Lindsey Davis — Venus In Copper
Arrow 1993 Paperback 320 On the elegant slopes of the Pincian Hill, Falco finds himself beset by violent rent-racketeers, poisoners, and women without consciences who have dangerous designs on him. In the heyday of the Roman Empire a small accounting error has left Marcus Didius Falco sharing a cell with a large rat. But the Empire's most hard-done-by investigator is eventually bailed out and promptly accepts a commission to help a family of freed slaves fend off a professional bribe. Good