- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Century; First Edition edition (6 Jun 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0712659412
- ISBN-13: 978-0712659413
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.8 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 729,267 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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
" 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 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
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.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format: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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This book was bought for my Kindle. It's another excellent read from Lindsey Davis re M Didius Falco. The purchase and downloading to my Kindle was easy and quick
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Ancient Spain in Roman times
I only started reading the Falco series when I requested the first books for Christmas, after hearing one read on the radio. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Togmeister63
Slow start and middle, lively ending.
This is the eighth Falco novel I have read on the trot and by far has been the most boring. That is until page 290 when Falco has a good old wrestle with a naked dancer covered in... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Karl Nicholson
A Dying Light In Cordoba
I like the Falco series. Lindsey Davis has a great way of telling a story with just the right blend of murder, mayhem and comedy.
Published on 27 July 2009 by J Logan
Lindsey Davis: Queen of Ancient Rome
Without doubt, Lindsey Davis struck gold again with this gem of a book, next in line in the Falco series. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2009 by J. M. S. Howe
Roman detection
The consistently high standard of plot, detail and humour means that once started, you want to read the whole series.
Published on 29 May 2009 by Jen P
THE PUBLISHERS REVIEW [From The Dust Jacket Flaps].
THE 8th NOVEL OF THE WORLD'S FIRST SLEUTH, MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO. ... FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, I HAVE A SUPPLIED A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BOOK, AND THIS IS WHAT THE DUST JACKET [the 'blurb']... Read more
Published on 13 May 2009 by R. A. Hylton
Falco 8: of Spanish Olive Oil producers, intrigue and impending...
This is the eighth in a series of excellent detective stories set in Vespasian's Roman Empire and featuring the informer Marcus Didius Falco. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2008 by Marshall Lord
'Pressing Times For Our Hero
This is the eighth novel in the mystery series featuring Marcus Didius Falco, an informer and sleuth in Rome at the time of Vespasian. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2008 by J. Chippindale
Disappointing
Having read a number of reviews of Lindsey Davis' work, I took the plunge and bought the book. Unlike the classical thriller, the plot is very slow moving and lacks a punch at the... Read more
Published on 14 April 1999
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