Silver Pigs: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome - Softcover

9780345369079: Silver Pigs: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
Winner of the Best First Novel award from the Authors' Club, and debut of the Didius Falco mystery series.
It is A.D. 70, when Roman P.I. Marcus Didius Falco runs into comely Sosia Camillina on the steps of the Forum. It seems she's being chased by a few unsavories for a stockpile of silver pigs--silver ingots--but Falco wants more information. What he gets is a whiff of treason and a one-way ticket to his own funeral pyre....
"It has everything: mystery, pace, wit, fascinating scholarship, and above all, two protagonists for whom, by the end, I feel genuine affection, and want to meet again."
Ellis Peters

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Publisher:
Lindsey Davis' books manage to invoke a film noir atmosphere in Ancient Rome, which if you think about it is not so far from 1930s California -- a lot of sunshine on the surface with something much darker underneath. Her hero (and I use the term lightly) is Marcus Didius Falco, who becomes a private eye for the Emperor. In SILVER PIGS, the first book in the series, we are introduced to Falco's mother and the rest of his family -- along with a group of high-born Romans. Davis never loses the sense that we are in a very different time and place, but the personal relationships and situations that Falco gets himself into are timeless.

Amelia Zalcman: Director, Contracts Administration

About the Author:
Lindsey Davis now writes full time. She is the author of eleven Falco novels and one historical love story, A Course of Honour. Two For the Lions won the first CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger.
From the Hardcover edition.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherFawcett
  • Publication date1991
  • ISBN 10 0345369076
  • ISBN 13 9780345369079
  • BindingMass Market Paperback
  • Number of pages241
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780312614249: The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries) (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries, 1)

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  ISBN 13:  9780312614249
Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2011
Softcover

  • 9780099515050: The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries)

    Arrow, 2008
    Softcover

  • 9780517573631: Silver Pigs: A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome

    Crown, 1989
    Hardcover

  • 9780312357771: The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries)

    Minota..., 2006
    Softcover

  • 9780099414735: The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries)

    Random..., 2000
    Softcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Davis, Lindsey
Published by Ballantine, New York (1991)
ISBN 10: 0345369076 ISBN 13: 9780345369079
New Pbk Quantity: 1
Seller:
June Samaras
(STREETSVILLE, ON, Canada)

Book Description Pbk. Condition: New. First Pbk.Ed. The first novel introducing Marcus Didius Falco - "a private detective operating in the Emperor Vespasian's Rome". Book. Seller Inventory # 039400

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 6.00
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 10.00
From Canada to U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Davis, Lindsey
Published by Fawcett (1991)
ISBN 10: 0345369076 ISBN 13: 9780345369079
New Mass Market Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GridFreed
(North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.)

Book Description Mass Market Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Seller Inventory # 90-17658

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 13.95
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 5.45
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Davis, Lindsey
Published by Fawcett (1991)
ISBN 10: 0345369076 ISBN 13: 9780345369079
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0345369076

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 23.72
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Davis, Lindsey
Published by Fawcett (1991)
ISBN 10: 0345369076 ISBN 13: 9780345369079
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0345369076

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 25.71
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Davis, Lindsey
Published by Fawcett (1991)
ISBN 10: 0345369076 ISBN 13: 9780345369079
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Austin, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0345369076

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 28.02
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.25
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Davis, Lindsey
Published by Ballantine New York, (1991)
ISBN 10: 0345369076 ISBN 13: 9780345369079
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
Front Cover Books
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0345369076

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 28.80
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.30
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Davis, Lindsey
Published by Fawcett (1991)
ISBN 10: 0345369076 ISBN 13: 9780345369079
New Mass Market Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Save With Sam
(North Miami, FL, U.S.A.)

Book Description Mass Market Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB0345369076

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 69.22
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: FREE
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Davis, Lindsey
Published by Fawcett (1991)
ISBN 10: 0345369076 ISBN 13: 9780345369079
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(LOS ANGELES, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.3. Seller Inventory # Q-0345369076

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
US$ 94.70
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: US$ 4.13
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds