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The silver pigs

When Marcus Didius Falco encounters the young and very pretty Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately that there is something amiss. When she confesses that she is fleeing for her life, Falco offers to help her and, in doing so, gets himself mixed up in a deadly plot involving stolen ingots, dangerous and dark political machinations, and, most hazardous of all, one Helena Justina -- a brash, indomitable senator's daughter connected to the very traitors that Falco has sworn to expose.

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  • "When Marcus Didius Falco encounters the young and very pretty Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately that there is something amiss. When she confesses that she is fleeing for her life, Falco offers to help her and, in doing so, gets himself mixed up in a deadly plot involving stolen ingots, dangerous and dark political machinations, and, most hazardous of all, one Helena Justina -- a brash, indomitable senator's daughter connected to the very traitors that Falco has sworn to expose."@en
  • "The Silver Pigs is the classic novel that introduced readers around the world to Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer with a knack for trouble, a tendency for bad luck, and a frequently inconvenient drive for justice. When Marcus Didius Falco encounters the young and very pretty Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately that there is something amiss. When she confesses that she is fleeing for her life, Falco offers to help her and, in doing so, gets himself mixed up in a deadly plot involving stolen ingots, dangerous and dark political machinations, and, most hazardous of all, one Helena Justina--a brash, indomitable senator's daughter connected to the very traitors that Falco has sworn to expose."@en
  • "Presents a detective novel set in ancient Rome after Nero's downfall."@en
  • "It is A.D. 70, when Roman P.I. Marcus Didius Falco runs into comely Sosia Camillina on the steps of the Forum. It seems she's being chased by a few unsavories for a stockpile of silver pigs (silver ingots) but Falco wants more information. What he gets is a whiff of treason and a one-way ticket to his own funeral pyre."@en
  • "A tragic death and a dangerous discovery bring together two very unlikely crime solvers: Falco, a private informer with a penchant for bangled floozies, and Helena Justina Camilus, a senator's daughter with a chip on her shoulder as big as the Coliseum."@en
  • "Marcus Didius Falco is a private detective operating in ancient Rome. He meets Sosia Camillina whose uncle is a Senator and is involved in some highly illegal trade in silver ingots or pigs. Falco is lead on a murderous trail which leads him to Britain."@en
  • "One fine day, A.D. 70, Sosia Camillina quite literally runs into Marcus Didius Falco on the steps of the Forum. It seems Sosia is on the run from a couple of street toughs, and after a quick and dirty rescue, P.I. Falco wants to know why. Falco finds out that Sosia, the niece of a highly placed senator, holds the secret to a stockpile of silver pigs, ingots intended for no good use. Hoping for future favors from Sosia's powerful uncle, Falco embarks on an intricate case of smuggling, murder, and treason that reaches into the palace itself. And if he does not tread lightly, the treacherous puzzle of the silver pigs could buy him a one-way ticket to his own funeral pyre."@en
  • "Adventure and mystery in ancient Rome. 50 A.D. finds Marcus Didius Falco teamed with Helena Justina Camillus to solve the mystery of the silver pigs."
  • "In ancient Rome, imperial spy Marcus Didius Falco unwittingly aids Sosia Camillina, a beautiful thief on the run from a band of backsliding authorities. In an attempt to out Sosia's pursuers, Falco turns to Helena Justina, a senator's daughter. However, when Helena reveals that she is in league with the quislings, Falco is thrust into an adventure spanning across the empire."@en
  • "A tragic death and a dangerous discovery bring together Marcus Didius Falco and Helena Justina, in an engaging romp through ancient Rome."
  • "Marius Falco is a private detective operating in ancient Rome. When he rescues beautiful Sosia Camillina from pursuing thugs in the Forum, he is drawn into a hunt for silver ingots being smuggled into Rome to fund a plot against the Emperor."@en
  • "Marcus Didius Falco, detective in first-century Rome, works for the new emperor Vespasian on a trip to Britain's silver mines."@en
  • "In het Rome van het jaar 70 probeert een privédetective een coup tegen de keizer te verijdelen en gestolen zilveren staven terug te vinden."

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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
  • "London (England) - Historical Romance"
  • "Suspense fiction; Australian / Humorous fiction"
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  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Radio programs"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en

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  • "The silver pigs [sound recording (CD)]"
  • "The silver pigs"@en
  • "The silver pigs"
  • "The silver pigs the first Marcus Didius Falco mystery"@en
  • "The silver pigs : a Marcus Didius Falco mystery"@en
  • "The Silver pigs"@en
  • "Silver pigs"
  • "Silver pigs"@en
  • "The silver pigs : a novel"@en

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