- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New Edition edition (1 May 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099338912
- ISBN-13: 978-0099338918
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 446,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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" Splendid... mystery, pace and wit." -- Ellis Peters
" Lindsey Davis doesn't merely make history come alive -- she turns it into spanking entertainment, and wraps it around an intriguing mystery. She is incapable of writing a dull sentence." -- Peter Lovesey
" Lindsey Davis doesn't merely make history come alive -- she turns it into spanking entertainment, and wraps it around an intriguing mystery. She is incapable of writing a dull sentence." -- Peter Lovesey
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The eighth in the series of crime novels set in Ancient Rome and featuring the classical sleuth, Marcus Didius Falco. When a man is killed and Rome's Chief of Spies left for dead, Falco's investigation plunges him into the fiercely competitive world of olive-oil production.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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'Pressing Times' for Our hero,
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This review is from: A Dying Light in Corduba (Paperback)
This is the eighth novel in the mystery series featuring Marcus Didius Falco, an informer and sleuth in Rome at the time of Vespasian. A series of books that have become hugely popular, so much so that the author is now at the forefront of historical mystery writers. It was probably a stroke of genius on her part to have novels that are extremely well researched and contain all the elements that would be and should be found in the Roman world of circa AD70, but to have a lead character who has the vocabulary of a present day New York cop. In this the eighth novel Falco and Helena Justina almost seem like long lost relations to the reader.
A dinner for the Olive Oil Producers of Baetica, goes badly wrong when one man is killed and another - Anacrites, the Emperor's spy - is seriously wounded and left for dead. Because Anacrites is to be laid up for some time, Falco is brought back into the Emperor's fold as imperial sleuth. Falco is plunged head long into the world of olive oil production and heads out to Baetica. It soon becomes apparent to Falco that the killing was no simple murder. Falco and Helena are staying in Baetica, using the excuse of inspecting the villa and olive crops of Helena Justina's father, Camillus Verus. This case is not the only thing on Falco's mind either, impending fatherhood is creeping up on our Roman sleuth.
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Truly entertaining,
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This review is from: A Dying Light in Corduba (Paperback)
If you enjoy mysteries and would like to know more about life in ancient Rome you will adore Falco and beautiful patrician Helena. This is a truly enjoyable book - this time Falco is out of Italy in Spain,and Helena is expecting their first child. Once you start the series you will be counting the months to the next Falco book.
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Ancient Spain in Roman times,
This review is from: A Dying Light In Corduba (Falco 08) (Paperback)
I only started reading the Falco series when I requested the first books for Christmas, after hearing one read on the radio. I was immediately hooked and could not put the first one down. This is number 8 in the series and the enjoyment is as great as ever. Lindsey Davis has written these books with a very original theme, and at times one could believe they were one of the great American gumshoe novels. The humour at times completely makes you believe you were in New York or Chicago in the early 20th century rather than ancient Rome. These books have very interesting plots with well drawn characters and are at times very funny, and this one has a particularly good twist at the end. It was also fun trying to work out the modern Spanish towns without referring to the map at the front of the book. All in all a great read.
I have now started reading number 9, which is very absorbing so far. I would urge anyone who wishes to read these books to start at the beginning, as that way you get to know the characters. Also they are a bit like a television soap opera, as each one basically follows on from the previous story. I am now a confirmed Lindsey Davis fan.
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