Marcia K. (marwan) reviewed on 5/8/2007 + 496 more book reviews

Roman law allows every citizen condemned to detah "time to depart" in other words, time to skip town. No matter how hard Marcus Didius Falco worked to convict Balbinus Pius, the dirtiest underworld organizer in the empire, the man has gotten away scot free. Now as every crook in Rome is scrambling to take over Balbinus's scams, Falco has to deal with heists in the Emporium, murders in the vias, shady deals at the Bower of Venus not to mention his own forgidden romance with a senator's daughter. Meanwhile, Balbinus is said ot be on his way home. And if he is, Falco's life won't be worth a red centum.

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