July 2012 Guest Editor Barbara Erskine on the Marcus Didius Falco series...
In that it has a lowly rather than a patrician cast list and involves crime detection, I enjoy Lindsey Davis’s tales of her (ancient)Roman detective, Falco. As in C. J. Sansom’s books, a huge amount of thorough research is worn lightly and accessibly and they are tremendous fun to read.
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Discover one of the world's favourite detectives, as his first case leads him into conspiracy, murder and adventure...In 1989, The Silver Pigs introduced the world to laid-back first-century detective Marcus Didius Falco, his partner Helena Justina, his law and order pal Petronius, and his indomitable Mother - who became some of the most celebrated characters in historical fiction. Now reissued in a special new edition to celebrate publication of Falco's twentieth investigation, The Silver Pigs sees Falco cynically eyeing up the new Roman emperor, Vespasian. Our hero, a private informer, rescues a young girl in trouble and is catapulted into a dangerous game involving stolen imperial ingots, a dark political plot and, most hazardous of all, a senator's daughter connected to the traitors Falco has sworn to expose.
The Silver Pigs features in the following genres: Crime and Mystery, Historical Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
The Silver Pigs is available in CD-Audio, , Paperback
The Silver Pigs was written by Lindsey Davis and published by Arrow Books Ltd an imprint of Cornerstone
The Silver Pigs has 318 pages
Yes it is part of The Falco Series series
£8.99
