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Serie: Falco
PaperbackEngels9780099515227
4-4-2013
‘Luckily the judge was eager to adjourn for lunch.’Having returned from his trip to Londinium, Falco takes up employment with two lawyers at the top of their trade. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515265
5-2-2009
Whom did he eat, in fact?’Lumbered with working alongside reptilian Chief Spy Anacrites, Falco has the perfect plan to make money – he will assist Vespasian in the Emperor’s ‘Great Census’ of AD 73. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515180
4-4-2013
‘There’s nothing wrong with Britain … that is if you leave out the mammoth travelling distance from one’s dear Roman heritage!’AD 75. he wants someone to investigate. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515081
7-2-2008
Easier said than done, thinks Falco, as he makes his uneasy way down the Rhenus, trying to forget that back in sunny Rome his girlfriend Helena Justina is being hotly pursued by Titus Caesar. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515197
4-4-2013
‘To find a drowned man head-first down a well was slightly unusual, exciting maybe.’For Falco, a relaxed visit to Helena’s relatives in Britain turns serious at the scene of a downtown murder. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099536772
3-2-2011
In the high summer of AD 77, laid-back detective Marcus Didius Falco is called upon to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a middle-aged couple who supplied statues to Falco's father, Geminus. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515128
7-8-2008
‘I was just a freelance hero doing his best in a hard world.’The spirit of adventure calls Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515135
7-8-2008
‘“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. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515241
4-4-2013
And of course his mother-in-law hopes to hurry her son along to university by passing the case over to Falco. Joining the rest of the married couple’s tour group on the remains of their Grand Tour, Falco and Helena seize the opportunity to interview the owner/manager of ‘Seven Sights Travel’, as well as the other guests. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515050
7-2-2008
The detective Marcus Didius Falco is cynically eyeing up the new Roman emperor, Vespasian. He rescues a young girl in trouble and is catapulted into a dangerous game involving stolen imperial ingots, a dark political plot and, most hazardous of all, a senator's daughter connected to the traitors Falco has sworn to expose. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515142
7-8-2008
'Nobody was poisoned at the dinner for the Society of Olive Oil Producers of Baetica, though in retrospect this was quite a surprise.'Inimitable sleuth Falco is back with a vengeance. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515074
7-2-2008
‘Rats are always bigger than you expect…’Falco, ancient Rome’s hangdog investigator, hates sharing a cell with a rodent – though being bailed by his old mother is almost as embarassing. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515159
5-2-2009
Nothing unusual in that…’Falco and his laddish friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked – by a gruesomely severed human hand. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515623
4-2-2010
Egypt was the destination of choice for Roman tourists, being home to not one but two Wonders of the Ancient World, a Centre of Culture, and people with exotic habits. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099493839
7-2-2008
she acquires a mystery illness – then a young man is horrendously murdered and she escapes from house arrest. Falco is pitted against his old rival, the Chief Spy Anacrites, in a race to find the fugitive before her presence angers the public and makes the government look stupid. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515098
7-8-2008
Worse still, the only client Falco can get is his mother – who wants him to clear the family name. Then just as Falco thinks things can only get better, fate takes a turn for the worse. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515173
5-2-2009
In the long, hot Roman summer of AD 74, Falco, private informer and spare-time poet, gives a reading for his family and friends. Things get out of hand as usual. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515234
4-4-2013
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. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515166
5-2-2009
‘All the problems I know about are family ones.’A frightened child approaches Roman informer Falco pleading for help. Beset by his own family troubles, by his new responsibilities as Procurator of the Sacred Poultry, and by the continuing search for a new partner, Falco turns her away. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780099515067
7-2-2008
They have been sent to investigate the murderous members of a failed coup, now sunning themselves in luxurious villas and on fancy yachts. The idyllic seaside location further complicates his seemingly doomed romance with Helena Justina. Meer