Published by Arrow, part of Cornerstone Publishing
Format: Paperback
£7.99
Author:
Lindsey Davis
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780099515098
£7.99
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EAN: 9780099515098
Published: 4 Apr 2013
‘Your brother seemed to know what he was doing.’
Rome, AD 72. Falco returns home from a six-month mission to the German legions. But trouble is in store for him: his apartment has been wrecked by squatters, and an ex-legionary friend of his colourfully heroic brother Festus is demanding money, allegedly owed him as the result of one of Festus’s wild schemes. Worse still, the only client Falco can get is his mother – who wants him to clear the family name.
Then just as Falco thinks things can only get better, fate takes a turn for the worse. The legionary is found viciously stabbed to death, with Falco the prime suspect. Now he has only three days to prove he is not a murderer, to trace the real suspect, amass evidence and win a fortune…
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Several cheers for Lindsey Davis... Great fun
- The Times
Fast-moving, funny and full of atmosphere; if you haven't met Marcus Didius Falco before, start here
- Mail on Sunday
The setting enchants. Prescribed reading for any student bored by Latin
- Mail on Sunday
Highly readable, funny and colourful
- TLS
Absolutely smashing
- Daily Telegraph
Lindsey Davis has written over twenty historical novels, beginning with The Course of Honour. Her bestselling mystery series features laid-back First Century detective Marcus Didius Falco and his partner Helena Justina, plus friends, relations, pets and bitter enemy the Chief Spy. After an English degree at Oxford University Lindsey joined the Civil Service, but became a professional author in 1989. Her books are translated into many languages and have been dramatized on BBC Radio 4. Her many prizes include the Premio Colosseo, awarded by the Mayor of Rome ‘for enhancing the image of Rome’, the Sherlock award for Falco as Best Comic Detective and the Crimewriters’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. She was born in Birmingham but now lives in Greenwich, London.
