Three Hands in the Fountain (The Falco series) [Paperback]

"Lindsey Davis's excellent and funny series [is] a cross between I, Claudius and Mystery!"

-- ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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

Marcus Didius Falco learns that body parts have been found in the water systems of Rome for years, and the killer strikes during public festivals. With the Roman Games being imminent, Falco begins to search 200 miles of aqueduct and the crowded streets to catch the sadist before they strike again.

'The fountain was not working. Nothing unusual in that...'

Marcus Didius Falco and his laddish friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked- by a gruesomely severed human hand.

Soon other body parts are being found in the aqueducts and sewers. Public panic overcomes official indifference, and the Aventine partners are commissioned to investigate. Women are bing abducted during festivals, with the next Games only days away. As the heat rises in the Circus Maximus, they face a race agaisnt time and a strong test of their friendship. They know the sadistic killer lurks somewhere on the festive streets of Rome- perparing to strike again.

'Uniquely entertaining' Time Out

'Bizarre, funny and satisfying' Irish Times

'One of the best of the current writers in this field' Donna Leon, Sunday Times

'As always, Davis wears her research lightly, bringing Ancient Rome to vivid life in a series of delicious vignettes' Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News

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Lindsey Davis has written twenty 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.