Nemesis

by Lindsey Davis Narrated by Christian Rodska

Overview

In the high summer of 77 AD, Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco is beset by personal problems. A middle-aged couple who supplied statues to his father has disappeared.

They had an old feud with a bunch of notorious freedmen, the Claudii, who terrorize the neighborhood. When a mutilated corpse turns up, Falco and his friend Petronius investigate. But just as they are making progress, the chief spy, Anacrites, snatches the case away. He makes false overtures of friendship, but fails to cover up the fact that the Claudii have acquired corrupt protection at the highest level.

Falco and Petronius dig deeper while the shocking truth creeps closer and closer to home.

A Blackstone Audio production.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

Marcus Didius Falco returns in New York Times best-selling novelist Davis's (lindseydavis.co.uk) 20th title to feature the Roman informer, following Alexandria (2009), also available—along with eight previous titles in the series—from AudioGO. This time, Falco's rollicking humor is muted by grief: his newborn son and his father have just died, leaving him and his wife, Helena, lost in sorrow. In the course of managing his new inheritance, Falco stumbles onto some calculated murders that seem to evoke in Falco himself a new brutality. British actor/narrator Christian Rodska portrays Falco sympathetically, choosing for him a gruff, cocky voice and for Helena more elegant diction with softer and smoother tones. Audiences should listen to the earlier series entries first to appreciate adequately this darker chapter in the lives of the Didius family. Recommended. [The Minotaur: St. Martin's hc was recommended as being "important for lovers of historical mystery," LJ 8/10.—Ed.]—Juleigh Muirhead Clark, Colonial Williamsburg Fdn. Lib., VA

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169551099
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2010
Series:	Marcus Didius Falco Series , #20
Edition description:	Unabridged

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