The first in the series of novels by Caroline Lawrence, which has become an international bestseller, has been reissued with a fantastic new cover. Flavia Gemina has a natural talent for solving mysteries. As the daughter of a sea captain living in Ostia, the port of Rome, in 79 A.D., she and her three friends, Jonathan, a Jewish boy (and secretly Christian); Nubia, a slave girl from Africa; and Lupus, a mute beggar boy, must work together to discover who is beheading the dogs that guard the houses and why.
Caroline Lawrence, a talented storyteller, has created a delightful and accessible series that children will want to read over and over again.
Pages: 208, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm
