The Crime Warp

Lots of suspense and corpses a plenty, but more of a Roman adventure than a book that fits tidily into the crime genre. Set within the Roman army during the 2 nd century, when Commodus was the ruthless, unpredictable megalomaniac on the imperial throne, the action takes us from Rome to the dangerous German tribal lands east of the Rhine where tribal priests still offer up human sacrifices on bloody altars.   No sex or romance but plenty of violence as a small group of Romans infiltrates the land of the Bructeri Tribe. Their covert mission is clear but poses many dangers, not only from their known enemies, but also from a hidden foe. Central to the action, and in fact the whole series, is the fate of one Marcus Tribulus Corvus, otherwise known as Centurion Marcus Aquila. Since the death of his wife in childbirth he has suffered from a terrible depression which is eating away at his very being. Will Gerhild, the Germanic seer and priestess they encounter, be able to save him fr...