SC - Ukrainian Easter Eggs

[Debra R. Poole]

lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> 
> Lindsey Davis's novels are great fun, and written by a scholar of the
> Ancient World, so they do have some historical elements, even if
> Marcus Didius Falco, the hard-boiled Roman gum-shoe who has a soft
> creamy center, is, well, unlikely.
> 
> I have read, oh, i forget, somewhere between 4 and 6 of Davis's books
> and i recommend them to those who like mystery, history, and humor,
> nicely blended.

Yes, they're sort of frescoes noir: "I shrugged deeper into the folds of
my toga and avoided the puddles. Some of them were water. I hated the
Subura at night, but I knew that in one of those ratty cauponas I'd find
Fronto the Snitch..."

I'm exaggerating a bit... ;  ). Actually, they read not too far from a
British-voiced Robert B. Parker: they are stories about a detective, not
pure mysteries, as a rule.

I think after reading all, what, ten of them, my favorite is the bit
about being thrown in jail for owning an amorous, sexually confused ox
named Nero, in a rural town so backward they had deified the late Emperor...

They're great fun, although not as well-researched as Steven Saylor's
Roma Sub Rosa series.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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