Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart (UK 2013)

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EVIL SENT INTO EXILE - BUT CRIME NEVER GOES AWAY
Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed one of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law citizens are not imprisoned but are allowed 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire. One dark and gloomy dawn Petro and Falco put the evil Balbinus aboard ship.

But soon after, an outbreak of robbery and murder suggest a new criminal ring has moved into Balbinus' territory. Petro and Falco must descend into the underworld of Vespasian's Rome to investigate...

Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart. A Marcus Didius Falco Novel. Arrow, ISBN: 9780099515135 (April, 2013), 384 p., £8.99.

Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart (UK 2008)

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Evil sent into exile - but crime never goes away...
'I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!' Petro muttered. Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed on of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law citizens are not imprisoned but are allowed 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire. One dark and gloomy dawn Petro and Falcoput the evit Balbinus aboard ship.

But soon after, an outbreak of robbery and murder suggest a new criminal ring has moved into Balbinus' territory. Petro and Falco must descend into the underworld of Vespasian's Rome to investigate...

Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart. A Marcus Didius Falco Novel. Arrow, ISBN: 9780099515135 (August, 2008), 384 p., £7.99.

Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart (USA 1998)

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"Davis' vision of everyday life in Roman Empire is superb!" - says the Detroit Free Press. Add a circus maximus of great plots, as the hero of Lindsey Davis's historical mystery series heads for danger once again.

TIME TO DEPART
Roman law allows every citizen condemned to death "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 forbidden romance with a senator's daughter. Meanwhile, Balbinus is said to be on his way home. And if he is, Falco's life won't be worth a red centum...

Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart. A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery Novel. Warner Books, ISBN: 0446605913 (January, 1998), 396 p., $6.50.

Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart (USA 1997)

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"If Travis McGee traveled in time back to treacherous, civilized Rome in A.D. 72, he might be something like Marcus Didlus Falco." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ON LAST ACT IN PALMYRA
For fans of superior historical mystery fiction, Lindsey Davis's series is a sine qua non. Filled with the grandeur that was Rome as well as a circus maximus of criminal schemes, domestic intrigues, and twisted politics, these detective novels please both a patrician palate for authentic period detail and a plebeian taste for juicy suspense. Lindsey Davis's seventh novel featuring hard-boiled PI Marcus Didius Falco provides achilling lesson in Roman jurisprudence and the timeless sins of greed, lust, and... murder

TIME TO DEPART
Balbinus Plus, the dirtiest underworld organizer in Emperor Vespasian's Rome, has been convicted of a capital crime at last, thanks to public servant Petronius Longus, better known to Marcus Didius Falco as his old army buddy Petro. A quirk of Roman law, however, allows every citizen condemned to death "time to depart." In other words, he has a chance to skip town. Taking full advantage of the law, Balbinus embarks on a ship fit for a king, accompanied by his loyal factotums.

From the wharf, Falco and Petro watch Balbinus sail off to exile instead of Hades. And the race iso n among his competitors to take over his old operations.

It begins with a colossal heist at the Emporium, a major trading center. As Falco tries to stem the escalating crime wave, he faces another task almost as daunting: find a new apartment for himself and the woman he loves, a senator's daughter forbidden by Roman law to a man of Faico's rank. To make matters even more dangerous, Helen believes she's pregnant. Falco's head -- along with other body parts -- could be on the chopping block ifher condition becomes public.

Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart. A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery Novel. The Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0892966262 (January, 1997), 400 p., $23.00.

Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart (UK 1996)

From the Publisher:
'I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!' Petro muttered. Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed one of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law citizens are not imprisoned but allowed 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire. One dark and gloomy dawn Petro and Falco put the evil Balbinus aboard ship.

But soon after, an outbreak of robbery and murder suggest a new criminal ring has moved into Balbinus' territory. Petro and Falco must descend into the underworld of Vespasian's Rome to investigate...

Lindsey Davis: Time to Depart. Arrow, ISBN: 0099338815 (June, 1996), 367 p., £5.99.