Marcus Didius takes on two cases that take him East to ancient Decapolis, Nabatea, Syria and Judea with a traveling acting group. He also ends up investigating a murder on the way. Fun to read about the ancient geography of the time.

A bit disappointing, really. Number 6 in the series, starting to get a bit samey and the clunkiness of the writing becomes more obvious. Still, entertaining. ( )

Fiction, Historical fiction, Roman history, Detective and mystery stories, Marcus Didius Falco series, The sixth novel in the Falco series, Falco and Helena Justina, in Petra, east of the Roman Empire, encounter a theatre group, Falco accepts the invitation to replace the deceased playwright Heliodorus, First published by Century, London, 1994; First Italian edition, Milano, Tropea, 2004, 477 pp., translated by Maria Elena Vaccarini. ( )

no 6 of Falco (1994) ( )

Killer entertainment.

Falco is undercover for the Emperor again, and Helena is along for the ride. A disappeared muso lands our intrepid Informer in the middle of a travelling theatre show, and murder isn't far behind. Even worse, Falco tries writing his own.

A reasonable book, but if you have no theatre interest at all you may not enjoy it as much with all the jokes there.

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