The Colosseum has seen countless deaths. But never one quite like this.
Hazel Chase arrives in Rome to find the one person who might explain her parents' mysterious fortune and fatal car accident: Vittoria Rossi, a tour guide who knew them at university but refuses to respond to Hazel's messages. Left with no choice, Hazel books Vittoria's evening Colosseum tour, determined to break through her silence.
She never gets the chance.
During the tour, a man from their group climbs onto a railing and falls to his death. While everyone rushes to call it a tragic accident, Hazel notices troubling details. Why were the security cameras offline? And why was she led away at that precise moment?
Now Vittoria, devastated by the death on her watch, has completely shut down. If Hazel wants her family's truth, she'll need to uncover what really happened at the Colosseum first.
But in a city built on buried secrets, digging too deep might make her the next accident.
Arthur Pearce writes mysteries from his home office in Ireland, usually with a cup of tea at hand.
When he's not plotting fictional murders, you'll find him taking long walks, travelling to new countries, or wandering through bookshops in search of his next read.
He believes the best mysteries keep you guessing until the very last page – and sometimes a little bit after.
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