Lindsey Davis

Asked to investigate the background of Severina, engaged to real estate developer Hortensius and believed to be a golddigger, Marcus Didius Falco soon must investigate Hortensius' death

A Marcus Didius Falco Novel

Venus in Copper

Falco on fine form! Particularly enjoyed the turbot scene. Gordon Griffin is a genius narrator and I feel rich indeed to have the whole series ahead of me.

Sarah Christine Gill

Mafalda

Ryan B Harvey

Rome, AD 71. Marcus Didius Falco is deperate to leave the notorious Lautumiae prison - though being bailed out by his mother is a slight indignity... Things go from bad to worse though when a group of nouveau riche ex-slaves hire him to outwit a fortune-hunting redhead, whose husbands have a habit of dying accidently, leaving him up against a female contortionist, her extra-friendly snake, indigestible cakes and rent racketeers. And, all the while, trying to lure Helena Justina to live with him, a dangerous proposition given the notorius instability of Roman real estate. In a case of murder as complicated as he ever faced, this Lindsey Davis' classic tale Venus in Copper shows Falco at his very finest.

Venus in Copper A Marcus Didius Falco Novel