Venus In Copper - Hardcover
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.
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"Delectably funny...A novel that gives new meaning to the term 'classic detective fiction.'"
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In 70 A.D. in ancient Rome, no one is a saint. Or so thinks Marcus Didius Falco, a private investigator first introduced in the award-winning SILVER PIGS, who's trying to prevent a murder before it happens. When every man a woman marries dies, Falco knows there's smoke and fire--and he'll stop at nothing to untangle the Gordion knot that proves it.
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THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
In 70 A.D. in ancient Rome, no one is a saint. Or so thinks Marcus Didius Falco, a private investigator first introduced in the award-winning SILVER PIGS, who's trying to prevent a murder before it happens. When every man a woman marries dies, Falco knows there's smoke and fire--and he'll stop at nothing to untangle the Gordion knot that proves it.
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Lindsey Davis lives in London, England. She is the author of twenty Marcus Didius Falco mysteries, among them The Accusers, Scandal Takes a Holiday, A Body in the Bathhouse and The Silver Pigs.
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- PublisherCrown
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0091748186
- ISBN 13 9780091748180
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages277
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Venus in Copper
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Fine. First Edition. Usual toning to page edges. The author's third mystery featuring Marcus Didius Falco in ancient Rome. Text block is tight with no loose or dog-eared pages but usual tanning to page edges. Dust jacket shows no wear or tears. Dust jacket protected with clear mylar wrapper; bubble wrapped, boxed, and shipped with USPS Tracking (USA only). Signed on title page. Seller Inventory # 001067
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