- Mystery, Private investigators, Fiction, Romans
Davis' 14th novel in the Marcus Didius Falco series is a noir tale of gangsters, gladiators, and love. For Falco, a relaxed visit to Helena's relatives in Britain turns serious at the scene of a downtown murder.
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Classical in form, grave, resolved and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Lindsey Davis
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 339
- Publisher
- Chivers Audio Books, Grand Central Publishing, Mysterious Press
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780892967773
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