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A Dying Light in Corduba: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries, Book 8) (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries (,Used
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Product Description [Read by Simon Prebble] In this eighth mystery featuring hardboiled Roman PI Marcus Didius Falco, Davis creates a chiaroscuro world of evil plots and dark humor, as olive oil whets a villain's appetite for power and his taste for murder. Surprisingly, nobody is poisoned at the Society of Olive Oil Producers banquet the attempted murder of Rome's chief spy occurs immediately afterward. Suspicion falls, quick as the Italian night, on the dinner's sinuous dancer, a lady who has already left for Corduba, Spain. Naturally, Marcus Didius Falco, the Philip Marlowe of Roman detectives, is dispatched to follow her. But he has pledged to stay with Helena, his pregnant, patrician wife, until she gives birth. Caught between Scylla and Charybdis, Falco makes what may be a fatal mistake: he brings Helena with him to a terra incognita of olives and intrigue, where a dies irae and a remorseless killer wait. Review ''A fascinating peek at everyday life in the colonial Roman empire, and the usual loopy cast of eccentrics that make Lindsey Davis novels such fun.'' Detroit Free Press''Solid detail and vivid insights that bring ancient Rome alive. But the plotting, though leisurely, is nicely suspenseful and the ending worth the wait.'' Library Journal''Falco, the informercumsleuth who navigates the corrupt political waters of the Roman Empire with an appealing mix of integrity and selfinterest, is just hip enough for the room; he wears his cynicism like a raincoat, but he won't be confused with Sam Spade at a toga party . . . Fascinating details about the oliveoil market lubricate the plot nicely, while Falco and Helena's bantering about the babytobe evoke Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt on Mad about You.'' Booklist''With the passing of Ellis Peters, the title Queen of the Historical Whodunit is temporarily vacant. Lindsey Davis is well suited to assume it, and she is funnier than Peters . . . Davis' books make old Rome sound fun . . . it is all so enjoyable.'' Times (London) on the author About the Author Lindsey Davis is the author of the acclaimed historical novels The Course of Honor and Rebels and Traitors, as well as the internationally bestselling series of novels featuring Marcus Didius Falco. Born and raised in Birmingham, England, she grew up to earn an English degree at Oxford and spent time working for the civil service for thirteen years before she decided to be a writer. More than a dozen books later, her internationally bestselling novels featuring Marcus Didius Falco have earned her the Crime Writer' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award. She lives in London.
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