Scandal Takes A Holiday - Marco Didius Falco: book XVI: another gripping foray into crime

Informationen zum Autor Historical novelist Lindsey Davis is best known for her novels set in Ancient Rome, including the much-loved Marcus Didius Falco series, although she has also written about the English Civil War, including in 2014 A Cruel Fate , a book for the Quick Reads literacy initiative. Her examination of the paranoid reign of the roman emperor Domitian began with Master and God , a standalone novel, leading to her new series about Flavia Albia, set in that dark period. Her books are translated and have been dramatized on BBC Radio 4. Her many awards include the Premio Colosseo (from the city of Rome) and the Crime Writers' Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement. Most recently she was awarded the City of Ubeda Historical Novel Prize, also for lifetime achievement. Klappentext But when his girlfriend, Helena, arrives carrying a batch of old copies of the Daily Gazette - with the intention of catching up on the latest scandal - Falco is forced to admit to Petronius his real reasons for being there...'Infamia', the pen name of the scribe who writes the gossip column for the Daily Gazette, has gone missing. Zusammenfassung But when his girlfriend, Helena, arrives carrying a batch of old copies of the Daily Gazette – with the intention of catching up on the latest scandal – Falco is forced to admit to Petronius his real reasons for being there…‘Infamia’, the pen name of the scribe who writes the gossip column for the Daily Gazette, has gone missing.

Product details

• Authors: Lindsey Davis, Davis Lindsey
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.04.2013
• EAN: 9780099515234
• ISBN: 978-0-09-951523-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Falco; Falco
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; FICTION / Historical / General, Ancient Rome, Modern and contemporary fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), c 1 to c 500 CE