The Silver Pigs

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In 1989 THE SILVER PIGS introduced the world to laid-back first-century detective Marcus Didius Falso, his partner Helena Justina, his law-and-order pal Petronius, and his indomitable mother - who became some of the most celebrated characters in historical fiction.

Now reissued in a special new edition to celebrate publication of Falso's twentieth investigation, THE SILVER PIGS sees Falco cynically eyeing up the new Roman emperor, Vespasian. Our hero, a private informer, rescues a young girl in trouble and is catapulted into a dangerous game involving stolen imperial ingots, a dark political plot and, most hazardous of all, a senator's daughter connected to the traitors Falco has sworn to expose...

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