Please visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1455 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Nine for the Devil Subtitle: A John the Lord Chamberlain Mystery, Book 9 Author: Mary Reed, Eric Mayer Narrator: Simon Prebble Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins Language: English Release date: 03-06-12 Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc. Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical Publisher's Summary: The year is 548, and Empress Theodora is dead of disease. Such is the belief of everyone in Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire - everyone except Emperor Justinian, who orders John, his Lord Chamberlain, to find her murderer or suffer the consequences. There is no sign of foul play, but many of the aristocrats at the imperial court had good reason to want Theodora dead. Suspects include General Artabanes, forced to occupy a house with an unloved wife, and Justinians cousin Germanus, who has seen his career blocked. Also suspect are Antonina and her husband, General Belisarius, enraged by Theodoras attempt to marry their daughter to her grandson by compelling the young couple to live together. Could the exiled and much hated former tax collector John the Cappadocian have played a role? Might Gaius, palace physician, have tampered with Theodoras medication? Pope Vigilius, who was detained in the capital due to a religious controversy, is not above suspicion. Even friends of John the Lord Chamberlain are acting strangely, including Anatolius the lawyer and Felix, captain of the palace guards. As if it isnt difficult enough to seek a murderer who seems to be a figment of the emperors grief-deranged imagination, John must also grapple with domestic upheavals. His daughter, living on an estate outside of the city, is about to give birth, and his aging servant, Peter, is dying. Will John be able to serve justice, his loved ones, and the emperor? Critic Reviews: Excellent...Subtle, well-drawn charactersdeft descriptive detailand sharp dialogue make this another winner in this outstanding historical series. (Publishers Weekly on Eight for Eternity)
