The Curse-Maker

A Historical Fiction Novel by Kelli Stanley

Book 2 of the Arcturus Series

Subgenres:

Roman Britain,
Historical Mystery,
Noir

Published 2011

Length 321 pages

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Roman Britain mysteries with noir grit and dark humor
Ancient spa towns where healing turns deadly
Doctor-sleuths unraveling murders in sacred springs and underground tunnels

Publisher Description

The Curse-Maker is the sequel to the award-winning Nox Dormienda, the first book of the Roman noir series created by Kelli Stanley (City of Dragons).

Wedding impeccably researched history to prose and themes reminiscent of classic hard-boiled writers, The Curse-Maker is a thrilling and suspenseful journey into a dark corner of Roman Britain you've never seen before.

When Roman physician Arcturus and his stunning wife, Gwyna, arrive at Bath for a holiday, a dead body is floating in the sacred spring. It turns out that the murdered man is a curse-maker whose invocations actually come true, and as murder follows murder, it looks like there's now a curse on Arcturus.

This is an exciting and exotic story of a spa town where people go to heal...only to wind up dead. And it takes the doctor-investigator on a dark road -- into Roman cemeteries, silver mines, and underground water tunnels -- to comprehend the twisted mind of a killer bent on revenge.

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