[books 2013] Falco again - get used to it.
22. Poseidon's Gold by Lindsey Davis
The fifth Falco mystery. I thought I'd got to the end of the books that had been dramatised on Radio 4, but I was wrong - I've listened to this one too.
Falco returns from Germany to find that his family is being shaken down by some of his late brother's army pals for a rather large sum he supposedly owes them. This leads to Falco getting involved in the antiquities trade, and to teaming up with his estranged father to get to the bottom of it. Geminus has all too much fun with this for Falco's liking, referring to them as "the Didius boys", especially when they've just roughed someone up. I found that bit hilarious (and how I could have forgotten that I'd heard this one on the radio I don't know, because that line was delivered in a particularly excellent way in the radio play).
In it we find out that Falco's brother wasn't exactly the hero he was described as in earlier books, and why Falco is always so broke - he supports his mother and his brother's girlfriend and child (OK, this is Falco, the child might be his). It also turns out his father wasn't so estranged to the rest of the family.
I love this one slightly less than The Iron Hand of Mars, because you can't beat a good lost legion and sacred grove mystery, but I still highly enjoyed every page of it.
The fifth Falco mystery. I thought I'd got to the end of the books that had been dramatised on Radio 4, but I was wrong - I've listened to this one too.
Falco returns from Germany to find that his family is being shaken down by some of his late brother's army pals for a rather large sum he supposedly owes them. This leads to Falco getting involved in the antiquities trade, and to teaming up with his estranged father to get to the bottom of it. Geminus has all too much fun with this for Falco's liking, referring to them as "the Didius boys", especially when they've just roughed someone up. I found that bit hilarious (and how I could have forgotten that I'd heard this one on the radio I don't know, because that line was delivered in a particularly excellent way in the radio play).
In it we find out that Falco's brother wasn't exactly the hero he was described as in earlier books, and why Falco is always so broke - he supports his mother and his brother's girlfriend and child (OK, this is Falco, the child might be his). It also turns out his father wasn't so estranged to the rest of the family.
I love this one slightly less than The Iron Hand of Mars, because you can't beat a good lost legion and sacred grove mystery, but I still highly enjoyed every page of it.