- Fiction, Private investigators, Marcus Didius Falco (Fictitious character), History
Lumbered with working alongside reptilian Chief Spy Anacrites, Falco has hit upon the perfect plan. He'll offer his services to Vespasian and Titus in conducting the "great Census" of AD 73 as a tax collector.
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Classical in form, resolved, cool and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Lindsey Davis
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 390
- Publisher
- BCA, Mysterious Press, Grand Central Publishing
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780759560307
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- Fiction
- Private investigators
- Marcus Didius Falco (Fictitious character)
- History
- Detective and mystery stories
- Historical fiction
- Helena Justina (Fictitious character)
- Mystery
- Fiction, historical, general
- Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled
- Rome, fiction
- Falco, marcus didius (fictitious character), fiction
“MY PARTNER AND I had been well set up to earn our fortunes until we were told about the corpse.”
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