Marcus Didius Falco discovers that rank brings problems, the most gruesome of which is a corpse buried under the tiles of his new bath house. The contractors have fled to Britain where, as the Fates have it, Falco is ordered. A local chief and ally of the Romans is having a Palace built by the Emperor Vespasian. However, the project is running late, and fatal accidents keep happening. Falco, troubleshooting for the Emperor, is without an ally and now next on the list for assassination.
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"A different story, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Marcus Didios is a investigator/assassin for the Roman Emporor. He was sent to Britain, and he took his family. He was to investigate the building of a palace. It was witty and funny and I would read another in the series " — Cherie (4 out of 5 stars)
"A different story, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Marcus Didios is a investigator/assassin for the Roman Emporor. He was sent to Britain, and he took his family. He was to investigate the building of a palace. It was witty and funny and I would read another in the series "
" TYpical Davis sense of humour. Enjoyable, although perhaps not the best, as the plot is thinner than others in the series. "
" This book is not very good. There are definitely series out there that deserve to be more than 5 or 6 books (Hill's Dalziel Pascoe comes to mind), this is not such a series. "
" Always good to go back and re-read a favorite. If you haven't met 'Falco' you should. A genuinely interesting character. "
" A bit of a muddle from the normally reliable Davis - the plot is missing her usual sharpness and urgency. "
" A good story but Petro showing up in the end with Maia's children was a little too contrived. "
" c2001: Can't believe I lost the first attempt at comments. Grrrrrr to GR! Not going through it again suffice to say that topic was good but plot not so much. "
" Mystery set in ancient Rome. Good stuff. "
" I thought this one was a bit fractious although I liked Marcus having to return to Briton since he enjoys it so much. I guess I am used to mystery authors tying all the killings up together and Davis didn't feel constrained to do that in this book. Good for her, but.... "
" "The Decline and Fall of Ancient Rome" was a bit hard going for me. Lindsey Davis's books about ancient Rome are fun because they give an insight into the minutiae of ancient Roman life, within the context of a very engaging story. "
" A different story, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Marcus Didios is a investigator/assassin for the Roman Emporor. He was sent to Britain, and he took his family. He was to investigate the building of a palace. It was witty and funny and I would read another in the series "
" The one at Fishbourne Palace with the dodgy workmen and the irritating nanny. "
" Felt the characters had little depth in this one. "
" Both the story and the narration were OK. Nothing special, but not too bad, either. The narrator was quite stiff and my mom commented that he sounded as though he was reading the news, with which she is probably right. "
Lindsey Davis is an English novelist of historical fiction and best known for her award-winning historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire, the acclaimed Marcus Didius Falco series and the Flavia Albia series. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers’ Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award and in 2011 the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association for lifetime achievement. Born and raised in Birmingham, England, she read English at Oxford and worked for the civil service for thirteen years before becoming a writer.
Christian Rodska has worked in theaters all over the United Kingdom and in the West End, and he has recorded hundreds of radio plays and poetry programs. Over the last thirty years he has worked regularly in television, from early programs such as Follyfoot and Doomwatch, to Taggart, Sharpe, and Wycliffe. He has recorded over one hundred audiobooks and has won several awards, including fourteen AudioFile Earphones Awards.
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