This book is about Flavia Gemina, her Jewish friend, Jonathan Mordecai, Nubia the slave girl and Lupus the tongue-less boy. They all live in Ancient Rome in the town of Ostia and the story starts when Flavia follows a magpie to get back her fathers signet ring and is attacked by a pack of wild dogs. Jonathan rescues her and they become friends. The next day they go to the market and buy Nubia as Flavia feels sorry for her because the slave master has stripped her naked and she is wearing nothing but a price tag! They meet Lupus in the graveyard. He has no tongue. They all find Jonathan's watchdog dead and decide to try to find who is killing the dogs of Ostia.
This book is very exciting and has quite a lot of suspense in it, especially when Aristis, a possible suspect, throws himself off a lighthouse.
I would recommend this book to people who like mystery and adventure stories.
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