num_pages: 258
description: Rome. AD 70. Private eye Marcus Didius Falco knows his way around the eternal city. He can handle the muggers, the police and most of the girls. But one fresh sixteen-year-old, Sosia Camillina, finds him a case no Roman should be getting his nose into. Some friends, Romans and countrymen are doing a highly profitable, if highly illegal, trade in silver ingots or pigs. For Falco it's the start of a murderous trail that leads far beyond the seven hills — to a godforsaken land called Britain, to Emperor Vespasian himself, and to Helena Justina – a lady leagues out of Falco’s class.
language: English
title: Silver Pigs
titlecomplete: Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
characters: Marcus Didius Falco, Helena Justina
genres: Historical, Crime, Historical Mystery, Italy, Mystery Thriller, Roman, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Detective, Mystery
ratings_count: 14472
places: Britain, Rome
series: Marcus Didius Falco
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Authors' Club Best First Novel Award
publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)