- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; New edition edition (26 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340827394
- ISBN-13: 978-0340827390
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 347,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Like Chandler's Marlowe, Corvinus wisecracks his way through a weary world of murder and intrigue until he hunts down the truth. A taut thriller in which ancient Rome springs to life' (The Times on SEJANUS )
'Drawn with great dash, and the one-liners are as good as ever. Genius.' (Good Book Guide on A VOTE FOR MURDER )
'Innate humour and pace carry one through to the tragi-comic climax' (Irish Times on THE LYDIAN BAKER )
'Drawn with great dash, and the one-liners are as good as ever. Genius.' (Good Book Guide on A VOTE FOR MURDER )
'Innate humour and pace carry one through to the tragi-comic climax' (Irish Times on THE LYDIAN BAKER )
Irish Times on THE LYDIAN BAKER
'Innate humour and pace carry one through to the tragi-comic climax'
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When it comes to writing detective novels taking place in Ancient Rome, David Wishart is right up there with the best of them, Lindsey Davis and Steven Saylor to name but two.
The lead character Marcus Corvinus makes an amusing and likeable sleuth and with the help of his very able wife Perilla, not much gets past the pair of them when it comes to solving crimes in the ancient city.
When Licinius Murena the owner of a fish farm is found dead in one of his own eel tanks there are not many tears shed. Certainly not by Trebbio who has recently been booted out of his house by the landowner. Nor by the stunning young widow, half Murena's age. His daughter is not losing any sleep over the loss of her daddy either. The man's farm manager does not seem too distressed either. Does anyone like the murder victim.
It would seem that Corvinus has a list of suspects as long as his arm. Could this be one that even Marcus cannot solve . . .
The lead character Marcus Corvinus makes an amusing and likeable sleuth and with the help of his very able wife Perilla, not much gets past the pair of them when it comes to solving crimes in the ancient city.
When Licinius Murena the owner of a fish farm is found dead in one of his own eel tanks there are not many tears shed. Certainly not by Trebbio who has recently been booted out of his house by the landowner. Nor by the stunning young widow, half Murena's age. His daughter is not losing any sleep over the loss of her daddy either. The man's farm manager does not seem too distressed either. Does anyone like the murder victim.
It would seem that Corvinus has a list of suspects as long as his arm. Could this be one that even Marcus cannot solve . . .
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book is the usual gripping and humorous tale that we expect from David Wishart. Certainly worth adding to your Marcus Corvinus collection.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Marcus Corvinus, Ancient Roman aristocrat, layabout and amateur detective, is holidaying by the sea at Baiae with his wife, mother and stepfather when the town drunk Trebbio is accused of the murder of local fish farmer Murena. Only thing is, Corvinus is sure Trebbio didn't do it. So he must find who did. Not easy, since the Murena Fan Club had a total membership of approximately none, particularly within the deceased's toxic family - a widow, daughter, two sons and a son-in-law are all firmly in the frame, and that's just for starters. But these problems pale into insignificance beside the fact that Corvinus's mild antiquarian stepfather Priscus has, rather late in the day, decided to let his hair down and go off the rails...
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So right on the slang
Just wanted to add agreement over the tedious use of the same slang phrases, in this and the other later books. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2006 by A. C. S. Swinson
please stop the slang, mr wishart - or get a new editor
dear mr wishart, once again your enjoyable book is marred by the use of corvinus's 'slang dialogue'. Read more
Published on 13 Aug 2006 by adelie penguin
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