The Silver Pigs, Lindsey Davis
The Silver Pigs, Lindsey Davis
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The Silver Pigs

Author: Lindsey Davis

Narrator: Christian Rodska

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/07/2015

Synopsis

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.

About Lindsey Davis

Lindsey Davis is an English novelist of historical fiction and best known for her award-winning historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire, the acclaimed Marcus Didius Falco series and the Flavia Albia series. Her novels have won numerous awards, including the Crime Writers’ Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award and in 2011 the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association for lifetime achievement. Born and raised in Birmingham, England, she read English at Oxford and worked for the civil service for thirteen years before becoming a writer.

About Christian Rodska

Christian Rodska has worked in theaters all over the United Kingdom and in the West End, and he has recorded hundreds of radio plays and poetry programs. Over the last thirty years he has worked regularly in television, from early programs such as Follyfoot and Doomwatch, to Taggart, Sharpe, and Wycliffe. He has recorded over one hundred audiobooks and has won several awards, including fourteen AudioFile Earphones Awards.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Sara on 2010-03-26 20:33:35

THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE AUDIO BOOK 2 DISCS NOT CONNECTED. WOULD BE GREAT IF IT WERE COMPLETE...I ENJOYED THE DRAMATIC INTERPRETATION....WILL HAVE TO GO TO BBC TO SEE IF I CAN OBTAIN THE ENTIRE BOOK SET.

Goodreads review by H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on April 15, 2015

Way back in early 2015, I read Lindsey Davis' The Ides of April. I liked it, and since it featured the daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, I thought I would eventually get around to the original character. The Silver Pigs is the first of many Falco novels that Davis wrote over a period of more than 20......more

Goodreads review by Terence on September 03, 2021

The Silver Pigs is fun to read. And if you're looking to read to relax, there's no better praise. As I mentioned in my comment, the voice and tone reminded me of Glen Cook's Garrett, P.I. series sans the fantasy element. Even more strongly, I'm reminded of a Roman Rockford Files, which may be brillia......more

Goodreads review by Karen on August 29, 2016

Enjoyed the reread. I always find new plot points or historical references that I've missed. This time it was Vitellius and mushy peas.......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on November 24, 2016

'Silver Pigs' begins at a run and it really doesn't let up. Marcus Didius Falco, a 70 AD Roman private informer whose usual jobs involve following young philandering wives for rich old husbands, finds himself in the middle of a mystery of murder and mayhem involving important senators of high rank a......more

Goodreads review by Rob on May 30, 2024

3.5 stars. A clever and fun historical spin on the traditional mystery genre. Enough new is added to the expected to make it worth your time! I enjoyed the insights into life circa 70 BCE Rome, as well as those chapters that depict “primitive” Britain at the time. The protagonist/”detective” is an app......more

Quotes

“One of the most original and endearing books since the first Flashman.” Time Out (New York)

“The Rome of Davis’ imagination is licentious and entertaining.” San Jose Mercury News

“Historical mystery fans will find a lot to enjoy in the Marcus Didius Falco ­series by Lindsey Davis. The Silver Pigs introduces the cocky and astute Falco…Davis has plenty of room to give life to dusty, dirty squalor and architectural splendor alike. When readers have finished with Falco’s stories, they can quickly keep the intrigue going with a more recent spin-off series, the “Flavia Albia” mysteries.” Library Journal

“The intriguing premise of a detective story set in Imperial Rome in 70 AD is unpredictably fulfilled by Davis’ hero-gumshoe…Wisecracking in ancient idiom, Falco seems, nevertheless, a recognizably up-to-date young man, one whose honor, humor, and humanity work him quickly into readers’ affection. Davis’ story, though couched in period detail, rewards as much for deft handling of plot and depth of characterization as for its historicity.” Publishers Weekly

“The whole thing is splendid. It has everything: mystery, pace, wit, [and] fascinating scholarship.” Ellis Peters, Cartier Diamond Dagger Award–winning author

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