Name: Shadows in Bronze
ISBN: 9780099515067

Lindsey Davis

Marcus Didius Falco, Ancient Romes favorite son and palace spy, has just been left in the dust by the beautiful, highborn Helena Justina. When the Emperor Vespasian calls upon him to investigate an act of treason, Falco soon uncovers a dangerous conspiracy--one in which Helena may be involved.

Shadows in Bronze

Anna Concannon 

Gordon Griffin does an excellent job here bringing the familiar cast of shady senators, indomitable mothers, duplicitous sea captains and enterprising palace informers to life here. 

Loved the sacred goat cameo, Falco on good form. 

Sarah Christine Gill

Oh, how I have missed audiobooks and Gordon Griffin does an excellent job here bringing the familiar cast of shady senators, indomitable mothers, duplicitous sea captains and enterprising palace informers to life here. Loved the sacred goat cameo, Falco on good form. 

One of the stories from the bestselling historical fiction Falco series. Rome, AD 71. Against his better judgement, Marcus Didius Falco secretly disposes of a decayed corpse for the Emperor Vespasian, then heads for the beautiful Bay of Naples with his best friend Petronius. He conveniently forgets to mention to his companion that this will be no holiday. They have been sent to investigate the murderous members of a failed coup, now sunning themselves in luxurious villas and on fancy yachts. Nor does the idyllic seaside location help his doomed romance with Helena Justina. The deeper he probes, the more it seems Helena is inextricably connected to the elite plotters, in ways that the smitten Falco cannot bear to contemplate ...

(Falco 2)

Shadows In Bronze

Isa s

I previously read The Silver Pigs and enjoyed it. Now I finished Shadows in Bronze and enjoyed it very much. It has been quite a while since I read the first book and while it might be a good idea to read both books together, because the second picks up right where the first left off, I didn't have any difficulties in getting back into the story. It all comes back whenever something specific of the previous novel is mentioned.

After he had previously discovered and put a stop to a conspiracy against Emperor Vespasian, Falco now has the task to tie up some loose ends. People are dying and mysterious people following other people. In order to contact different senators on the emperor's behalf, Falco even has the task to travel to the seaside, where he meets with ghosts and confident young women (read: Helena Justina).

Lindsey Davis manages to paint a vivid image of ancient Rome in her books. Shadows in Bronze had a great plot and I loved to follow Falco in his adventures and with him it certainly never gets boring. It is actually quite difficult to guess what is going to happen next (although it would probably be a safe bet to say that something will go wrong exactly when our hero thinks that finally he has managed to set everything to rights).
I love the writing style (humour on every page) and I love the characters. I even found the romance woven into the main plote quite sweet (not too much but enough to convey Falco's and Helena Justina's feelings).

This is a wonderful humorous historical mystery.

Shadows in Bronze

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