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‘We should have time to manage it ... and still get back to the party before the wine runs out.’
It is the Roman holiday of Saturnalia. The days are short; the nights are for wild parties. A general has captured a famous enemy of Rome, and brings her home to adorn his Triumph as a ritual sacrifice. The logistics go wrong; she acquires a mystery illness – then a young man is horrendously murdered and she escapes from house arrest.
Falco is pitted against his old rival, the Chief Spy Anacrites, in a race to find the fugitive before her presence angers the public and makes the government look stupid. Falco has other priorities, for Helena’s brother Justinus has also vanished. Against the riotous backdrop of the season of misrule, the search seems impossible and only Falco seems to notice that some dark agency is bringing death to the city streets...
It is the Roman holiday of Saturnalia. The days are short; the nights are for wild parties. A general has captured a famous enemy of Rome, and brings her home to adorn his Triumph as a ritual sacrifice. The logistics go wrong; she acquires a mystery illness – then a young man is horrendously murdered and she escapes from house arrest.
Falco is pitted against his old rival, the Chief Spy Anacrites, in a race to find the fugitive before her presence angers the public and makes the government look stupid. Falco has other priorities, for Helena’s brother Justinus has also vanished. Against the riotous backdrop of the season of misrule, the search seems impossible and only Falco seems to notice that some dark agency is bringing death to the city streets...
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"Like visiting old friends in a familiar and endearing, if sometimes bizarre, environment. Jokes and skulduggery crowd the pages" (Guardian)
"Every book in this series is a delight... fans will snap it up. Highly recommended" (Library Journal)
"Falco wisecracks his way through the empire's sleazy underside...Davis' crimes are wickedly convoluted - real fun" (Time Magazine)
"One of the best in this series, a nice mix of wit and wisecracks" (Literary Review)
"Rome is vividly brought to life - alien yet curiously familiar. And the story gallops along at a tremendous pace with humour and suspense dispensed in equal measure. Saturnalia is another rollicking good yarn" (Daily Express)
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"Every book in this series is a delight... fans will snap it up. Highly recommended" (Library Journal)
"Falco wisecracks his way through the empire's sleazy underside...Davis' crimes are wickedly convoluted - real fun" (Time Magazine)
"One of the best in this series, a nice mix of wit and wisecracks" (Literary Review)
"Rome is vividly brought to life - alien yet curiously familiar. And the story gallops along at a tremendous pace with humour and suspense dispensed in equal measure. Saturnalia is another rollicking good yarn" (Daily Express)
One of the Roman novels from the bestselling historical fiction Falco series
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- PublisherClearway Logistics Phase 1b
- ISBN 10 1405624957
- ISBN 13 9781405624954
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