01467cam0a2200229   45000010006000000050017000060100015000230350021000381000041000591010008001001020007001081050018001151060006001332000048001392100031001872150027002183300886002453330017011315120029011486100030011778010030012071834820240830150503.0  a0099338912  a(OCoLC)827344428  a20121217h19971996k  y0frey50      ba0 aeng  aGB  ay   ||||000ad  ar1 a˜A œdying light in CordubafLindsey Davis  aLondon [etc.]cArrowd1997  a1 vol. (404 p.)d18 cm  aIn this eighth mystery featuring hard-boiled Roman PI Marcus Didius Falco, Davis creates a chiaroscuro world of evil plots and dark humor, as olive oil whets a villain's appetite for power and his taste for murder.Surprisingly, nobody is poisoned at the Society of Olive Oil Producers banquet--the attempted murder of Rome's chief spy occurs immediately afterward. Suspicion falls, quick as the Italian night, on the dinner's sinuous dancer, a lady who has already left for Corduba, Spain. Naturally, Marcus Didius Falco, the Philip Marlowe of Roman detectives, is dispatched to follow her. But he has pledged to stay with Helena, his pregnant, patrician wife, until she gives birth. Caught between Scylla and Charybdis, Falco makes what may be a fatal mistake: he brings Helena with him to a terra incognita of olives and intrigue, where a dies irae and a remorseless killer wait.  aROMAN ADULTE  aA DYING LIGHT IN CORDUBA  aROMAN POLICIER HISTORIQUE 3aFRbAbesc20190604gAFNOR