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The Iron Hand of Mars (Falco #4) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: Falco Ser.
AD 71: Germania Libera: dark dripping forests, inhabited by bloodthirsty barbarians and legendary wild beasts, a furious prophetess who terrorises Rome, and the ghostly spirits of slaughtered Roman legionaries. Enter Marcus Didius Falco, an Impreisal agent on a special mission: to find the absconding co ...Show more
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Falco
One fine day, A.D. 70, Sosia Camillina quite literally runs into Marcus Didius Falco on the steps of the Forum. It seems Sosia is on the run from a couple of street toughs, and after a quick and dirty rescue, P.I. Falco wants to know why. Falco finds out that Sosia, the niece of a highly placed senator, ...Show more
The Silver Pigs - A Marcus Didius Falco Novel by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries Ser.
The Silver Pigs is the classic novel which introduced readers around the world to Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer with a knack for trouble, a tendency for bad luck, and a frequently incovenient drive for justice. When Marcus Didius Falco encounters the young and very pretty Sosia Camillina in t ...Show more
The Third Nero (#5 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: A\Flavia Albia Mystery Ser.
From renowned author Lindsey Davis, creator of the much-loved character, Marcus Didius Falco and his friends and family, comes the fifth novel in her all-new series set in ancient Rome. We first met Flavia Albia, Falco's feisty adopted daughter, in The Ides of April. Albia is a remarkable woman in what ...Show more
The Third Nero (#5 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
'Davis's prose is a lively joy, and Flavia's Rome is sinister and gloriously real' The Times on SaturdayFlavia Albia's day-old marriage is in trouble - her new husband may be permanently disabled and they have no funds. So when Palace officials ask her to expose a traitor in their midst she is ready for ...Show more
Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: Marcus Didius Falco Ser.
'The fountain was not working. Nothing unusual in that...' Falco and his laddish friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked - by a gruesomely severed human hand. Soon other body parts are being found in the aqueducts and sewers. Public panic overcomes official indifference, and the Av ...Show more
Time to Depart : Marcus Didius Falco #7 by DAVIS, LINDSEY
Category: Fiction
'I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!' Petro muttered. Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed on of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law citizens are not imprisoned but are allowed 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire ...Show more
Venus in Copper by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries Ser.
" Rats are always bigger than you expect Falco, ancient Rome s hangdog investigator, hates sharing a cell with a rodent though being bailed by his old mother is almost as embarassing. His high-born girlfriend can t decide if she wants him, and Titus Caesar s reward for past services is a wet fish. Hopin ...Show more
Venus in Copper (#3 Falco) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: Falco Ser.
'Rats are always bigger than you expect...' Marcus Didius Falco, ancient Rome's hangdog investigator, hates sharing a cell with a rodent - though being bailed by his old mother is almost as embarassing. His highborn girlfriend can't decide if she wants him and Titus Caesar's reward for past services is ...Show more