01606cam0a2200277 4500 18348 20240830150503.0 0099338912 (OCoLC)827344428 18348 LIVR 20121217h19971996k y0frey50 ba eng GB y ||||000ad r ˜A œdying light in Corduba Lindsey Davis London [etc.] Arrow 1997 1 vol. (404 p.) 18 cm In 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. ROMAN ADULTE A DYING LIGHT IN CORDUBA ROMAN POLICIER HISTORIQUE FR Abes 20190604 AFNOR 0 0 0 2024-08-30 17719 RAMONETAGE RAMONETAGE R 101016554 R DZV 0 LIVR