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Marcus Falco is an informer in Rome during 70 AD. He rescues Sosia Camillina who is fleeing from a couple of thugs. He soon finds out they kidnapped her from her house because she has a silver pig from the mines in Britain which should be in the imperial treasury. Falco is hired by Sosia's uncle, a senator, to find out how the silver pig ended up lose in Rome. Thought the course of hsi investigation he also meets the senator's divorced daughter, Helena Justina. I'm sure the author did a lot of r
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Mar 19, 2015
Madeleine
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I think I prefer the new series (about detective Falco's detective daughter Flavia), but this was just fine and fun to read right after a weekend in Rome.
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This one was out of print for many years, so it's good to see it making a return so we can learn how it all began with Falco and Helena. However, the ending's spoiled by later books in the series.
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