The Silver Pigs: A Marcus Didius Falco Novel (marcus Didius Falco Mysteries) [Paperback]

The Silver Pigsis the classic novel which introduced readers around the world to Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer with a knack for trouble, a tendency for bad luck, and a frequently incovenient drive for justice.
When Marcus Didius Falco encounters the young and very pretty Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately that there is something amiss. When she confesses that she is fleeing for her life, Falco offers to help her and, in doing so, he gets himself mixed up in a deadly plot involving stolen ingots, dangerous and dark political machinations, and, most hazardous of all, one Helena Justina, a brash, indominable senator's daughter connected to the very traitors that Falco has sworn to expose.

Lindsey Daviswas 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 includeVenus in Copper,The Iron Hand of Mars,NemesisandAlexandria. She is also the author ofRebels 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.

Witty and always enjoyable mysteries. Washington Post Book World

Davis makes Rome live. Washington Post Book World

Davis is both a deft storyteller and a scholar...a top drawer series. Newsday

The Rome of Davis' imagination is licentious and entertaining. San Jose Mercury News on THE MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO SERIES

An excellent series. Library Journal on THE MARCUS DIDIUS FALCO SERIES

Excellent& a cross between I, CLAUDIUS and MYSTERY! Rocky Mountain News on THE MARCUS DIDIUS Fl³.