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Rome, AD 71. Marcus Didius Falco is deperate to leave the notorious Lautumiae prison - though being bailed out by his mother is a slight indignity... Things go from bad to worse though when a group of nouveau riche ex-slaves hire him to outwit a fortune-hunting redhead, whose husbands have a habit of dying accidently, leaving him up against a female contortionist, her extra-friendly snake, indigestible cakes and rent racketeers. And, all the while, trying to lure Helena Justina to live with him, a dangerous proposition given the notorius instability of Roman real estate. In a case of murder as complicated as he ever faced, this Lindsey Davis' classic tale Venus in Copper shows Falco at his very finest.
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Venus in Copper. A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery, Lindsey Davis
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- Released
- 2011
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lindsey Davis
- Publisher
- St Martins Pr
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 353
- ISBN13
- 9780312647285
- Series
- Marcus Didius Falco
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Detective Fiction, Series, Detective, English Literature, Ancient History, Historical Mystery, Rome, Roma, Gypsies, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome, Hawk
- First published
- 1991
- Original title
- Venus in Copper
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- Rome, AD 71. Marcus Didius Falco is deperate to leave the notorious Lautumiae prison - though being bailed out by his mother is a slight indignity... Things go from bad to worse though when a group of nouveau riche ex-slaves hire him to outwit a fortune-hunting redhead, whose husbands have a habit of dying accidently, leaving him up against a female contortionist, her extra-friendly snake, indigestible cakes and rent racketeers. And, all the while, trying to lure Helena Justina to live with him, a dangerous proposition given the notorius instability of Roman real estate. In a case of murder as complicated as he ever faced, this Lindsey Davis' classic tale Venus in Copper shows Falco at his very finest.