Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries Nemesis, Book 20, (Paperback)

from setnahkt

Lindsey Davis writes like an American. I hope that isn't taken as a horrible insult, but it's just difficult to imagine a proper English lady – Jane Austen, say - coming up with the line “He'll extract your testicles, roll them up in an old wool sock, whirl it around his head and beat you up with...

from quiBee

A satisfying installment in the Falco series.

from smik

I have not read all of the Marcus Didius Falco series and this is #20. I was better off than my listening companion because I at least had read #19 ALEXANDRIA to which I gave 4.3. This particular novel has a large canvas and a huge cast of characters. The narrator Christian Rodska does a marvello...

from TadAD

Lindsey Davis' series set in ancient Rome is twenty books long so far. Most mystery series can't even sustain five books before they peter out into formula writing, but the Marcus Didius Falco stories have remained my favorites despite their span. It's not because of the plots. Most are average o...

from pierthinker

Lindsey Davis' Falco series of Imperial Rome-based murder mysteries has been around for a long time - this latest novel, Nemesis, is the 20th installment. I have read most of them and enjoyed all I have read. Davis knows her stuff historically and writes with real affection for Falco and his exte...