In AD 76, at a time when the Church counted only a few thousand believers rather than untold millions, the first elected Pope was brutally murdered, and the very survival of the faith was at stake. But killing a man was not even a crime according to Roman law! Desiderata, professional ‘seeker of justice’, was entrusted with this daunting challenge: how to solve a murder case in a world where homicide is seen as a purely private matter.
