Gordianus deduces that the dossier on his family came from Cicero. Leading Gordianus back to the Salacious Tavern, it’s revealed that the Soscarides mentioned by the eunuch is Tiro himself. Trusting his instincts, he goes to Cicero’s house and demands to meet with the former slave. One of the eunuchs working there reveals that Numerius did frequent the tavern, often meeting strangers unknown to the place-all, except for a man named Soscarides.ĭays later, Gordianus spies Tiro in the crowd-despite reports that he’s convalescing in Greece.
Over the next few days, Gordianus’ search reaps few rewards until he goes back to the Salacious Tavern-where he first went to with the poet Catullus.
After finding her son with a mysterious box of gold, Maecia shares her belief that Numerius may have been a spy. Donning his toga, he crosses town to meet the matron who reveals that her son may not have been as loyal to Pompey as one may think. On his way back, Gordianus encounters traffic despite the late hour thanks to Caesar’s impending arrival since crossing the Rubicon.Īfter a sleepless night, Gordianus awakes to a summon by Numerius’ mother, Maecia. Soon after, Gordianus pays Cicero, the person Numerius went to see prior to meeting his untimely death at Gordianus’, a visit. Upon seeing his dead kinsman, Pompey orders Gordianus to solve the murder and takes Davus as collateral. Soon after, Pompey himself comes to visit. With Diana’s help, the two discover a coded message with a dossier on Gordianus. Before reporting to the Great One, the two inspect the body only to come upon a secret compartment hidden in the corpse’s shoe. Gordianus and his son-in-law, Davus, find Pompey’s cousin, Numerius Pompeius, dead in the garden. The main character is the Roman sleuth Gordianus the Finder. It is the seventh book in his Roma Sub Rosa series of mystery stories set in the final decades of the Roman Republic. Rubicon is a historical novel by American author Steven Saylor, first published by St.
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