6.17.2013
The Fugitive from Corinth
by Caroline Lawrence, 181 pgs, hardcoverSeries: The Roman Mysteries X
Overall Grade: B+
I have to give the author props for the events at the beginning of the book. I would not have expected that to happen in a novel for kids, but then Lawrence has written a surprising number of sensitive topics into this series (the suicide of a witness in an earlier book springs to mind).
This tenth installment finds Flavia, Jonathan, Nubia & Lupus in Greece on their homeward journey after their voyages in the ninth book. A tragic turn of events leaves Flavia's father on the cusp of death and the 4 young sleuths tracking down their former tutor as the suspect from Corinth up to Delphi and down to Athens.
Labels: genre: fiction, genre: historical, genre: mystery, genre: YA, media: book, series: Roman Mysteries