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Nemesis (2010)

by Lindsey Davis(Favorite Author)
4.05 of 5 Votes: 5
ISBN
1846056128 (ISBN13: 9781846056123)
languge
English
publisher
Century
series
Marcus Didius Falco
review 1: Out in the Pontine marshes, something is stirring. Bandits murder their neighbours, terrorise their wives, and disappear silently into the reeds. When the murder spreads to Rome, and takes on something more like a Jack The Ripper guise, Falco is called in to investigate. Heading off with only his friend Petro, the bull Nero and a cart, Petro's brother the ox cart driver and few raw recruits, it's off to find the murderers. But where are they really? Probably the last place you'd look. Could they be hidden in the home of the Chief Spy, perhaps?
review 2: This was a book selected by my book club. Although I will not be able to attend the book club this month, I still wanted to read the book. Well, I so wish I was going to book club to find out how everyone
... moreelse felt as I could not continue reading this book past page 50. For me the story is way too slow. The first 50 pages talked about one uninteresting thing, throwing in tons of character names and going nowhere. Very disappointing. less
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gabby
An intriguing Falco mystery that pins our intrepid hero against his arch-rival.
Elissa
Still enjoy reading about the scrapes Falco gets into
Kathi
The grimmest of the lot!
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