Book description
'This was a lonely place for anybody to be brought to die.'
In the wealthy town of Ostia, our hero Falco appears to be enjoying
a relaxing holiday. 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. His fellow scribes have
employed Falco to find him and bring him back from his lazy, drunken
truancy. However, Falco suspects that there is more to his absence
than there might first appear.
Lindsey Davis has written over twenty historical novels, beginning
with
The Course of Honour
. Her bestselling mystery series features laid-back First Century
detective Marcus Didius Falco and his partner Helena Justina, plus
friends, relations, pets and bitter enemy the Chief Spy. After an
English degree at Oxford University Lindsey joined the Civil Service,
but became a professional author in 1989. Her books are translated into
many languages and have been dramatized on BBC Radio 4. Her many prizes
include the Premio Colosseo, awarded by the Mayor of Rome 'for enhancing
the image of Rome', the Sherlock award for Falco as Best Comic Detective
and the Crimewriters' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime
achievement. She was born in Birmingham but now lives in Greenwich,
London.
