Despite having put the project of building the palace for the king of the Atrebates, Togidubnus, back on track, there is no peace for Falco and his family (his wife, his children, his brothers in law and his sister Maia Favonia) in Londinium as Togidubnus' disgraced friend, Verovolcus (see A Body in the Bath House), is found drowned in the well of a seedy Londinium taverna named the Shower of Gold, stripped of his torque.
Despite having resumed construction on the palace for King Togidubnus of the Atrebates, Falco and his family (his wife, children, brothers-in-law, and sister Maia Favonia) experience no calm in Londinium as Verovolcus, a humbled companion of Togidubnus, is found deceased in the well of an unsavory tavern called the Shower of Gold, stripped of his torque.