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Language English Publisher Century Originally published 2001 Country United Kingdom | 4.1/5 Goodreads Series Marcus Didius Falco Publication date 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 352 pp (Hardback edition) Genres Crime Fiction, Historical drama Historical drama books Saturnalia, The Course of Honour, Roman Blood: A Mystery o, Caesar's Women, Fortune's Favorites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Body in the Bath House is a 2001 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the 13th book of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome and Britannia in AD 75, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. The title refers to the discovery of a corpse hidden beneath the floor of one bath house and a murder which takes place in another.
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Plot summary
When Marcus Didius Falco discovers a corpse hidden under the floor of his new bath house, he starts to track down the men responsible - Glaucus and Cotta. He also receives a commission from the Emperor Vespasian. A building project for the British Chieftain Togidubnus is running late and over-budget. The first phase of construction had gone smoothly - the first buildings on site were granaries, providing a supply base for the Roman army, constructed in the early part of the conquest. But progress had stalled on the stone-walled house and bath suite that would be Togidubnus's residence. Suspecting that the men he seeks have fled to Britain, Falco accepts the mission and travels there with his wife, two baby daughters, their nurse, and his two brothers-in-law Aelianus and Justinus.
Falco arrives at Fishbourne and starts by investigating corrupt practices. However events quickly take a turn for the worse when the Chief Architect is found murdered in the bath-house of the British King. Falco takes over the project and investigates the killings.