Poseidons Gold

by Lindsey Davis

Set in first-century Rome. Marcus Didius Falco is beset by problems--domestic, romantic, legal, and moral. His apartment was wrecked while he was away. His mother is being blackmailed over a debt supposedly owed by his late brother, and when the blackmailer is killed, Falco becomes the prime suspect. Meanwhile his girlfriend's family is blocking their marriage, and now he may be forced to locate the father he despises for deserting his mother. 1992.