Book Burble: Lumbered with working alongside reptilian chief spy Anacrites, Marcus Didius Falco had the perfect plan to make money – he will assist Vespasian in the Emperor's 'Great Census' of AD73. His potential fee could finally allow him to join the middle ranks and be worthy of long-suffering Helena Justina. Unexpectedly confronted with the murder of a man-eating lion, Falo is distracted from his original task, uncovering a bitter rivalry between the gladiators' trainers. With one star gladiator dead, Falco is forced to investigate and the trail leads from Rome to the blood soaked sand of the arena in North Africa.
I read this years ago and loved it but am hazy on the details so will just have to report that I love the way Lindsey Davis brings early Rome to life. Smelly fish sauce swilling in the gutters, as loose ladies clad in riotously coloured silks traded from the territorial edge of Roman conquest, carefully pick their way to the most fashionable bath houses, while viewed with lively interest by traders and senators alike as the clamorous noise of Rome echoes around them all.

RELEASE NOTES:

This may not be left in Riverside House as in fact I don't know the Technology Park and am attending Scottish Recovery Network 2007 Conference there on Friday the 16 February, I'll see what opportunities present themselves. But expect this will be nabbed by a conference attendee.
Plucked from the top of one of my book boxes to register and release as I, a. want to release a book tomorrow in Dundee and b. I am busy de-cluttering. So even much loved books are leaving home , hopefully to find new enthusiastic readers.

Looks interesting, will be read shortly

CAUGHT IN DUNDEE SCOTLAND