A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (by Emma Southon)

This cleverly titled book is by an historian who writes in an accessible style - including a lot of humor and pop-culture references - about the history of murder (and what was and was not seen as "murder," and the entire concept of "murder") in ancient Rome. 

I could have done with a bit less cutesy and a bit more academic rigor but I love a dense nonfiction read with lots of footnotes so that might just be a preference. As far as pop history goes, this really was very informative. Since this is a deep dive specifically about murder, I counted it as "a microhistory" for Read Harder Challenge purposes. 

And look, it's not Dungeon Crawler Carl!