9h 11 min
English language
Published June 25, 2015 by Blackstone Audio.
The Silver Pigs is the classic novel that introduced people around the world to Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer with a knack for trouble, a tendency for bad luck, and a frequently inconvenient 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, 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, indomitable senator's daughter connected to the very traitors that Falco has sworn to expose.
Eine Krimireihe, die ich erst vor kurzem über eine Empfehlung entdeckt habe. Innerhalb weniger Monate habe ich inzwischen fast die gesamte Reihe gelesen.
Eine Krimireihe, die ich erst vor kurzem über eine Empfehlung entdeckt habe. Innerhalb weniger Monate habe ich inzwischen fast die gesamte Reihe gelesen.
I loved the writing style/narrative prose; it buoyed me through the denser or slower sections. Even if I was lost on character relations or plot twists, I had a good time.
I particularly appreciate the author's ability to seamlessly weave the social, political, and historical context of the Roman Empire into the story -- it's like an anthropology book come to life in the most fun way.
Thoroughly enjoyable - Rome bursts to life and the use of the private eye 30’s style noir is a wonderful vehicle.
