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Kelli Stanley
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Nox Dormienda: A Long Night for Sleeping (An Arcturus Mystery) |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Hardcover |
| Pages: |
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323 |
| Date: |
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2008-07-31 |
| ISBN: |
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1594146667 |
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Five Star (ME) |
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1.1 pounds |
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0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 inches |
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2 April Loomis (USA: CO), Rebecca (USA: NM) |
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2 Rebecca (USA: NM), gluestick (India) |
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Product Description
One week to solve a murder. Londinium, 83 AD. Vibius Maecenas, spy for Emperor Domitian, lies on an underground altar ... his throat slit to the spinal chord. One week to stop a civil war. Arcturus, the governor's doctor and sometime investigator, must find out who butchered him--and why--before Agricola and all of Britannia are plunged into civil war with Rome. He'd also like to know where the blonde fits in ... Welcome to Roman Noir. NOX DORMIENDA is the first of a new series in a new genre: Roman Noir. Featuring Arcturus, a hardboiled protagonist in the best Philip Marlowe tradition, NOX is a different kind of historical mystery, a suspense thriller that combines a classic noir style with the rich texture of the ancient past.
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gluestick (India) (2008/10/19):
The Roman conquest of Britain continues to interest writers, and Stanley has come up with a different angle, focusing on Arcturus, a half-British, half-Roman doctor who is the physician of Agricola, the provincial governor. A Syrian spy, widely believed to be carrying a message terminating Agricola's tenure, is found dead. But where is the message? And why was he carrying all this money? There's lots of action, with threads involving Arcturus' servant, the spy's reluctant fiancee, a badly run brothel and the secret lives of those who follow the "old" (Druidic) religion. There's also plenty of blood, cruelty and political machination in this well-done story that will keep the reader guessing for many chapters. -- Roberta Alexander, Contra Costa Times/San Jose Mercury News, July 13, 2008
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