The 13th novel featuring Marcus Didius Falco finds the Roman P.I. in the midst of a home improvement that brings an unwanted "visitor" to his bathhouse.

Poor Marcus Didius Falco: The two shiftless contractors working on his new Roman bath house have left him with a horrible smell emanating from the below-ground furnace...and some gruesome site debris. Meanwhile, the king of the Atrebtes tribe in faraway Britain is planning his own home improvements. But the spectacular Fishbourne Palace he is building is beset by numerous financial problems... not to mention the "accidents" that seem to plague the construction site. Enter P.I. Falco to investigate the scene and make things right. But trouble starts anew when his favorite contractors from Rome appear on the scene, and Falco realizes that someone with murderous intentions is now after him....

Author: Lindsey Davis
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Published: 09/01/2003
Pages: 354
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780446691703

About the Author
Lindsey Davis is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire. She is a recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger award.