Venus in copper
Subtitle: a Marcus Didius Falco mystery
By: Lindsey Davis
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780312647285
Subjects: Husbands; Marcus Didius Falco (Fictitious character); Private investigators; Murder; Investigation; Crimes against; Fiction
Description: "Rome, AD 71. Marcus Didius Falco is desperate to leave the notorious Lautumiae prison - though being bailed out by his mother is a slight indignity. Things go from bad to worse though when a group of nouveau riche ex-slaves hire him to outwit a fortune-hunting redhead, whose husbands have a habit of dying accidentally, leaving him up against a female contortionist, her extra-friendly snake, indigestible cakes and rent racketeers. And, all the while, trying to lure Helena Justina to live with him, a dangerous proposition given the notorious instability of Roman real estate. In a case of murder as complicated as he ever faced, this classic tale shows Falco at his very finest"--Back cover.