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In the wealthy town of Ostia, our hero Falco appears to be enjoying a relaxing holiday. But when his girlfriend, Helena, arrives carrying a batch of old copies of theDaily Gazette- with the intention of catching up on the latest scandal - Falco is forced to admit to Petronius his real reasons for being there... 'Infamia', the pen name of the scribe who writes the gossip column for theDaily Gazette,has gone missing. His fellow scribes have employed Falco to find him and bring him back from his lazy, drunken truancy. However, Falco suspects that there is more to his absence than might first appear. Before long, Falco's enquiries lead him into the world of piracy and the discovery of criminal traditions long believed dead. Is this the right path towards finding 'Infamia'? Why would pirates have taken him? And if they have, will he be found alive?… (plus d'informations)
Often, when a mystery series has matured over the years, the author has an idea for a novella when a novel is what is needed. To pad the text, every one of the central characters' family, friends, and associates is brought in to add often pointless fullness to the book. Davis is a good writer, but this book could have been halved without wasting any plot points. Also, the addition of a large cast of new folk to the large ongoing cast, with their sometimes confusing names, made me wish for that standard in mysteries of the Twenties and Thirties, the "Cast of Characters" so that I didn't have to tax my memory. ( )
En esta ocasión el escenario de las correrías de Marco Didio Falco es la playa de Ostia, donde se retira con el propósito de hacer algunas visitas familiares y reposar, y el caso al que se enfrenta es la misteriosa desaparición de Infamia, un afamado comentarista de los amoríos y desventuras de los principales ciudadanos romanos. Por supuesto, es evidente que son muchos los que se benefician de esta oportuna desaparición, pero las indagaciones pronto ponen a Falco tras la pista de un enigmático pirata, y, al mismo tiempo, le ponen en contacto con un joven auriga, una muchacha de románticas ideas y toda una espléndida galería de secundarios, como es habitual en Lindsey Davis. El retrato de una sociedad, la creación de intriga y los desternillantes pasajes humorísticos convierten esta entrega en una de las más logradas de la serie.
Falco travels to the Rome's port Ostia with all his family to find the gossip scribe Infamia also known as Diocles. It doesn't take long before he discovers a ring of pirates preying on the wealthy merchants and corrupt builders. ( )
I thoroughly enjoyed this one... Falco on a vacation? Think again...he is after a disappeared scandal column writer and manages to see most of his family (especially his father) involved in his adventures. A must read once again! ( )
Ancient Rome's organized crime syndicates have never been more dangerous or more conning than in this latest adventure featuring First Century sleuth Marcus Didius Falco.
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Who are you, sirs? From what port have you sailed over the highways of the sea? Is yours a trading venture, or are you cruising the main on chance, like roving pirates, who risk their lives to ruin other people?—Homer, The Odyssey, tenth century B.C.
Piracy, like crime on terra firma, has its great syndicates and its petty criminals. On the high seas, neither is an easy catch ... No one, apart from ship owners, their crews and insurers, appears to notice that pirates are assaulting ships at a rate unprecedented since the glorious days when pirates were "privateers" protected by their national governments ... Piracy is a historical problem ... It is rooted in these societies ... Despite all the information now available on piratical attacks, there are hardly any cases where these attackers are arrested and brought to trial. Piracy is a high-profit, low-risk activity.—Charles Glass, The New Piracy, A.D. 2003
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"If he chucks a stone, he's done for," muttered Petronius.
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Petronius and I then sat on in the afternoon sunlight, two old friends with very long memories, sharing a quiet drink.
In the wealthy town of Ostia, our hero Falco appears to be enjoying a relaxing holiday. But when his girlfriend, Helena, arrives carrying a batch of old copies of theDaily Gazette- with the intention of catching up on the latest scandal - Falco is forced to admit to Petronius his real reasons for being there... 'Infamia', the pen name of the scribe who writes the gossip column for theDaily Gazette,has gone missing. His fellow scribes have employed Falco to find him and bring him back from his lazy, drunken truancy. However, Falco suspects that there is more to his absence than might first appear. Before long, Falco's enquiries lead him into the world of piracy and the discovery of criminal traditions long believed dead. Is this the right path towards finding 'Infamia'? Why would pirates have taken him? And if they have, will he be found alive?
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