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    <body><![CDATA[Fifth in this series set in a well researched first century Rome.  This mystery involves discovering whatever became of a statue that Falco's deceased older brother seems to have lost in a major swindle attempt just before he died in a battle in faroff Judea.  There is at least one murder connected ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57112332">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Didius Falco continues his struggles with the Love of his life, the underworld, and the uberworld of ancient Rome.  Not the best one, but definately a good read.,]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The best one so far - you learn much moire about Falco's family, and throgh them, you learn more about Falco.  Also a really good mystery.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Marcus Didius Falco returns from a mission to find his apartment has been wrecked by squatters and an ex-legionary friend of his heroic brother Festus is demanding money, allegedly owed him as the result of one of Festus&#8217;s wild schemes. Worse still, the only client Falco can get is his mother &#8212; 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&#8230;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The one with the brother, the long lost father, the underground artworld and the statue of Poseidon (or is it Zeus!?)]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;GREAT STUFF...A classic hard-boiled, smart-mouth detective who happens to work in ancient Rome.&quot;<br/>--Molly Ivins<br/> Los Angeles Daily News<br/>After six months in wild Germania, imperial gumshoe Marcus Didius Falco is back in Rome sweet Rome. But his apartment has been ransacked. And although he desperately needs 400,000 sesterces in order to marry his aristocratic love, Helena, his only client is his mother, who insists that he find out whether the scandalous claims against his dead brother, Festus, are true.<br/>Then the chief tarnisher of Festus's good name is murdered, and Marcus becomes the prime suspect. Someone is definitely fiddling with the scales of justice. The more Marcus hunts for the thread that will lead him out of this doom-laden labyrinth of misery and mystery, the less his life is worth. Except, as seems likely, as a meal for the Emperor's hungry lions...<br/>&quot;AN INTRIGUING TALE...COMPULSIVE READING.&quot;<br/>--Roanoke Times &amp; World-News<br/>&quot;A VIVIDLY REALIZED IMPERIAL ROME--NOISY, DENSE AND DANGEROUS.&quot;<br/>--Publishers Weekly<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this one, more so than the previous book. Falco and Helena are back in Rome, trying to solve a mystery involving one of Falco's late brother's schemes, and Falco is forced to interact with his estranged father.<br/><br/>This series continues to be a pleasure to read. The books are f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54784672">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was better than the one preceding it, I thought. I love the relationship between Helena and Marcus - it's beautifully poignant yet funny and highly realistic.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&quot;GREAT STUFF...A classic hard-boiled, smart-mouth detective who happens to work in ancient Rome.&quot;<br/>--Molly Ivins<br/> Los Angeles Daily News<br/>After six months in wild Germania, imperial gumshoe Marcus Didius Falco is back in Rome sweet Rome. But his apartment has been ransacked. And although he desperately needs 400,000 sesterces in order to marry his aristocratic love, Helena, his only client is his mother, who insists that he find out whether the scandalous claims against his dead brother, Festus, are true.<br/>Then the chief tarnisher of Festus's good name is murdered, and Marcus becomes the prime suspect. Someone is definitely fiddling with the scales of justice. The more Marcus hunts for the thread that will lead him out of this doom-laden labyrinth of misery and mystery, the less his life is worth. Except, as seems likely, as a meal for the Emperor's hungry lions...<br/>&quot;AN INTRIGUING TALE...COMPULSIVE READING.&quot;<br/>--Roanoke Times &amp; World-News<br/>&quot;A VIVIDLY REALIZED IMPERIAL ROME--NOISY, DENSE AND DANGEROUS.&quot;<br/>--Publishers Weekly<br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Davis crafts wonderfully believable familial relationships, and they're definitely the high point of this one.]]></body>
    
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