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The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries)

by Lindsey Davis

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Fans of Steven Saylor and P. C. Doherty will be delighted with Lindsey Davis's clever mystery series featuring cheeky Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco and sharp-tongued senator's daughter Helena Justina.
Recommended by Carrie, Powells.com

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Publisher Comments:

Readers and critics alike have fallen in love with Lindsey Davis’s Marcus Didius Falco mysteries set in Ancient Rome. The Silver Pigs is the first book in this popular series…

 

 ALL ROADS LEAD TO TREACHERY…

When Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman “informer” who has a nose for trouble that’s sharper than most, encounters Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately all is not right with the pretty girl. She confesses to him that she is fleeing for her life, and Falco makes the rash decision to rescue her—a decision he will come to regret. For Sosia bears a heavy burden: as heavy as a pile of stolen Imperial ingots, in fact. Matters just get more complicated when Falco meets Helena Justina, a Senator’s daughter who is connected to the very same traitors he has sworn to expose. Soon Falco finds himself swept from the perilous back alleys of Ancient Rome to the silver mines of distant Britain—and up against a cabal of traitors with blood on their hands and no compunction whatsoever to do away with a snooping plebe like Falco…. 

“Davis makes Rome live.”

--Washington Post Book World

 

“Davis is both a deft storyteller and a scholar…a top drawer series.”

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Synopsis:

Combining the wry humor of a modern gumshoe novel with the serpentine political intrigues of ancient Rome, this tale follows the riotous exploits of a hard-nosed private detective.

Synopsis:

When Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman “informer” who has a nose for trouble that’s sharper than most, encounters Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately all is not right with the pretty girl. She confesses to him that she is fleeing for her life, and Falco makes the rash decision to rescue her—a decision he will come to regret. For Sosia bears a heavy burden: as heavy as a pile of stolen Imperial ingots, in fact. Matters just get more complicated when Falco meets Helena Justina, a Senator’s daughter who is connected to the very same traitors he has sworn to expose. Soon Falco finds himself swept from the perilous back alleys of Ancient Rome to the silver mines of distant Britain—and up against a cabal of traitors with blood on their hands and no compunction whatsoever to do away with a snooping plebe like Falco….

Product Details

ISBN:
9780312357771
Author:
Davis, Lindsey
Publisher:
Minotaur Books
Subject:
History
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Historical
Subject:
Private investigators
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries
Publication Date:
October 2006
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Pages:
329
Dimensions:
6.82x4.24x.96 in. .37 lbs.

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