'I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!' Petro muttered.
Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed on of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law citizens are not imprisoned but are allowed 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire. One dark and gloomy dawn Petro and Falcoput the evit Balbinus aboard ship.
But soon after, an outbreak of robbery and murder suggest a new criminal ring has moved into Balbinus' territory. Petro and Falco must descend into the underworld of Vespasian's Rome to investigate...
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Review:
"Non-stop action, excitements and astonishments - a real cracker" (The Good Book Guide)
"Absolutely smashing" (Daily Telegraph)
"Davis's writing zings with fun" (Daily Mail)
"Combines the best of soap opera, violent thrills, pathos, bathos, exquisite scene settingand humour – in other words, a big, fat, gutsy, entertainingbook." (Mail on Sunday)
"Queen of the Historical Whodunnit ... Davis’ books make old Rome sounds fun ... it is all so enjoyable" (The Times)
Book Description:
One of the stories from the bestselling historical fiction Falco series
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- PublisherArrow
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0099338815
- ISBN 13 9780099338819
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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