Pompeii

''A pulse-rate-speeding masterpiece'' Sunday Times

''A stunning novel . . . the subtlety and power of its construction holds our attention to the end'' The Times

During a sweltering week in late August, as Rome''s richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and ...