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Last Rites: Complete & Unabridged (Sound)
  

Last Rites: Complete & Unabridged (Sound) [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by David Wishart (Author), Michael Tudor Barnes (Reader)
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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Soundings (Feb 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1842832115
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842832110
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 15.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,204,758 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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‘Witty, engrossing and ribald ... it misses nothing in its evocation of a bygone time and place' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Praise for OLD BONES:
'His learning shines through. He has a feel for ancient times yet uses modern dialogue. This neat trick manages to combine the atmosphere of the ancient world while moving the story quickly and assuredly on. Highly recommended' (Yorkshire Evening Express )

'With the toga-wearing sleuths of Lindsey Davis and Steven Saylor prowling the alleys of Ancient Rome, is there room for Wishart's Marcus Corvinus? On this evidence the answer is resoundingly in the affirmative.' (The Times )

Praise for THE HORSE COIN:
'enjoyable . . . an ingenious solution to this ancient mystery.' (Sunday Telegraph )

Praise for SEJANUS:
'Witty, engrossing and ribald . . . it misses nothing in its evocation of a bygone time and place' (Independent on Sunday ) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Last Rites, 5 Jan 2003
The story is written in a light and racy style that carries you through the story. Sometimes that style can be a little irritating which is the main reason for the four rather than five stars. The story line is well constructed with evidence of much relevent research. The actual mystery is complex and keeps you interested. It is a pity that the hero's wife is not more developed as a character as she is important in the detective work. The slaves are well developed as characters. The book is a good read and well worth the effort. The book shows a high level of craftsmanship. Recommended to those who enjoy historical detective stories.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Clever Plot, 13 Feb 2007
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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David Wishart was born in Arbroath, Scotland. He studied Classics - Latin and Greek - at Edinburgh University and after graduation taught for four years in a secondary school. He then retrained as a teacher of English as a Foreign Language and worked abroad for eleven years, in Kuwait, Greece and Saudi Arabia. He returned to Scotland in 1990 and now lives with his family in Carnoustie, mixing writing with teaching EFL and study skills at Dundee University.

It is the day after one of Rome's many nocturnal rites. This one unusually is an all-female ceremony, the rite of the good Goddess. Strictly out of bounds to men. A body of a young woman with her throat cut is found, but is it suicide or murder?

Seenator Lucius Arruntius, hoping to avoid a scandal calls in Marcus Corvinus to do some discreet investigating. Marcus is aided in his investigations by by a feisty flute girl and because of the non attendance of men at the ceremonies, by his clever and beautiful wife Perilla. But this is no simple matter and it is up to Marcus to try to untangle a web of treachery and deceit.


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