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The Spook Who Spoke Again

A Short Story by Lindsey Davis (Falco: The New Generation)

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The Spook Who Spoke Again

By: Lindsey Davis
Narrated by: Thomas Judd
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 A short comic masterpiece from Lindsey Davis set in Ancient Rome and featuring Marcus Didius Falco, his children Flavia Albia and Postumus - and one rascally ferret. Marcus Didius Alexander Postumus is a special boy. He is twelve, or perhaps eleven. He has two mothers and various possible fathers, so he worries who will take care of him. He is self-confident yet vulnerable, intelligent yet sinister. He knows not many people like him.

When his birth mother, Thalia the snake-dancer, takes him to live with her troupe of exotic performers, Postumus sees it as useful experience even though it involves him mucking out menagerie cages. No one anticipates how much havoc he will wreak.

On his first day a tragedy occurs. No one else cares, so Postumus decides he alone must solve this crime and impose retribution on the guilty. As son and brother to the famous investigators Falco and Albia, he knows murder is punished by execution. Postumus single-mindedly sets out to accomplish this, sidetracked by nothing, not even a rehearsal of Falco's legendary play, The Spook Who Spoke...

(P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton©2015 Lindsey Davis Fiction Historical Fiction Crime

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This ties up some loose ends from the final Falco book. We discover how Thalia's son has grown & become part of Falco's family. Despite not being Falco's birth son he has his father's (& grandfather's) ability to get into mischief!
Worth a listen but not one of Davis's best.

Engaging

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A joy to get to know another of the Didius clan. This was so sweet and funny.

A lovely novella

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Oh how I miss Falco. It was great to hear his 'voice ' again Good little story. Hope we hear more of Postumus

The spook that spoke

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Although I knew that this one featured posthumous, I didn't anticipate the fact that it appears yo have been written for the juvenile market. Whilst the sense of humour still comes through, the plot is not as strong; indeed, it us rather silly in places.
Nowhere near as good as Marcus Didius or Flavia Albia, Posthumous has a lot to learn before he can become an informer!

A little juvenile

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We've heard hard things said about Falco's adopted son (possibly half-brother), especially by Flavia Albia, his older adopted sister. Good to get to know the laddie, in a story that's got resonance with "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime".
With his narration, it's clear he's just a well meaning, intelligent lad who is "neurodiverse" - on the autistic spectrum - misunderstandings all round! The story seems to give hope in the end for improved relations between boy and family.
Narrator is brilliant, brings over character so well, impossible not to warm to this brave and interesting boy.

Postumus speaks!

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