This is a work of fiction. Characters, places, and events are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real people, companies,
­institutions, organizations, or incidents is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © 2013 by Albert Bell
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ISBN: 978-1-56474-772-3

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Cover: Ruins, House of Neptune, Herculaneum

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Bell, Albert A., (date)
Death in the ashes : a fourth case from the notebooks of Pliny the Younger /
by Albert A. Bell, Jr.
pages cm
ISBN [first printed edition] 978-1-56474-532-3 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Pliny, the Younger—Fiction. 2. Tacitus, Cornelius—Fiction.
3. Rome—Fiction. 4. Historical fiction. 5. Mystery fiction. I. Title.
PS3552.E485D45 2013
813’.54--dc23
2013003898