Charles Nothe

Murder on the Cargo Ship Athena Charles Nothe

Larcius Julius Paullus, noble Roman and former magistrate, is ready to retire and fulfill his dreams of researching and reviewing old court cases throughout the Roman world. His timing is perfect. His cousin, the dictator, Gaius Julius Caesar, has just been assassinated and there is chaos in Rome. When the sailing season opens, he along with his trusted freedman, Agathon, book passage on an old Greek cargo ship to sail first to Athens then to Alexandria. However, the chaos Larcius Paullus left in Rome has found its way on to his ship. When a fellow passenger is murdered, the captain of the Athena asks the retired advocate to help solve the murder. With numerous twists and turns, our magistrate is caught up in Rome's latest politics to discover the truth about the Murder on the Cargo Ship Athena.