Marcus Didius Falco mysteries
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Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Sidgwick & Jackson
Pub. Date
1989.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
250 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Silver Pigs is the classic novel that introduced readers around the world to Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer with a knack for trouble, a tendency for bad luck, and a frequently inconvenient drive for justice. When Marcus Didius Falco encounters the young and very pretty Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately that there is something amiss. When she confesses that she is fleeing for her life, Falco offers to help her and, in...
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Shadows in bronze: a Marcus Didius Falco novel , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 2
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Venus in copper: a Marcus Didius Falco mystery , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 3
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The iron hand of Mars , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 4
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Poseidon's gold: a BBC full-cast radio drama , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 5
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Last act in Palmyra , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 6
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Time to depart: a Marcus Didius Falco mystery novel , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 7
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A dying light in Corduba , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 8
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Author
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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Sharing a ewer of Spanish red with his old friend and new partner Petronius Longus, Marcus Didius Falco is on the spot when a man cleaning the local fountain makes a gruesome discovery: a human hand that suggests its owner met a terrifying fate. Naturally, Falco and Petro, formerly of the Vigiles, want to seize on it as their first big case. The officials of Rome, however, prefer to hush up the incident, since a population that riots at the drop
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Two for the lions , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 10
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One virgin too many , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 11
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12) Ode to a banker
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Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
372 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The funny, astute, and hard-boiled detective Marcus Didius Falco now ventures into a new arena, the publishing world of AD 74, to prove that ars longa, vita brevis...and murder is timeless. Can a tough detective possess the soul of a poet? After a public reading brings him rousing applause, Falco receives an offer to have his work published. But his ego takes a beating when the banker Chrysippus demands payment for putting the verse on papyrus. Hell...
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Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 13
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Complete & Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 audio discs (11 hrs., 47 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The thirteenth novel featuring sleuth Marcus Didius Falco explores the fervor of home improvement that's sweeping the Roman Empire and Falco's own household, specifically the bathhouse-where a body turns up. Some things never change. With his new villa, Falco also gets a timeless headache: building contractors. After the departure of two shady plasterers, a rank odor in the bathhouse soon leads to the discovery of a corpse under the mosaic floor....
14) The Jupiter Myth
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Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 14
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English
Description
Davis' 14th novel in the Marcus Didius Falco series is a noir tale of gangsters, gladiators, and love. For Falco, a relaxed visit to Helena's relatives in Britain turns serious at the scene of a downtown murder.
15) The Accusers
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Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 15
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This novel in the acclaimed Marcus Didius Falco series finds the first-century detective confronting Roman legal forces that may just destroy him-and his family. Fresh from a trip to far-flung Londinium in Britain, Falco needs to re-establish his presence in Rome. A minor role in the trial of a senator entangles him in the machinations of two powerful lawyers. The senator is convicted but then dies, apparently by suicide. It may have been a legal...
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Scandal takes a holiday , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 16
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Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 17
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It's AD 76 during the reign of Vespasian, and Marcus Didius Falco has achieved much in his life. He's joined the equestrian rank, allowing him to marry Helena Justina, the woman he's been keeping time with the past few years. But that doesn't mean all is quiet for Falco, Helena, and their two young daughters. By trade he is an informer, a man who looks into sticky situations, and he's been hired to pry his errant brother-in-law away from a murder...
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Saturnalia: a Marcus Didius Falco mystery , Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 18
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19) Alexandria
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Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 19
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
In A.D. 77, Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, investigates the mysterious death of the head librarian of the world-famous library of Alexandria, bringing him into immediate conflict with the darker side of academic life.
20) Nemesis
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Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a pair of his father's associates disappear under suspicious circumstances, informer Marcus Didius Falco of A.D. 77 Rome investigates allegations of a feud involving a group of notorious freedmen, who are receiving high-level protection from corruptrulers.