Time to Depart, Lindsey Davis
Time to Depart, Lindsey Davis
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Time to Depart
A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery

Author: Lindsey Davis

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Unabridged: 12 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2016

Synopsis

Balbinus Pius, the most notorious gangster in Emperor Vespasian’s Rome, has been convicted of a capital crime at last. A quirk of Roman law, however, allows citizens condemned to death “time to depart” and find exile outside the empire. Now, as every hoodlum in Rome scrambles to take over Balbinus’ operations, private eye Marcus Didius Falco has to deal with an unprecedented wave of crime—and the sneaking suspicion that Balbinus’ exile may not really be so permanent after all.

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 Simon Prebble

Simon Prebble, a British-born performer, is a stage and television actor and veteran narrator of some three hundred audiobooks. As one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices, he has received thirty-seven Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie in 2010. He lives in New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on October 09, 2021

**Should Read as 4.5 Stars!** Read this book in 2013, and its the 7th volume of the amazing Marcus Didius Falco mystery series. With Falco back home, this tale is set in Rome in the year AD 72. Falco and his best friend, the Aventine watch Captain, Petronius, are putting on board a ship in Ostia Rome's......more

Goodreads review by Marcus on August 29, 2011

It is with some relief that I am able to report that "Last Act in Palmyra" was only a temporary low watermark for Lindsey Davis. "Time To Depart" takes place shortly after Marcus' return to Rome. It doesn't take long before he's mixed up into the events caused by a sudden vaccum in Rome's organized......more

Goodreads review by aPriL does feral sometimes on December 26, 2016

When Roman courts hand down the sentence of 'Time to Depart' they are in deadly earnest. The sentence is only given to wealthy Romans who have committed crimes so awful either against the State or citizens that if they were not rich and connected they would have been sentenced to strangulation. As i......more

Goodreads review by Mary on August 28, 2024

I love this series and you read each new instalment hoping this is the one where Falco will attain her s advancement and be able.to.Marry Helena Justina but so far no luck. In this book though I went through a bit of an about turn. Helena is a Senator's daughter and as such is used to the very best,......more

Goodreads review by Timons on March 15, 2019

The Didius Falco mysteries are amusing entertainments, and though I'm more than two decades behind their publication dates at this point, is a series I expect to read to completion. The first book, Silver Pigs, is a comic classic. This volume feels closer to the tone of the first volume than had been......more

Quotes

“Roman history and culture are nice accessories for the more durable tool that Davis employs—hilariously good writing.” Washington Post

“Davis is both a deft storyteller and a scholar.” Newsday (Long Island, NY)

“In this latest installment of Davis’ impeccably executed series…Falco remains as delightfully irreverent and insightful as ever; and Davis, as usual, brings the time to life while handling the eternals—worry, danger, love and in-laws—just as deftly.” Publishers Weekly

“Davis turns her prodigious talents once again to ancient Rome…Dependable entertainment.” Library Journal

“Davis continues her excellent series of historical mysteries set in ancient Rome…An artfully crafted caper featuring plenty of suspense, comedy, and history.” Booklist

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