Nemesis

You know a book is good when it finishes and you wish it wasn't done. When you feel sad that is over. When you need time when it done and can't read a new book right away because you are still too emotionally attached to it. I've read the Falco series since the beginning, so I've been with these char......more

Read this book in 2014, and its the final fantastic episode of the Marcus Didius Falco series. Its high Summer in AD 77, Falco is beset by personal problems. Newly bereaved and facing unexpected upheavals in his life, he feels content when he can start to investigate someone else's problems. It all sta......more

I like the Falco books. I like his anti-noir and his realistic grit. I like the pithy style and the sense of humour. I like Helena, and all the ways in which Marcus is extremely human. I like the darkness that comes along with the seedy underside and being this close to it. In all of this I am well-......more

One of the better installments of the Falco series, to my mind (and they're all good.) I found the portrayals of Falco's and Helena's grief over their baby's loss resonant and true. I'm not surprised that this was written while the author was grieving, but I'm amazed how much of that particular to l......more

All good things come to an end ahhh but what an end. An enemy Falco has had from the beginning (he's tried and failed to have Falco killed more than once) must finally be dealt with and it's not going to be easy. Falco is not even looking for a case when he stumbles into a situation he can't ignore,......more