See Delphi And Die
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
See Delphi and Die is built, like several of Lindsay Davis' recent episodes of the adventures of her Roman private detective Falco, around the fact that the ancient world had a surprising number of versions of amenities we consider modern. Here, for example, we get the Roman tourist industry, with the newly rich and the old gentry buying package trips that might last for years, and that take them to the games at Olympia, to the oracle at Delphi and to the sights of Athens. When young women on these tours start turning up dead, Falco persuades the authorities to let him investigate. This is a classic whodunit as well as a Classical one--we get to know the tour party well and follow Falco and his wife Helena Justina as they piece together the inconsistencies and untruths in everyone's stories.
Like many of Lindsay Davis' books, See Delphi and Die is inventive in the twists and turns of its plot and includes one of the nastier last page twists of narrative she has ever imagined. The only real weakness here is that over seventeen books, Davis has built up a large cast of supporting characters and has to find in every book tasks for some of them to do, producing rather too many red herrings in the process. --Roz Kaveney --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
A family mystery and missing newlyweds in Lindsey Davis' seventeenth novel in the bestselling Marcus Didius Falco series
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
When Falco had been asked to see what he could find out about the death of a young bride on a Greek tour, he wisely refused but fate in the form of his mother in law intervened when she asked him to find her son.
Given that this is the 17th outing for Falco, you could have forgiven Lindsey Davis for coming up with a weaker story but it isn't. The story is interesting as a travelogue through an area of the ancient world not often covered - Romano Greece. Not that we ought to take the story as gospel for Ms Davis has Falco give his usual cynical twist on events rather than follow 'proper' history slavishly. Despite this humourous overlay, the mystery of the disappearing brides leads to a truly shocking finale!
Given that this is the 17th outing for Falco, you could have forgiven Lindsey Davis for coming up with a weaker story but it isn't. The story is interesting as a travelogue through an area of the ancient world not often covered - Romano Greece. Not that we ought to take the story as gospel for Ms Davis has Falco give his usual cynical twist on events rather than follow 'proper' history slavishly. Despite this humourous overlay, the mystery of the disappearing brides leads to a truly shocking finale!
33 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Still a Falco novel by Ms Davis that is not her best is still great fun and well worth the price. It seems to me that this may have been a bit of a filler in the series, a chance to mature Albia and Aulus for future plots and to introduce us to some more of the Falco's family. Or was it a way for the author to vent her spleen at some poor travel firm that ruined her holidays? I'm sure she has form for this sort of thing with plumbers......I may just miss the encounters with the Imperial family too much maybe I should stick to Robert Graves for a while? Still despite my disappointment Ms Davis has hooked me for her next novel, I can't wait - I really want to tell you why but if your a fan like me and haven't read this novel yet you wouldn't forgive me, ah well until next year.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
What more can one say about the books of Lindsey Davis, the Queen of Roman sleuth writing. Perhaps it is her attention to detail in what after all are supposed to be light hearted novels. Perhaps it is the main characters Falco and his wife Helena. If Lindsey Davis has written a bad `Falco' novel then I must have missed it. But I know I haven't because I have read them all.
A young girl and a newly wed woman, both of them Roman visitors have been found murdered at Olympia.
The authorities seem to be dragging their heels over investigating the case so Falco decides to step in. After making himself an unwelcome nuisance at the sanctuary, Falco soon find himself up against several people who seem to have plenty to hide.
Falco and Helena find themselves struggling with a case that may be more complex than anything they have attempted before . . .
I know the storyline is brief , but to say anymore would spoil the story for the reader. If you have read Lindsey Davis before, you know how good her books are. If you haven't you don't know what your missing.
A young girl and a newly wed woman, both of them Roman visitors have been found murdered at Olympia.
The authorities seem to be dragging their heels over investigating the case so Falco decides to step in. After making himself an unwelcome nuisance at the sanctuary, Falco soon find himself up against several people who seem to have plenty to hide.
Falco and Helena find themselves struggling with a case that may be more complex than anything they have attempted before . . .
I know the storyline is brief , but to say anymore would spoil the story for the reader. If you have read Lindsey Davis before, you know how good her books are. If you haven't you don't know what your missing.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fun, noir, anachronistic
See Delphi and Die is 1930s noir -- but in the 1st century AD. Detective (or 'informer') Falco is on his seventeenth adventure, carrying a brand of witty cynicism softened by his... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Martin Turner
Better as a historical travelogue than a thriller
Lindsey Davies' Marcus Didius Falco series has deservedly been perhaps the longest running series of ancient Roman detective fiction, a genre she helped pioneer, but an unfortunate... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Trevor Willsmer
Falco On Holiday
This was my first audio book and it taught me a number of things about myself (notably I cannot remember names without being able to look back at a text). Read more
Published 6 months ago by Charles Vasey
Slow going and too detailed.
This is far too long-winded and far too in-depth for casual and relaxing listening. There is so much unnecessary detail pertaining to the traditions of the Romans and the Greeks... Read more
Published 6 months ago by A. Gothorp
Great fun with some very creepy moments....
Another Marcus Didius Falco adventure from the pen of Lindsay Davis. Falco is a Roman detective who is called upon by the relatives of a missing young woman to investigate her... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Wynne Kelly
Package Holiday anyone?
Please note that this is a review of the unabridged audio CD reading; Amazon are grouping reviews across all types of media. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Sussman Pro
An excellent continuation of the Falco series...
NOTE: This is a review of the unabridged audio reading; Amazon appear to be aggregating reviews across all formats. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Christopher Meadows
Modern sounding historical detective drama
This is my first experience of Falco, and I was not disappointed.
The most surprising part of this for me was the style in which it was read. Read more
The most surprising part of this for me was the style in which it was read. Read more
Published 9 months ago by J. Lyne
Epic listen...
Christian Rodska reads this epic story well. I enjoyed the story but the size of the task is listening and remembering so much and you cannot leave the discs for more than a day... Read more
Published 9 months ago by C. FULLER
Noir, Roman Style!
Lindsey Davis' Falco mysteries are a joy to read, but this is the first audiobook of one of her novels I have listened to. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. Gtj Charmley
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
