The King’s Gambit

By: John Maddox Roberts

Narrated by: John Lee

Blackmail, corruption, treachery, murder - the glory that was Rome.

In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes listeners back to a Rome filled with violence and evil. Vicious gangs ruled the streets of Crassus and Pompey, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike. So the garroting of a lowly ex-slave and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant in the dangerous Subura district seemed of little consequence to the Roman hierarchy. But Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger, highborn commander of the local vigiles, was determined to investigate. Despite official apathy, brazen bribes, and sinister threats, Decius uncovers a world of corruption at the highest levels of his government that threatens to destroy him and the government he serves.

©2007 John Maddox Roberts (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Slow start

Plot was interesting
Historic data great
Best was NARRATION BY JOHN LEE!!!
He made the written word come alive

Classic Classical Mystery

Classic Classical Mystery

John Maddox Roberts gives the reader a very clear vision of what life (and murder) were like in ancient Rome. The story moves quickly and the narration by John Lee is perfect.

Great start to a series

This is the first book I tried in the series and it is a great Sherlock Holmes style detective story - there's a young man from a noble family charged with clearing up crime in a district of ancient Rome, a Greek physician who helps him, dark conspiracy in high places, etc. You get the idea. And you are not sure exactly how it will turn out till the very last page.

diverting with details

entertaining and lively read. great for those interested in Roman historic fiction with or without a background in it.

Excellent

Excellent stories. Excellent narrator. Excellent production. 5 stars all the way around. Thank you for this