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Marcus Didius Falco, Book 17

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By: Lindsey Davis
Narrated by: Christian Rodska
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Summary

 Greece, home of the ancient Olympic Games, is a favourite destination for Seven Sights Travel, a seedy company which provides escorted tours for wealthy travellers. When Marcus Didius Falco and Helena hear that a young girl and a newly-wed woman, both Roman visitors, have been murdered at Olympia, they both step in to investigate.©2006 Lindsey Davis (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Mystery Fiction Ancient History Ancient Greece
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"The author's vivid picture of life in A.D. 76 and the sparkling characterizations, particularly the amusing byplay between Falco and Helena, will satisfy most readers." ( Publishers Weekly)
"If Sam Spade traveled back in time to A.D. 76, he'd be Marcus Didius Falco, the Roman sleuth at the center of Davis' mordant series." ( Booklist)
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Christian Rodska's voice has developed Falco's personality really well as the novels have followed Falco's life and turning fortunes. It is an utterly convincing characterization of the detective, his talented wife, and in more recent novels: growing family. This novel delves into corruption in the roman travel trade. Lindsey Davis's descriptions of the key locations of Greek tourism: the acropolis, Delphi, and Olympia are startlingly accurate and evocative. Falco's dry, sardonic world view spices up the classic detective format Davis specializes in to create a compelling and entertaining listen. I really enjoyed it.

compelling and entertaining

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Keep forgetting to check the narrator on the wonderful Didius Flaco stories - Gordon Griffin is a brilliant , believable story teller and only bested by the PERFECT Anton Lesser.
Why any self-respecting, strong, Senator's daughter would be associated with such a thick, thuggish sounding characterisation truly beggars belief.

"The Sweeny" thug meets Julian Clarey!

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If you're already a fan of Didius Marcus Falco, I'm sure you'll like this, I reckon it's as good as any of the others. If you are new to the series there are a lot of people to get to know, but the characterisation is good and I didn't get confused.

Falco is a Roman 'Informer', which seems to be the equivalent to a modern day detective. He and his wife and assorted members of their family go travelling around Greece in search of the reasons behind a couple of nasty deaths, and find more death everywhere they go. Coincidence? We think not.

The story was engaging enough to keep my interest, and the idea of Ancient Roman tourism is quite thought provoking. I was expecting some progression in their search through the book, but the vital clues and the final revelation only come right at the end. Some ends are left a little bit loose.

I liked the narration, and was amused by the various regional British accents used for the speech of native Greeks, other tourists and supporting characters.

Not too long, and definitely worth a listen.

An entertaining listen

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This was my first Marcus Didius Falco murder mystery and I loved it. The narration was excellent and I found myself able to visualise the main characters and get caught up in the plot. I also enjoyed the humour and would wholly recommend this to others who enjoy colourful who-dunnits set in bygone eras. For me, this audio book gave me much more than if I had simply read the text.

Memorable

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This audiobook is one to savour for the various and excellent voice characterisations created by Christian Rodska. The voice he gives to Mina of Karystos is wonderful and will make you smile plentifully. The pity is that his presence is limited. As a Falco adventure, however, I found it less compelling than others in the series. The ending is somewhat contracted and abrupt, almost as if it is looking to race to the next novel in the series. That said Christian Rodska is skilled in taking the listener with him on this Falco adventure. For those that only listen, they will miss the delights of Davis’ list of principal characters and her witty descriptions of them for me I enjoy them so much. With three novels left in the series, I look to see what they bring, with an eager anticipation. I was very disappointed in the ‘chunking’ of the audiobook ‘chapters’ here. They are not chapters at all and bear no relation to the real chapters of the printed books. This is an unhelpful thing to have done as these ‘chunks’ have nothing natural about them.

Exemplary Performance of the Novel

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