now on an Egyptian delegation to Rome. Venus Throw is a multi leveled story that involves: the murder of the Egyptian Ambassador Dio, investigation into the murder conspiracy, exacting preparation for the trial of the accused, presentation of he trial, and the gender education of Gordianus. Listen Free to Venus Throw audiobook by Steven Saylor with a 30 Day Free Trial Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet and iOS and Android. Saylor (Catilina's Riddle) has established a fine reputation with his mystery novels set in ancient Rome and starring Gordianus the Finder, an early PI.

The Venus Throw by Steven Saylor