By Lindsey Davis
Rome, advert seventy one. Marcus Didius Falco is deperate to depart the infamous Lautumiae legal - even though being bailed out by means of his mother is a mild indignity...
Things move from undesirable to worse although whilst a gaggle of nouveau riche ex-slaves rent him to outwit a fortune-hunting redhead, whose husbands have a behavior of death accidently, leaving him up opposed to a feminine contortionist, her extra-friendly snake, indigestible brownies and lease racketeers. And, the entire whereas, attempting to trap Helena Justina to stay with him, a deadly proposition given the notorius instability of Roman genuine property. In a case of homicide as advanced as he ever confronted, this Lindsey Davis' vintage story Venus in Copper shows Falco at his very finest.
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Besides, everything there must be kept neat, in case any high-flown senators with foolish friends who have offended the Emperor want to drop in and relate the Forum news. Only here in the Lautumiae among the social dregs could a prisoner enjoy the keen excitement of waiting for his whiskery cellmate to turn round and sink its teeth into his shin… The Lautumiae was a rambling affair, built to house squadrons of prisoners from provinces which were restive. Being foreign was the regular qualification.
She was looking at my slyly through half-closed eyes. We were back on the suggestive tack again. ' 'I'm very particular,' I retaliated rudely. ' Their information was out of date. ' I screwed the subject back to business, obtained a few more facts I needed (an address, the name of a praetor, and most importantly, agreement on my fee), then I took my leave. As I skipped down the broad white marble entrance steps, frowning because they were so slippery (like the householders), I noticed a sedan chair which had just arrived.
That was new for me. But it made a change from vindictive officials and the hypocrisies I had run up against with some of the senatorial class. ' Hyacinthus enquired curiously. ' 'Oh… no reason,' said the slave. He finished his drink and waited for another, but I had no intention of offering. 'We're on the Via Flaminia side, Falco. ' 'Daytime. He's a businessman. ' My question was a routine one, but the way Hyacinthus shrugged and ignored it seemed oddly evasive. ' He gave me a sly grin. ' 'Don't tell me any more!