Venus In Copper - first UK edition

by Lindsey Davis - signed

Third book in the Marcus Didius "Falco" series, a detective story set in ancient Rome, August to September A.D.71. Even a short spell in the horrific rat-infested Lautumiae Prison can't prepare Falco for the rent racketeers, female contortionists, leather-clad bodyguard, hunting dogs and fatal poisonings he suddenly finds himself up against.  Falco is asked by relatives of a wealthy real estate developer, Hortensius, to check into the background of a woman named Severina to whom he is engaged.  But Hortensius is poisoned, and the investigation takes an unexpected turn.

Book purchased as new. A perfect, unread copy, signed by the author.