The Sheltering SkySome journeys are best left unmade. Kit and Port Moresby are Americans abroad. Struggling to save their marriage, they resolve to trade civilization for the wilderness of the Sahara. At first, the pair are seduced by the desert's beauty. But beneath the exquisite landscape lurk the dark undercurrents of an alien culture, and the relentless dangers of a hostile natural world. And as they travel deeper, they might not only lose their way. They could

with years of experience

Fabiola into prostitution

and everyone

loyal to the memory of former chief Caractacus

yet there were five other suspects: Philip Blake (the stockbroker) who went to market

the secrets we keep and the power of both truth and love

She pursues the traitor to Rome in a life-or-death game of cat and mouse

from the winner of the 2014 Costa Short Story Award

Her trainer

but to outwit the man who is stalking her every move

sweet-natured boy was his heir

It is 1903