Treachery, betrayal and murder. It's just another ordinary day in ancient Rome
Marcus Didius Falco #16
St. Martin's Press
June 2006
On Sale: May 30, 2006
Featuring: Helena Justinius; Marcus Didius Falco
384 pages ISBN: 0312940408 EAN: 9780312940409 Mass Market Paperback (reprint) Add to Wish List
As an “informer”—a private detective—Marcus Didius Falco has
an insider’s knowledge of the Empire’s less than glorious
side. He’s also been in the middle of its most dangerous
secrets more than once. So when he’s hired to find notorious
gossip “scribe” Infamia, Marcus figures the missing
muckraker is either taking advantage of a vacation bribe
from some wealthy wife—or resting up from injuries inflicted
by some senator’s henchmen.
But instead of earning an easy fee, Marcus soon finds
himself at odds against a sinister ring of pirates preying
on the wealthy; a ruthlessly-vulgar construction
magnate...and several of his own less-than-reputable family
members. And what he uncovers will lead him through the dark
byways and underground of the Empire’s busiest seaport…where
a cold-blooded killer with nothing to lose waits to bury one
cynical informer for good...