Nemesis
Marcus Didius Falco, Book 20
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Nemesis
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Narrated by:
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Christian Rodska
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By:
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Lindsey Davis
About this listen
Christian Rodska reads this complete, full-length Falco novel, by best-selling author Lindsey Davis.
In the high summer of AD 77, Marcus Didius Falco is beset by personal problems. Newly bereaved and facing unexpected upheavals, it is a relief for him to consider someone else’s misfortunes. A middle-aged couple who supplied statues to his father, Geminus, have disappeared. They had a feud with a bunch of notorious freedmen, the Claudii, who live rough in the pestilential Pontine Marshes, terrorising the neighbourhood.
When a mutilated corpse turns up near Rome, Falco and his vigiles friend Petronius investigate, even though it means travelling in the dread marshes. But just as they are making progress, the Chief Spy, Anacrites, snatches their case away from them. Making further enquiries after they have been warned off can only be dangerous - but when did that stop Falco and Petronius?
Egged on by the slippery bureaucrats who hate Anacrites, the dogged friends dig deeper while a psychotic killer keeps taking more victims, and the shocking truth creeps closer and closer to home....
©2010 Lindsey Davis (P)2014 Audible, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
Great series
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As always Christian Rodska interprets the novel beautifully, his characterisations are just right!
the goddess of just punishment?
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Would you listen to Nemesis again? Why?
Yes. I have the entire Series and am waiting (hopefully0 to find out what happened to 'the nasty' .....Who was your favorite character and why?
Helena. She keeps Falco together and runs the Family.Which character – as performed by Christian Rodska – was your favourite?
Geminus.Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Both.Any additional comments?
I do hope we get at least one more in the Falco Series. I wait with bated 'handbag' to find out what happened to Falco's "Nemesis".Please, more.....
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Looking forward to the Flavia Albia books.
Marcus Didius Falco
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The plot is darker than before, with death hanging over the plotline from first sentence to last. Back in Rome, Falco is called in to deal with a set of deathly circumstances reaching back over many years. Without spoiling neither plot nor the superb final twist, this novel reaches back to the depths of the very earliest days of Falco's memoirs.
My only potential criticism is that the characters become slightly too entangled. This may be due to my listening when overly sleepy, however, and I am currently half way through for a second time to make sure. I am far less confused, if confused is the right word; the criticim, therefore, should be aimed more at my listening habits than at Davis's complicated structuring.
This is a novel for all die hard Falco fans, none of whom will be disappointed. I would not recommend that a MDF virgin read this first as too many characters introduced over many books (and adventures!) are all drawn together in one dark plot and a certain knowledge of each is required to fully appreciate what occurs, and why!
Falco Better than Ever
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