A Gripping Crime Thriller and Courtroom drama set in Ancient Rome.Sextus Roscius the Elder is brutally murdered on the streets of the great city and his son is accused of the crime, the serious offence of Parricide. If convicted, he faces a horrible, and terrifying punishment. The Roman Orator, Cicero, is asked to defend Sextus at his forthcoming trial and he embarks on a journey through Rome and Italy trying to discover the truth behind the murder. He soon finds that the trial has an important political dimension, involving a favourite of the Roman Dictator Sulla. The reader is taken through the trial, from the opening speeches of the lawyers, the dramatic cross-examination of the witnesses, through to the verdicts and the surprising aftermath. The novel is a work of historical fiction based on the published speech of the famous orator and lawyer, Marcus Tullius Cicero, which was delivered over two thousand years ago in his first ever murder trial.