Any fan of Lindsey Davis' Falco series will enjoy this book. His daughter, Flavia Albia, has taken the reins of the informer business and is negotiating ancient Rome as a professional woman (though not as a prostitute, as she would say). Falco and Helena are incidental characters, but they have no dialogue in this book. Flavia Albia is a strong, witty, independent, and smart woman whose adventures I look forward to reading more about. A follow up series to the author's popular Didius Falco series, set in Ancient Rome. The detective is his daughter, adopted from Britain. Maybe not quite as good but still pretty terrific, and it's fun to have a woman at the center of the book. As usual, Lindsey Davis does her research. The story is based on a real crime wave documented in the chronicles of the time, in which people were murdered with poison-tipped needles that they never even felt pricking them. I must say, though, I saw the murderer a million miles off. She should invest some of that energy into twister plot lines. Still, it was great fun.
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An easy to read mystery story of the Roman period. Not something that I particularly enjoyed.
—Wahid
apple didn't fall far from the tree - flavia albia is a pleasure to read!!
—marxcon
If you like history and detective novels this was a good read.
—Levy
