A Dying Light in Corduba [Paperback]

" 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

The much loved, bestselling Falco series reissued with new jacket artwork --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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.

Nobody was poisoned at the dinner for the Society of Oliver Oil Producers of Baetica, though in retrospect this was quite a surprise...

Inimitable sleuth Marcus Didius Falco is back with a vengeance. On one night, a man is killed and Rome's Chief of Spies left for dead/ This leaves no one except Falco to conduct the investigation. Soon he is plunged into the fiercely competitive world of olive oil production. Political intrigue, an exotic Spanish dancer and impending fatherhood all add to Falco's troubles.

'With the passing of Ellis Peters, the title Queen of the Historical Whodunnit is temporarily vacant. Lindsey Davis is well suited to assume it - and she is funnier than Peters... Davis' books make olf Rome sound fun... it is all so enjoyable' The Times

'The cast of characters is as various, corruptm nasty and gnarled as the best of Dickens, described with similar scope and loving attention.' mail on Sunday

'Highly readable, funny and colourful.' Times Literary Supplement

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Lindsey Davis has written nineteen novels, beginning with The Course of Honour, the love story of the Emperor Vespasian and Antonia Caenis. Her bestselling mystery series features laid-back First Century detective Marcus Didius Falco and his partner Helena Justina, plus friends, relations, pets and bitter enemy the Chief Spy. Her books are translated into many languages and serialised on BBC Radio 4. Past Chair of the Crimewriters' Association and a Vice President of the Classical Association, she has won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Dagger in the Library, and a Sherlock award for Falco as Best Comic Detective. She was born in Birmingham but now lives in London. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.