Shadows in Bronze: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries (Paperback))

by Lindsey Davis (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2011

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  Paperback
  2000

  $3.28

  Marcus Didius Falco takes to the streets of Ancient Rome once more, this time as a private investigator for the Emperor Vespasian himself. He is put on the trail of a villain who means to depose the Emperor.

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  Hardcover
  1990

  $6.23

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  Paperback
  2008

  $11.90

  Rome, AD 71. Against his better judgement, Marcus Didius Falco secretly disposes of a decayed corpse for the Emperor Vespasian, then heads for the beautiful Bay of Naples with his best friend Petronius. He conveniently forgets to mention to his companion that this will be no holiday. They have been sent to investigate the murderous members of a failed coup, now sunning themselves in luxurious villas and on fancy yachts. Nor does the idyllic seaside location help his doomed romance with Helena Justina. The deeper he probes, the more it seems Helena is inextricably connected to the elite plotters, in ways that the smitten Falco cannot bear to contemplate ...