cover image Dark Horse

Dark Horse

Marilyn Todd. Severn House Publishers, $26.99 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-7278-5861-0

Accused of doping race horses, series heroine Claudia Seferius retreats to the island haven of her patrician friend, Leo, in Marilyn Todd's (Dream Boat) eighth diverting Roman historical, Dark Horse. Instead of peace, however, Claudia finds a pirate warship anchored in the bay, arson and murder.