Name: The Iron Hand of Mars
ISBN: 9780345380241

Lindsey Davis

Marcus Didius Falci is Imperial Rome's idea of Columbo, a detective on a horrendous assignment involving torture and murder, whose only hope is a powerful Druid priestess who may be persuaded to help--or may do him in. Reprint.

The Iron Hand of Mars

Not my favourite Falco so far. Lost pace (and interest) in the quite long military history chunks that were lumped in to get what was happening and it was just quite gloomy. Not enough Helena and I think the books playing in Rome are just more fun.