Poseidons Gold, Lindsey Davis
Poseidons Gold, Lindsey Davis
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Poseidon's Gold

Author: Lindsey Davis

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 12 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/03/2015

Synopsis

After six months in wild Germania, imperial gumshoe Marcus Didius Falco is back in Rome sweet Rome—but his apartment has been ransacked. And although he desperately needs 400,000 sesterces in order to marry his aristocratic love, Helena, his only client is his mother, who insists that he find out whether the scandalous claims against his dead brother, Festus, are true.Then the chief tarnisher of Festus’ good name is murdered, and Marcus becomes the prime suspect. Someone is definitely fiddling with the scales of justice. The more Marcus hunts for the thread that will lead him out of this doom-laden labyrinth of misery and mystery, the less his life is worth—except, as seems likely, as a meal for the emperor’s hungry lions.

About Lindsey Davis

Lindsey Davis is an English novelist of historical fiction and best known for her award-winning historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire, the acclaimed Marcus Didius Falco series and the Flavia Albia series. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers’ Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award and in 2011 the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association for lifetime achievement. Born and raised in Birmingham, England, she read English at Oxford and worked for the civil service for thirteen years before becoming a writer.

About Simon Prebble

Simon Prebble, a British-born performer, is a stage and television actor and veteran narrator of some three hundred audiobooks. As one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices, he has received thirty-seven Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie in 2010. He lives in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sana on February 05, 2020

This one is the best book in Falco series, yet. It features more of Falco and his dysfunctional family, especially his estranged father. And Falco's love interest the aristocratic Helena Justina is more involved with him. The everyday hustle and bustle of Rome in AD 70 is brilliantly portrayed by th......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on October 09, 2021

Read this book in 2012, and its the 5th volume of the incredible Marcus Didius Falco series. The book is set in the year AD 72, and will take place on Falco's familiar patch, being Rome. This tale is all about his family, his heroic Legionary brother, Festus, his absconded father, Didius, his domineer......more

Goodreads review by Assaph on December 10, 2017

Poseidon's Gold is the fifth novel in teh Falco series, and the first in which we are introduced to his family and past. In the same vein, Falco's love life is also getting more complex. Expect a novel that explores the ancient world's art trade, from sculpting and shipping to forgery and rapine. Be a......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on December 24, 2016

'Poseidon's Gold', book 5 in the Marcus Didius Falco ancient Rome detective series, finally fills in the backstory of Falco's dead brother, Festus, Roman war hero and legendary talented older brother. We readers have been given to understand from the previous books Festus was the best and brightest......more

Goodreads review by Peat on March 23, 2017

This is where the series takes off like a rocket. Falco is back in Rome, trying to clear up a mess attached to his dead hero of a brother, his shyster lowlife of a father, and increasingly himself. Its the first book that takes us deep into the Didii family history and that adds a rich vein of drama......more

Quotes

“Fast-moving, funny, and full of atmostphere; if you haven’t met Marcus Didius Falco before, start here.” Mail on Sunday

“Great stuff…A classic hard-boiled, smart-mouth detective who happens to live in ancient Rome.” Los Angeles Daily News

“A vividly realized imperial Rome—noisy, dense, and dangerous.” Publishers Weekly

“This entertaining series continues as Falco is challenged to locate both the art treasure hidden by his deceased brother as well as to clear his own name from a murder charge…The first-person narrative immediately draws readers into the story. Falco’s dry wit surfaces with puns and satirical asides, and the conversations are especially realistic.” Library Journal

“The latest installment in Davis’ creative series about the first-century Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco couldn’t be wittier or more vivid and charming…A thoroughly enjoyable romp.” Booklist

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