Jupiter Myth, The (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries (Paperback)) - Softcover

Davis, Lindsey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446692972 ISBN 13: 9780446692977

Publisher: Mysterious Press, 2004

Synopsis

The latest book in the popular Marcus Didius Falco series - a classic noir tale of gangsters, gladiators, and romance.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The fourteenth Falco novel is a tale of love, gangsters and female gladiators ? including one from Falco?s own past.

Falco and his family are staying in London when Falco is summoned to the scene of a murder. The victim, Verovolcus, was a renegade with ties to Roman crime magnates operating in London, but he was also close to King Togidubnus. So when he is discovered stuffed head-first down a well, a tricky diplomatic situation develops that Falco must defuse, and which leads him into the seedy underbelly of London. There is a newly built amphitheatre in town, with female gladiators, but Falco soon realizes that the initially troublesome gladiators ? including one from his own bachelor past ? may just give him the edge he needs to solve Verovolcus? murder, as the gangsters are pursued back to the Italian town of Ostia for a final showdown.

About the Author:

Lindsey Davis is the author of the acclaimed historical novels The Course of Honor and Rebels and Traitors. Her internationally bestselling novels featuring Marcus Didius Falco have earned her the Crime Writers' Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award. She lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mysterious Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0446692972
• ISBN 13: 9780446692977
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336