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Loading... A Body in the Bath House (original 2001; edition 2003)by Lindsey Davis
Work detailsA Body in the Bath House by Lindsey Davis (2001)
None. This is the first book I've read from Ms. Davis and from my understanding this entry into the Falco series is one of the weaker ones. However I still enjoyed it as Davis has a way with character interactions and banter that for me was what made the book. The mystery on the other hand seemed a little lackluster even though everything was tied up in the end the mystery just didn't grip me. Yet just like the dialog Davis has given a believable account of what life was like during the Roman Empire. Overall even with its good point the unappealing mystery makes the book only average but I will be on the lookout for another novel from the Falco series. (  ) bakabaka84 | May 29, 2013 |  Like all of Lindsey Davis' books, this volume is full of wonderful descriptions of life in Imperial Rome. Primarily set in Britain, "A Body in the Bath House" is overly complicated by multiple intrigues, major and petty. Still, not wasted time because of the immersion in Roman life in the provinces. (  ) wdwilson3 | Mar 28, 2013 | When I started this book I didn't realise it was in a series. There's a hint of a whole lot of storyline that isn't gone into that it seemed like the author was using up all her ideas in this one book. When I found it was a series I was very pleased as I really enjoyed and looked forward to reading the others. The main character is very likeable without being too perfect. The other characters are really well drawn and the story is great. (  ) paulmorriss | Oct 14, 2011 | When Helena and Marcus switch houses with his father, the father got the bathhouse completed that the Falco family could not, in dealing with the contractors. When the odor in the bathhouse becomes too bad, they tear up the mosaic floor to find a dead body. Marcus is on a hunt to Britania to investigate mysterious happenings there and to find the culprits. He takes his sister Maia, his wife and two daughters and nanny and two brothers-in-law with him. The palace being built for the King is the center of this story and is based on a real palace ruin found in England. Fun with architecture and Great Britain along with all the wonderful characters. ( ) nolak | Sep 10, 2010 | Falco's two British novels are not my favorites in the series, though the setting is certainly interesting (if dank). Perhaps I've gotten addicted to the sense of actually living in ancient Rome that the home-bound novels can give. In this one, Falco;s (nuclear) family is off the Britain, where he becomes enmeshed in mysteries surrounding a building project. The plot was less compelling than some of the others (more accident, less sleuthing). ( ) annbury | Sep 9, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0099298309, Paperback)paperback, fine (as new)(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:48:12 -0500) Poor Marcus Didius Falco: The two shiftless contractors working on his new Roman bathhouse have left him with a horrible smell emanating from the below-ground furnace, and some gruesome site debris. Meanwhile, the king of the Atrebtes tribe in faraway Britannia is planning his own home imnprovements. But the spectuacular Fishbourne Palace he is building is beset by numerous financial problems, not to mention the accidents that seem to plague the construction site. Enter P.O. Falco to investigate and make things right. But trouble starts anew when his favorite contractors from Rome appear on the scene, and Falco realizes that someone with murderous intentions is now after him -- Back cover.… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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