Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries The Iron Hand of Mars, Book 4, (Paperback)

from mbmackay

A good, but not great, Falco novel. Read April 2004

from DinadansFriend

Marcus Didius Falco is out there poking around the grimier edges of the Rhine frontier in this entertaining delve into Roman history. Quite fun!

from cathymoore

This is, by a clear distance, the best Falco novel yet. Falco is sent off to the wilds of northern Europe by emperor Vespasian and the story follows every bitter, cynical, self-deprecating step of his journey. Never has their been a more reluctant hero, all our man wants to do is settle down with...

from drmaf

This arguably my favourite of Davis' Falco books, which I've not always been enamored with, sometimes too clever for their own good and the relentless delving into Rome's low life sometimes gets tiring. I find her best books are the one where she takes Falco out of Rome to the far-flung corners o...

from phoenixcomet

Marcus Didius Falco, informer for Emperor Vespasian is sent to free Germany in search of a missing general, Petilius Cerialis, a missing rebel, Julius Civilis and to assess the Fourteenth Legion. Upon reaching the 14th, their legate, Florius Gracilis is also missing. Falco, accompanied by Helena ...