Marcus Didius Falco Mystery #16
Mysterious Press
September 2004
On Sale: September 1, 2004
Featuring: Marcus Didius Falco; Helena Justina
352 pages ISBN: 0892968125 EAN: 9780892968121 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Set in ancient Rome, the mysteries of Lindsey Davis
featuring sleuth Marcus Didius Falco are "one of the best
historical series," says the Detroit Free Press,
filled with "the wisecracking humor, scathing social
commentary, and rollicking adventure that are Davis's
trademarks." Now, in a new novel, the intrepid Falco lands
a case in Rome's squalid port of Ostia and enters a most
dark and dangerous place...
SCANDAL TAKES A HOLIDAY
Infamia-a pseudonym for the sleazy rascal who writes the
gossip column for Rome's Daily Gazette-has vanished while
claiming to be visiting an "aunt" in Ostia. With no juicy
scandal to print, his employers want him found. It's a
perfect job for private eye Marcus Didius Falco.
Falco's best friend, L. Petronius Longus, is already in
Ostia on duty with the local vigiles and Falco expects to
enjoy some good company and tolerable vino as well. Alas,
not only is the wine wretched and the vigiles rowdy, but
Petro-deep in amor with Falco's sister Maia-is discovering
that the problem with love is the Falco family in-laws who
come with it. On the bright side, Falco soon has a lead in
Infamia's disappearance.
Following a trail that begins with a little boy whose
mother "won't wake up" and a gardener about to be
decapitated with some hedge sheers, Falco finds that his
inquiries will put him on a perilous road. Even as his
patrician wife and partner, Helena Justina, feels the icy
hand of terror, Falco stumbles into something more deadly
than a missing person's case. In fact, what lies beneath
Infamia's disappearance is an underworld of cutthroat
villains and chilling deeds. Now, with his wit and courage
tested, Falco may be going to vitam impendere vero (stake
one's life for the truth), for, like life, this case may
end in the cold chambers of the grave...
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