Last Act in Palmyra (Marcus Didius Falco Series #6)

Last Act in Palmyra (Marcus Didius Falco Series #6)

by Lindsey Davis
Last Act in Palmyra (Marcus Didius Falco Series #6)

Last Act in Palmyra (Marcus Didius Falco Series #6)

by Lindsey Davis

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Overview

The spirit of adventure calls Falco on a new spying mission to the untamed East in search of the Emperor Vespasian . He's picking up extra fees from his old friend Thalia the snake dancer as he searches for Sophrona, her lost water organist. With the Chief Spy Anacrites paying his fare, Falco knows anything can go wrong.

A dangerous brush with the Brother, the sinister ruler of Nabataean Petra, sends Falco and his girlfriend Helena on a fast camel ride to Syria. Here they join a traveling theatre group, which keeps losing members in nonaccidental drownings. The bad acting and poor audiences are almost as bad as the desert and its scorpions-then as the killer hovers, Falco tries to write a play...


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781466857476
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date: 06/30/2015
Series: Marcus Didius Falco Series , #6
Sold by: Macmillan
Format: eBook
Pages: 300
Sales rank: 142,105
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

About The Author
Lindsey Davis was born and raised in Birmingham, England. After taking an English degree at Oxford and working for the civil service for thirteen years, she “ran away to be a writer.” Her internationally bestselling novels featuring ancient Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco include Venus in Copper, The Iron Hand of Mars, Nemesis and Alexandria. She is also the author of Rebels and Traitors, set during the English Civil War. Davis is the recipient of the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, the highest accolade for crime writers, as well as the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award and the Authors' Club Best First Novel award.

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