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I love both well-done historical fiction and mystery, so I have a particular affection for hybrids like the books by Ellis Peters or Carrie Bebris. Given the setting in Imperial Rome and the smart alleck first person voice, this sounded like a blend of Gladiator and The Big Sleep only more historically accurate and Marcus Didius Falco, who has a lively sense of humor, is much more appealing than Philip Marlowe. In her introduction, Davis acknowledged her debt to the private detective genre and h
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I enjoyed this a great deal - my first foray into ancient Rome! I did find it confusing and hard to follow at times, and ended up not keeping up with the series.
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