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Title: Nemesis Condition: New Subtitle: (Falco 20) Author: Lindsey Davis Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0099536773 EAN: 9780099536772 ISBN: 9780099536772 Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd Genre: Fiction Topic: Crime Thrillers & Mystery, Historical Fiction Release Date: 03/02/2011 Description: In the high summer of AD 77, laid-back detective Marcus Didius Falco is called upon to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a middle-aged couple who supplied statues to Falco's father, Geminus. The Claudii, nptorious freedmen who live rough in the pestilential Pontine Marshes, are the prime suspects. Falco, beset by personal problems, finds it a relief to consider someone else's misfortunes.
When a mutilated corpse turns up near Rome, Falco and his vigiles friend Petronius investigate, only for the Chief Spy, Anacrites, to snatch their case away from them just as they are making progress.As his rivalry with Falco escalates, it emerges that the violent Claudii have acquired corrupt protection at the highest level. Making further enquiries after they have been warned off can only be dangerous - but will this stop Falco and Petronius?
Egged on by the slippery bureaucrats who hate Anacrites, the dogged friends dig deeper while a psychotic killer keeps taking more victims, and the shocking truth creeps closer and closer to home... Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 198mm Item Length: 129mm Item Width: 23mm Item Weight: 266g Book Series: Falco Release Year: 2011
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