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Author:

Davis, Lindsey.

Title:

Venus in copper : a Marcus Didius Falco mystery / Lindsey Davis.

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Minotaur Books,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

353 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Falco, Marcus Didius (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Rome--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Husbands--Crimes against--Fiction.
Rome--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.

Summary:

"Rome, AD 71. Marcus Didius Falco is desperate 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 accidentally, 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 notorious instability of Roman real estate. In a case of murder as complicated as he ever faced, this classic tale shows Falco at his very finest"-- Back cover.

Series:

Marcus Didius Falco mystery
Davis, Lindsey. Falco series (Minotaur Books)

ISBN:

031264728X
9780312647285

OCLC:

(OCoLC)648923037

LCCN:

2010042894

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)