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In the long, hot Roman summer of AD 74, Falco, private informer and spare-time poet, gives a reading for his family and friends. Things get out of hand as usual. The event is taken over by Aurelius Chrysippus, a wealthy Greek banker and patron to a group of struggling writers, who offers to publish Falco's work.

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And of course his mother-in-law hopes to hurry her son along to university by passing the case over to Falco.

Joining the rest of the married couples tour group on the remains of their Grand Tour, Falco and Helena seize the opportunity to interview the owner/manager of Seven Sights Travel, as well as the other guests.

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Nothing unusual in that

Falco and his laddish friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked by a gruesomely severed human hand. They know the sadistic killerlurks somewhere on the festive streets of Rome preparing to strike again.

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Whom did he eat, in fact

Lumbered with working alongside reptilian Chief Spy Anacrites, Falco has the perfect plan to make money he will assist Vespasian in the Emperors Great Census of AD 73.

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Theres nothing wrong with Britain that is if you leave out the mammoth travelling distance from ones dear Roman heritage!

AD 75. he wants someone to investigate.

Falco has a new baby, a new house, and he hates Britain.

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Egypt was the destination of choice for Roman tourists, being home to not one but two Wonders of the Ancient World, a Centre of Culture, and people with exotic habits.
Unfortunately, when Marcus Didius Falco pays a visit he discovers it's also a hotbed of schemers and murderers.

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I was just a freelance hero doing his best in a hard world.

The spirit of adventure calls Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East.

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In the high summer of AD 77, laid-back detective Marcus Didius Falco is called upon to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a middle-aged couple who supplied statues to Falco's father, Geminus.

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Worse still, the only client Falco can get is his mother who wants him to clear the family name.

Then just as Falco thinks things can only get better, fate takes a turn for the worse.

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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.

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But when his girlfriend, Helena, arrives carrying a batch of old copies of the Daily Gazette with the intention of catching up on the latest scandal Falco is forced to admit to Petronius his real reasons for being there

Infamia, the pen name of the scribe who writes the gossip column for the Daily Gazette, has gone missing.

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They have been sent to investigate the murderous members of a failed coup, now sunning themselves in luxurious villas and on fancy yachts.

The idyllic seaside location further complicates his seemingly doomed romance with Helena Justina.

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Luckily the judge was eager to adjourn for lunch.

Having returned from his trip to Londinium, Falco takes up employment with two lawyers at the top of their trade. With a little coercion, Falco joins the prosecution in seeking to persuade a magistrate to instigate a new trial.

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Easier said than done, thinks Falco, as he makes his uneasy way down the Rhenus, trying to forget that back in sunny Rome his girlfriend Helena Justina is being hotly pursued by Titus Caesar.

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To find a drowned man head-first down a well was slightly unusual, exciting maybe.

For Falco, a relaxed visit to Helenas relatives in Britain turns serious at the scene of a downtown murder.

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The detective Marcus Didius Falco is cynically eyeing up the new Roman emperor, Vespasian. He rescues a young girl in trouble and is catapulted into a dangerous game involving stolen imperial ingots, a dark political plot and, most hazardous of all, a senator's daughter connected to the traitors Falco has sworn to expose.

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Rats are always bigger than you expect

Falco, ancient Romes hangdog investigator, hates sharing a cell with a rodent though being bailed by his old mother is almost as embarassing.