Title: He's No Steven Saylor
Review: I was hoping that, after having devoured all of Steven Saylor's fantastic Sub Rosa series, that Mr. Roberts' novels would be good enough to give me my fix for Ancient Roman mysteries. Alas, his first novel in the SPQR series has turned me away. The writing is good, but the author spends too much time with "info. dumping," the characters are sometimes poorly developed, especially the protagonist, and the reader can see the bad guys coming a mile away. Even the book's title offers a clue to the situation. Oh well, at least I tried.
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