Falco On The Loose - Softcover

Davis, Lindsey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099451999 ISBN 13: 9780099451990

Publisher: Arrow, 2003

Synopsis

Last Act in PalmyraFalco takes up a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian, to the untamed East. With the Chief Spy Anacrites paying his fare Falco knows anything might go wrong, and so his entanglement with a travelling theatre group and its fortunes comes as little surprise-Time to DepartPetronius Longus, Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed Balbinus - one of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law he is given 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire. It is not long, however, before a new criminal ring moves into his territory and Falco and Petronius must investigate. A Dying Light in CordubaAD 73: Rome. When the Chief of Spies is left for dead there is no one except Falco to conduct the investigation. Soon he is plunged into the fiercely competitive world of olive oil production and the political intrigue that goes with it.

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Review:

"She brings Imperial Rome to life" (Ellis Peters)

"One of the best of the current writers in this field" (Donna Leon, Sunday Times)

"Wonderful, great fun all round" (Daily Telegraph)

Book Description:

One of the stories from the bestselling historical fiction Falco series

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0099451999
• ISBN 13: 9780099451990
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1216