The Jupiter Myth is yet another Marcus Didius Falco mystery,
and it follows directly upon The Body in the Bathhouse. That
book left Falco and his family in Britain; his wife’s uncle Hilaris is the Roman
procurator in Londinium, and the current book takes place while Falco and
company are visiting Hilaris prior to returning to Rome. All is well and
good, and then a crony of King Togidubnus turns up dead in
a Londinium wineshop. The crony wasn’t supposed to be in Londinium; he
wasn’t even supposed to be in Britain, having been banished by Togidubnus
some weeks prior; but he and the king grew up together, and Togidubnus is
going to want to know who killed him. Falco having worked well with the
king in the past, he’s naturally dragooned to find out.

I don’t have much to say about this one, but I enjoyed it.