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Falco on His Metal: Venus in Copper / The Iron Hand of Mars / Poseidon's Gold (Marcus Didius Falco, Bks 3-5)
Falco on His Metal Venus in Copper / The Iron Hand of Mars / Poseidon's Gold - Marcus Didius Falco, Bks 3-5 Author:Lindsey Davis Venus in Copper (Marcus Didius Falco, Bk 3) — In 70 A.D. in ancient Rome, no one is a saint. Or so thinks Marcus Didius Falco, a private investigator first introduced in the award-winning SILVER PIGS, who's trying to prevent a murder before it happens. When every man a woman marries dies, Falco knows there's smoke a... more »nd fire--and he'll stop at nothing to untangle the Gordion knot that proves it.
The Iron Hand of Mars (Marcus Didius Falco, Bk 4)
With Titus Caesar in pursuit of Marcus Didius Falco's patrician girlfriend Helena, the sleuth Falco is dispatched by Vespasian on an undercover mission to Roman Gaul, where there has been trouble with the natives. He must exercise his diplomatic skills on the very uncivil Civilis.
Poseidon's Gold (Marcus Didius Falco, Bk 5)
Returning to Rome after his mission to Germania, Falco finds that his mother is being harassed by a centurion named Censorinus, who says he is chasing a debt owed to him by Falco's brother Festus. Censorinus claims that Festus was involved in a syndicate, shipping valuable statues from Greece - and that even when his ship sunk, Festus had guaranteed that everyone in the group would get their money back. Now, however, Festus is dead, and Falco knows he didn't leave a legacy. When Falco refuses to cough up any money, he and Censorinus end up fighting...and later, the centurion turns up dead. Under suspicion of murder, Falco must confront his past and uncover his brother's secrets before he can clear his name and solve the mystery.
Winner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award.« less