Ode to a Banker
2000 • 390 pages

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When a wealthy Athenian banker is found gruesomely murdered, Marcus Didius Falco must scour the seedy streets of ancient Rome to hunt down the killer.

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#12 in Marcus Didius Falco

Marcus Didius Falco is a 17-book series with 17 released primary works first released in 1989 with contributions by Lindsey Davis.

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The Silver Pigs
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Shadows in Bronze
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Venus in Copper
#4
The Iron Hand of Mars
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Poseidon's Gold
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Time to Depart
#8
A Dying Light In Corduba
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Three Hands In The Fountain
#10
Two for the Lions
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Ode to a Banker
#13
A Body In The Bath House

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Set in Rome, this is a straight whodunnit, quite good, about the murder of a banker who doubles as a publisher; his authors are among the suspects.

I've noticed that the Falco stories set in Rome tend to be crime stories, whereas the out-of-town ones are more varied.

June 3, 2001

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