A Dying Light in Corduba - SPOILER Thread - (Falco #8) (Oct/Nov 24)

[Susan]

Welcome to our Oct/Nov 24 buddy read of A Dying Light in Corduba The eighth book in the Marcus Didius Falco series was first published in 1996.

Nobody was poisoned at the dinner for the Society of Olive Oil Producers of Baetica, though in retrospect this was quite a surprise...

Marcus Didius Falco is ready to make new contacts and start a new career, and a dinner for the Society of Olive Oil Producers of Baetica seems like the perfect opportunity. But when two dinner guests are found beaten-one dead- Falco conducts the investigation.

Please feel free to post spoilers in this thread.

[Sandy]

Finished my re-read and while I agree this is a confused plot (I checked that list of characters quite a lot), I always enjoy spending time with Falco and am happy to participate in his adventures. Vicariously of course, I don't want any parts of the fights, especially with a slippery dancer.

The uses a desperate man can find for olive oil! I wonder if the first old midwife had it in her bag of tricks.

[Susan in NC]

Sandy wrote: "Finished my re-read and while I agree this is a confused plot (I checked that list of characters quite a lot), I always enjoy spending time with Falco and am happy to participate in his adventures...."

Might be useful…

[Susan]

I finally finished this! I did enjoy it - I have no idea why it took me so long to get through this.