Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze (UK 2013)

From the Publisher:
LOVE, DEATH AND POLITICS UNDER VESUVIUS
Rome, AD 71: Against his better judgement, Marcus Didius Falco secretly disposes of a decayed corpse for the Emperor Vespasian, then heads for the beautiful Bay of Naples with his best friend Petronius. It's an opportunity to forget his doomed romance with the beautiful and bright Helena Justina.

He conveniently forgets to mention to his companion that this will be no holiday - they have been sent to investigate the murderous members of a failed coup, now sunning themselves in luxurious villas and on fancy yachts.

Nor does the idyllic seaside location help matters with Helena. The deeper he probes, the more it seems she is inextricably connected to the elite plotters, in ways that the smitten Falco cannot bear to contemplate...

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze. A Marcus Didius Falco Novel. Arrow, ISBN: 9780099515067 (April, 2013), 452 p., £8.99.

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze (USA 2011)

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"Some men are born lucky, others are called Didius Falco."
It's the first century CE in Rome and informer and occasional imperial agent Marcus Didius Falco is miserable. The high-born woman he fell in love with, Helena Justina, has broken off their stormy, impossible affair. So when Emperor Vespasian assigns Falco a task that will take him out of Rome, he can't wait. Disguised as vacationer in the company of his comrade Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine Watch, Falco travels south to Neapolis, Capreae and Pompeii where he discovers a conspiracy involving the Egyptian grain shipment to Rome. He also stumbles across Helena Justina, conveniently also on a trip out of town, who might, unwittingly, be enmeshed in this dangerous, treasonous scheme.

Lindsey Davis' Shadows in Bronze is historical mystery at its best.

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze. A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery. Griffin, ISBN: 9780312614232 (October, 2011), 452 p., $16.99.

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
Love, death and politics under Vesuvius...
Rome, AD 71. Against his better judgement, Marcus Didius Falco secretly disposes of a decayed corpse for the Emperor Vespasian, then heads for the beautiful Bay of Naples with his best friend Petronius. He conveniently forgets to mention to his companion that this will be no holiday. They have been sent to investigate the murderous members of a failed coup, now sunning themselves in luxurious villas and on fancy yachts.

Nor does the idyllic seaside location help his doomed romance with Helena Justina. The deeper he probes, the more it seems Helena is inextricably connected to the elite plotters, in ways that the smitten Falco cannot bear to contemplate...

Shadows in Bronze is the second book in Lindsey Davis' bestselling Falco series.

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze. A Marcus Didius Falco Novel. Arrow, ISBN: 9780099515067 (February, 2008), 452 p., £7.99.

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze (USA 2007)

From the Publisher:
It's the first century A.D. and Marcus Didius Falco, Ancient Rome's favorite son and sometime palace spy, has just been dealt a lousy blow from the gods: The beautiful, high-born Helena Justina has left him in the dust. So when the Emperor Vespasian calls upon him to investigate an act of treason, Falco is more than ready for a distraction. Disguised as an idle vacationer in the company of his best friend Petronius, Falco travels from the Isle of Capreae to Neapolis and all the way to the great city of Pompeii...where a whole new series of Herculean events -- involving yet another conspiracy, and a fateful meeting with his beloved Helena -- are about to erupt...

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze. A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery. Minotaur Books, ISBN: 0312357761 (October, 2007), 464 p., $6.99.

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze (UK 2000)

From the Publisher:
Rome. AD 71. Marcus Didius Falco, now Imperial Agent to Emperor Vespasian, has not been resting on his laurels. Tidying up corpses, kicking over the trac es of a failed coup, making a bit on the side in stolen lead ingots -it's all in a day's work for an ex-private eye. But a new plot to usurp the purple robes of power puts Falco on the ba ck of a mule with a one-way ticket down the Appian Way - bumping into trouble, treason and Helena Justina, a senator's daugher he's trying h ard to forget.

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze. Arrow, ISBN: 0099414724 (September, 2000), 452 p., £5.99.

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze (USA 1992)

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Friends, Romans, countrymen, Marcus Didius Falco, Ancient Rome's favorite soh and.sometime palace spy, returns to aid the Emperor Vespasian himself. This time citizen Falco has been charged with finding the culprits who are plotting Vespasian's imperial demise. In the meanwhile, Falco also has some unfinished business with one citizen Helena Justina, a high-born beauty he has given his heart to. Although at these wages, his heart is all he can afford to render unto her -- which causes its own problems.

From the Isle of Capreae to Neapolis to high-flying antics at the Circus Maximus, Falco does Vespasian proud, seeking out the schemers who would topple his regime, scouring the gin joints and flesh pots of the Roman Empire for a lead on one particularly devious nobleman.

Lindsey Davis: Shadows in Bronze. A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 0345374266 (March, 1992), 384 p., $3.99.