bookshelves: published-1989, mystery-thriller, historical-fiction, fraudio, winter20092010, ancient-history, adventure, italy, britain-england, filthy-lucre, play-dramatisation Read from February 01 to 04, 2010 The Roman detective chances upon an illegal trade in precious metal, after rescuing a...
I love both well-done historical fiction and mystery, so I have a particular affection for hybrids like the books by Ellis Peters or Carrie Bebris. Given the setting in Imperial Rome and the smart alleck first person voice, this sounded like a blend of Gladiator and The Big Sleep only more historica...
The Silver Pigs is fun to read. And if you're looking to read to relax, there's no better praise.As I mentioned in my comment, the voice and tone reminded me of Glen Cook's Garrett, P.I. series sans the fantasy element. Even more strongly, I'm reminded of a Roman Rockford Files, which may be brillia...
This is the first in a series of books feature Falco – a detective in Ancient Rome. At first I felt it was a bit clunky but I like history and have been listening to The History of Rome podcasts for the last 6 months so kept on with it. After a while I found it hard to put down; becoming absorbed in...
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