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001 2011003455
003 DLC
005 20120707081955.0
008 110131s2011 ncu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2011003455
020 $a9781932158960 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1932158960 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn700042410
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050 00 $aPS3552.E485$bC67 2011
082 00 $a813/.54$222
100 1 $aBell, Albert A.,$d1945-
245 14 $aThe corpus conundrum :$ba third case from the notebooks of Pliny the Younger : a novel /$cby Albert A. Bell, Jr.
260 $aBanner Elk, NC :$bIngalls Pub. Group,$cc2011.
300 $a279 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"While out hunting, Pliny dicovers a man's body. The man appears lifeless, but Pliny cannot find a cause of death. Even though he locks it in a stable, but in the morning the body is gone. Strangers appear at Pliny's door, claiming to be the man's children. One sings siren songs and claims his "father" is immortal. Another may be an empusa, a shape-shifting, blood-drinking monster. Bodies pile up: a fifteen year old murder, a faceless man floating in the bay, and the 'lifeless immortal,' this time with his throat cut. Was he killed for his blood? Clues include the parentage of a local whore who claims official friendship with Pliny's adoptive father and an acrostic in Hebrew. Pliny and Tacitus must discover how the murders are connected to each other and to Pliny's nemesis Marcus Aquilius Regulus"--P. [4] of cover.
600 00 $aPliny,$cthe Younger$vFiction.
600 10 $aTacitus, Cornelius$vFiction.
651 0 $aRome$vFiction.
655 7 $aHistorical fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aMystery fiction.$2gsafd