A bitter chill (A bitter Chill Ser. #2)
Historical fiction
Human-narrated audio
Summary
It's a freezing late December 95 AD. Roman settlers in Britannia are preparing to celebrate Saturnalia. Innkeeper Aurelia Marcella, who runs a mansio near Eboracum (York) in consort with her brother and younger sister, Albia, finds her plans for a… peaceful holiday shattered when her brother makes a surprise midnight appearance. His news? An enemy in Rome is trying to destroy the family, to add to this the mansio is threatened by a sort of protection racket and a party of rich, demanding travelers roll up. Then, at the Saturnalia feast, someone dies and Albia becomes chief suspect. Sequel to "Get out or die". 2005.