Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries (Audio): Alexandria Lib/E (Series #19) (CD-Audio)

from TadAD

Some people love their Mosley, some their Leon, Grafton or Parker. For my part, Lindsey Davis' series featuring Marcus Didius Falco, an "informer" (private eye) in the Rome of Vespasian's day, are the comfort mysteries I snatch up as soon as they come out. Not only are the plots interesting and t...

from TadAD

Some people love their Mosley, some their Leon, Grafton or Parker. For my part, Lindsey Davis' series featuring Marcus Didius Falco, an "informer" (private eye) in the Rome of Vespasian's day, are the comfort mysteries I snatch up as soon as they come out. Not only are the plots interesting and t...

from pierthinker

Marcus Didius Falco is an old friend. Over the years I have lived his life vicariously through Lindsay Davis' novels and enjoyed myself immensely. 'Alexandria' is one of the occasional volumes in the series where Falco and his family (ever growing; I blame it on the oysters) are travelling away f...

from nordie

This is the first of the Falco books I've picked up and I was at first a little taken aback with the writing style. Having read quite a few historical books, including those set in Rome around the same time, it took a while to get into the modern, lighthearted approach to the storytelling. Howeve...

from NickHowes

Against the backdrop of ancient Roman Alexandria, in the shadow of the Pharos lighthouse and the Great Library, Marcus Didius Falco undertakes a new murder investigation. Falco finds himself becoming uncomfortably familiar with the scholars of the library as he searches for the killer of the libr...