Enemies at Home

by Lindsey Davis

Book 2 in the Flavia Albia series.

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A wealthy husband and wife are murdered in their locked household, and suspicion falls immediately on their slaves. Roman law exposes the entire household to interrogation and execution if any slave is judged to have failed to protect the owners.

Albia investigates while the accused seek sanctuary and officials prefer a rapid solution. The case forces her to separate household resentment from legal presumption and to identify who benefits from treating enslaved people as convenient culprits.