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A Body In The Bathouse
Lindsey Davis

Marcus Didius Falco Mystery #13
Mysterious Press
September 2003
Featuring: Marcus Didius Falco; Helena Justina
368 pages
ISBN: 0446691704
EAN: 9780446691703
Trade Size (reprint)
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"Breezy...funny....The Rome of Davis's imagination is licentious and entertaining," proclaims the San Jose Mercury News of her bestselling mysteries featuring Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco. Here, in his newest adventure, an offensive case of habeas corpus sends Falco on a dangerous odyssey to the edges of the Empire...

A BODY IN THE BATHHOUSE

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. Should Falco follow the culprits to remote Britannica? Despite the British weather (damp), the inhabitants (barbarians), and the wine (second-rate), Falco takes his whole family and goes. In veritas, Falco has another, secret reason for this exodus: His sister Maia has rejected the affection of a powerful Roman official who vows brutal revenge. Now to protect those he loves, Falco must outrun an imperial enemy with a very long-and very deadly-reach.