A murdered legionary - and there\"s one prime suspect AD 72: Marcus Didius Falco returns home from a six-month mission to the German legions....

Drowning in mystery, dying on stage. The spirit of adventure calls Marcus Didius Falco on a new spying mission for the Emperor Vespasian to the untamed East. He\"s picking up extra fees from his old friend Thalia, the snake dancer, as he searches for Sophrona, her lost water organist....

The ancient sports of murder and myth Stunned by a dramatic appeal from his otherwise cool mother-in-law, Falco cannot resist. His brother-in-law has been diverted from his route to Athens University by a man whose newly married daughter disappeared, with her husband, while visiting the Olympic Games as part of an extended wedding trip....

Falco has his deadly day in court Having returned from his trip to Londinium, Falco takes up employment with two lawyers at the top of their trade. For the trial of a senator, they need Falco to make an affidavit confirming repayment of a loan....

All the news that\"s fit to die for... In the wealthy town of Ostia, our hero Falco appears to be enjoying a relaxing holiday....

Gangsters and Gladiating...both Bloody For Falco, a relaxed visit to Helena\"s relatives in Britain turns serious at the scene of a downtown murder. The renegade henchman of Rome\"s vital ally King Togidubnus has been stuffed head-first down a barroom well - leading to a tricky diplomatic situation which Falco must defuse. One murder leads to others....

Contractors on schedule for corpses in Britannia AD 75: as a passion for home improvement sweeps through the Roman Empire, Falco struggles to deal with a pair of terrible bath-house contractors who have been causing him misery for months. Far away in Britain, King Togidubnus of the Atrebates tribe is planning his own makeover....

The fountain was not working. Nothing unusual in that... Marcus Didius Falco and his laddish friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked- by a gruesomely severed human hand. Soon other body parts are being found in the aqueducts and......