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Venus in Copper
- private investigators
- history
- mystery & detective
- hard-boiled
- historical
- falco
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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.
Quotes
From WikiquoteI had been right in the first place. Getting involved with politicians is complete stupidity.
Marcus! I thought you must have been developing other interests, but I never expected to find you with your arms locked round a fish...
Justice never paid a poor man's bills.
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