When in Rome

A British tour group in Italy finds murder is an obstacle to their sightseeing: "e;Fastidious writing [and] a fine appreciation of place."e; -Sunday TimesA group of well-to-do tourists is visiting Italy's magnificent churches, but they've found themselves stumbling into an unholy web of blackmail and drug-smuggling and, in the depths of a Roman basilica, murder. Fortunately Inspector Roderick Alleyn is among the group as part of an undercover assignment, and prepared to extract a confession . . . "e;A lively thriller whodunnit."e; The Observer"e;The nonpareil among criminal investigators."e; The New York Times