Marcus Didius Falco #17
St. Martin's Press
May 2007
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Featuring: Marcus Didius Falco; Helena Justinius; Allus
384 pages ISBN: 0312357753 EAN: 9780312357757 Mass Market Paperback Add to Wish List
"The ancient Roman world comes vividly to life with this latest novel in Lindsey Davis's wildly entertaining, award-winning series."
WHAT THE ORACLE KNOWS COULD KILL THEM...
It's A.D. 76 during the reign of Vespasian, and Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman "informer," has achieved much in his life. He's joined the equestrian rank, allowing him to marry Helena Justina, the Senator's beloved daughter. But now he's just been hired to undergo a dangerous mission: to pry his brother-in-law Aulus, a scholar on the way to study in Athens, away from a murder investigation involving two dead women at the ancient site of the Olympic Games.
Traveling to Greece under the guise of being tourists, Falco and Helena visit the country's classic sites in order to investigate the suspicious goings-on and shady dealings of Seven Sights, a fly-by-night travel agency. What begins as a risky expedition becomes sinister when Aulus, too, goes missing in what becomes Falco's most complex and high-stakes case yet.
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