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Get Out or Die

First published December 2003 in hardback by Poisoned Pen Press 6962 East First Avenue, Suite 103, Scottsdale AZ 85251, U.S.A. Price £15..95 ISBN: 1-59058-075-3 Also available in a trade paperback edition, price  £9.95, ISBN: 1-59058-195-4,  and in large print (18 point) ISBN: 1-59058-100-8 Paperback edition available from all good bookshops in Britain and the USA. Hardbacks available from the publishers, and from bookshops in the USA. All editions can be bought on-line from        www.amazon.co.uk or  www.amazon.com  or  Poisoned Pen Press direct. And don't forget you can order a signed copy from this website.

The first Aurelia Marcella mystery takes place in 91 AD. Roman Britain is the raw frontier province of Britannia, a troublesome part of the mighty Empire ruled by Domitian Caesar. Though it is almost fifty years since the legions invaded, many native tribes still hate their conquerors and seize any chance to harass the Roman settlers who are flocking in to colonise the new province. Tension is especially high in the north, where Aurelia Marcella, a young innkeeper from Italy, runs the Oak Tree Mansio on the road to York. She says it is the best guest-house in northern Britannia, but then she would say that, wouldn't she?  A string of savage murders disrupts her peaceful life, and she and her Roman friends find themselves under attack from a secret native war-band, the Shadow-men, whose aim is to drive all Romans out. A traveller, Quintus, is nearly killed close to the mansio, and he and Aurelia must track down the rebel warriors and their mysterious masked leader. Their investigations bring them into personal danger from ruthless killers and devious deceivers. Can they find and destroy the murderers before their campaign of terror turns into open rebellion, so that all Romans must get out or die? Available in hardback, trade paperback, large print (18 point) and MP3 audio. Whet your appetite by reading the first few pages  Check out reviews of "Get Out Or Die"   Find out about the audio version, read by British stage and television actress Jacqueline King SPECIAL NOTE FOR BOOK COLLECTORS: There are still a few first-edition hardback copies available for sale. UK readers can order signed hardback copies direct from me for £15.95, including UK postage. I'll also be glad to sell copies to collectors from outside Britain, but I'll have to add a postage charge; please contact me for details. Order a signed hardback or an audiobook Return to my home page