Vic Udwin

Caesar’s Wife Must Be Above Suspicion

Fiction

“Caesar’s Wife Must Be Above Suspicion is a well-constructed time machine that takes the reader straight to the Ides of March, 44 BC, then visits other moments before and after that famous date. . . . MacQueen weaves the insights of a lifelong classicist into a narrative structure inspired by the best tale-tellers from Homer to Tarantino. The novel’s last sentence left me feeling sorry that I would never know what happened next . . . unless, that is, MacQueen graces us with another wonderful story.”