Deadly Verse

The Braga Romana festival provides the exotic backdrop for Elizabeth Varadan's exciting new murder mystery. When an old friend gives amateur sleuth Carla Bass and her husband an original sonnet by Portugal's greatest poet, Luís Vaz de Camõens, for safekeeping, it's not long before Carla finds herself embroiled in theft, deception, intrigue and... murder!Can Carla solve the mystery while winding her way through a five-day festival celebrating Braga's Roman past with parades, skits, dances, musical performances and mock battles between centurions and gladiators?DEADLY VERSE is the second novel to feature the intrepid investigator Carla Bass.