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Scandal Takes a Holiday

#16 in series

by Lindsey Davis
Jamie Glover
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In Ostia, 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 his real reasons for being there. "Infamia," the pen name of the gossip columnist for the Daily Gazette, has gone missing.

In Ostia, 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 his real reasons for being there. "Infamia," the pen name of the gossip columnist for the Daily Gazette, has gone missing. His fellow scribes have employed Falco to bring him back from his drunken truancy. Before long, Falco's enquiries lead him into the world of piracy and the discovery of criminal traditions long believed dead. Is this the right path toward finding Infamia? Why would pirates have taken him? And if they have, will he be found alive?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Marcus Didius Falco Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 12, 2011

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792783176
      • File size: 286698 KB
      • Duration: 09:57:17

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 12, 2004
      The Rome of Vespasian and Titus comes to life in Davis's entertaining 16th entry in her popular ancient historical series (after 2003's The Accuser
      ) featuring "finder" Marcus Didius Falco. The staff of the official government newspaper retains Falco when Diocles, the paper's gossip columnist, disappears while on a visit to Ostia. At the seaport, a cesspool of corruption, Falco follows up on rumors that pirates, supposedly put out of business by Pompey the Great decades earlier, are engaged in smuggling and a kidnapping racket. Utilizing his street smarts and well-earned cynical view of humanity, Falco moves in and out of dives and places of worship on the trail of a mysterious figure who acts as the middleman between the kidnappers and the victims' families. Disturbingly, some of the clues point to one of the detective's disreputable relatives. Longtime fans will enjoy the additional background on Falco's family, but first-timers, aided by a family tree and an introductory cast of characters, will be able to plunge right in. Unlike Steven Saylor in his Roma Sub Rosa series, Davis makes less use of the history of the time. While her deliberately modern colloquialisms ("Go with the flow, man," Falco is told) take a little getting use to, they help maintain the light arch tone that also distinguishes these fun novels from Saylor's more serious tales. Agent, Jane Chelius.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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