Product DescriptionLindsey Davis' popular Marcus Didius Falco series continues with a classic noir tale of gangsters, gladiators, and romance. For Falco, an attempt at relaxing while visiting his wife Helena's relatives in Britain turns serious when a murder is discovered. King Togidubnus, the renegade henchman of Rome's vital ally, has been stuffed head-first down a barroom well-leading to a tricky diplomatic situation which Falco must defuse. Making matters worse, the town has become a magnet for criminals from Rome...and one murder leads to others. With the army turning a blind eye, Falco and his partner Petronius must lead the hunt for gangsters intent on taking over the city. From the wharves beside the River Thamesis to the old haunts of organized crime back home in Italy, Falco and Petronius face danger and death in every corner. Will they be able to return order to the city before they lose everything they hold dear?
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Rating: - Myth Adventures in Old Londin(ium)
First, the positive, Lindsey Davis has skillfully worked new discoveries of London in the time of Roman occupation into the fabric of an interesting plot centering on corruption and organized criminal enforcers. The author injects some humor by allowing the reader to contrast the London of today with the dingy alleys of drab Londinium.
The bad news is that this novel is written well below Davis's usual standard with clumps of text in clumsy declarative sentences that are couched in ... Read More
Rating: - Unexpected pleasures
I picked up my first Marcus Didius Falco novel when I wanted a tape to listen to while I drove or walked, and besides the plot, a couple of things drew me to this "reading" experience enough that I checked out this novel and two others.
First, I enjoyed hearing about what life was like in the Roman empire, though I now want to read about actual life in the Roman empire (whether in Rome, Hispania, or Londinium, the only places I've read about so far), since I don't know how well the ... Read More
Rating: - Not Free SF Reader
London Calling.
Falco, fresh from rooting out corruption in the last book, decides to take the relatives on a trip to Londinium. Yes, that means dead people there, one of them known to the bloke Falco was sorting things out for previously. Even more of a surprise is bumping into Petronius, and the pair of them get involved with the criminal element and a racket going on in a 'chain' of pubs in town.
Lots of fun, this one, with the two old stalwarts and a bit of ... Read More
Rating: - Body in the Bathhouse, Part II
Well, continuing right along in our visit to rainy barbarian Britain, now we are in dark and dingy London town in its early days, certainly before civilisation got a good foothold. There is hope, however, for what is the new appearance there of a Roman criminal gang but the other side of Roman civilization, a sign London was becoming worthwhile?
Having resolved a problem with local ruler Togidubnus (in BODY), imperial agent Falco and his family intend to vacation with his patrician wife's ... Read More
Rating: - It Was A Dark and Stormy Day In Londinium...
After Marcus Didio Falco solved the mystery of A BODY IN THE BATHOUSE, the thirteenth book in the Marcus Didio Falco Mystery Series, the Falcos planned to remain in Londinium for a vacation, staying with relatives. Then, a man suspiciously drowns at a local pub and the Falcos learn they will be staying in Londinium a little longer than they'd first anticipated.
Roman London, A.D. 75, is nothing like modern day London. It's primitive. With its imminent and endless downpours muddying the ... Read More
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