AN ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE STARRING A GIRL, A BOY AND A STREET DOG WITH A PROUD HERITAGE! It's CAROLINE's first summer away from home, and she's helping her archaeologist uncle excavate a mysterious villa in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. But when the evil Signor Macchiato threatens to sabotage the project, Caroline faces life-threatening dangers. She's joined by GIANNI, a young Italian guy and NERO, a resourceful stray dog in a breathtaking series of adventures - a kidnapping, a motorcycle chase on the Amalfi Cliffs and a fight for their lives suspended above the flames of a blast furnace. It's a race against time to save Pompeii, its treasures, and THE DOGS OF POMPEII.
I read this years ago, picked it up at a bookshop in Canberra. I loved it, thouhg I can't really remember it to be honest. I'm planning on rereading it soon. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like the third installment is ever coming out. But any book set in Rome with some dogs in it is going to be a win.