Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries (Audio): The Silver Pigs Lib/E (Series #1) (CD-Audio)

from morriss003

The beginning of one of the most fascinating series that I ever had the pleasure of reading. If you are in to mysteries, romance and historical novels that are set in the ancient world, then this is the series for you. Lindsey Davis is a thorough researcher. Her maps will be poured over, her refe...

from ffortsa

I listened to this, and learned that listening to a good mystery story well read can make me forget to do anything else until it's finished. The first Didius Falco mystery, set in ancient Rome with excursions northward, is a gem, and if the street descriptions had been of New York instead, I coul...

from cathymoore

I think I'm a little bit in love with Marcus Didius Falco! Fantastic characters that leap off the page combined with some obviously well-researched descriptions of Ancient Rome and Roman Britain. This is the first in a series of novels featuring Falco, a private detective with an overbearing moth...

from AlexBrightsmith

If I tell you that M Didius Falco is a Marlowe-esque detective in ancient Rome, there's a high risk that I'll put you off from the start, and that would be a shame.Drawing strongly on, and gently, affectionately, sending up, the hard-boiled detective genre, The Silver Pigs is a standalone novel t...

from teckelvik

I treasure this book, because [[Ellis Peters]] personally recommended it to me. (Yes, that's name dropping. No, I didn't know her personally, it was at a book signing.) I love this book, indeed the whole series. Davis has recreated ancient Rome in a thoroughly believable way. The characters are t...