5/13/2023 0 Comments The silver pigs book![]() ![]() ![]() Falco's client, Sosia Camillina, 16-year-old daughter of wealthy tradesman Publius Camillus Meto and niece of senator Decimus Camillus Verus, tells him that her uncle is hiding something in her bank box, something that turns out to be a silver pig-a 200-pound lead ingot filled with silver ore from Britain. The twist is that the loquacious, indomitable detective is the informer Marcus Didius Falco, and the government the Roman Empire under Vespasian. Davis' first novel tells the familiar story of a hard-boiled detective whose rescue of a young gift on the run gets him involved in murder, theft, corruption, and an attempt to bring down the government. ![]()
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