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Review: ‘The Silver Pigs’ by Lindsey Davis

By oldenglishrose - Last updated: Friday, August 20, 2010

When Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman “informer” who has a nose for trouble that’s sharper than most, encounters Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately all is not right with the pretty girl. She confesses to him that she is fleeing for her life, and Falco makes the rash decision to rescue her—a decision [...]