Dai and Julia Series by E.M. Swift-Hook, Jane Jago

In the run up to The Games, elite athletes are being murdered. But when a Roman dies the authorities take notice and it falls to our heroes to discover why and by whom, before the killer strikes again... Imagine a Britain where Rome never left and a reformed Empire has ruled for two millennia. Technology is a bit more advanced in the present day - and a bit different - but people are the much the same... moreIn the run up to The Games, elite athletes are being murdered. But when a Roman dies the authorities take notice and it falls to our heroes to discover why and by whom, before the killer strikes again... Imagine a Britain where Rome never left and a reformed Empire has ruled for two millennia. Technology is a bit more advanced in the present day - and a bit different - but people are the much the same. Meet Dai, a Briton and a hard-working Investigator trying to solve a brutal string of murders and Julia, a Roman Inquisitor, sent to pour oil on troublesome provincial waters when a Roman citizen joins the body count. less

When Dai met Bryn - newly qualified as a Vigils Investigator, and facing hostility for being fast-tracked, Dai takes on his first caseWhen Julia met Edbert - working undercover as a customs officer on the frontier of Europe, Julia finds herself alone

Newlyweds Dai and Julia move to Viriconium in provincial Britannia. Dai is hoping for a honeymoon as he settles into his new post, but organised crime and an anti-Roman British terror group pull the two of them directly into danger.