Yet another Marcus Didius Falco mystery from Lindsey Davis, which I listened to rather than read. The plot takes Marcus and Helena and assorted family members, plus Nux the dog, to Greece, as they research a package holiday gone horribly wrong for a couple of Roman girls who were murdered far from home. I love the complexity and authentic (I think, who knows) period details, which take me right back to one of my favorite classes ever, Roman Civ in college. Who know that the guys like Seutonius and Tacitus were such great, gossipy writers? I digress.
So, anyway, I highly enjoy these works -- but only on tape. Whenever I try to read them, the stories just feel a bit too dry, somehow. I'm not sure exactly why. The only time I really got into one of these stories on paper was when I was in China for a month and starved for an escapist story written in English.
I listened to this while walking around the park and puttering around the house, my favorite spots for recorded books. (I used to say "books on tape" but that phrase has become obsolete, I realize. This was on CD, taken out of the library and imported into my iTunes.) The books are now overdue. As soon as I finish ripping Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman, I'm going to walk up and return everything and pay my $23(!) fine. At least it supports the library, and would be the cost of one hardback book, new.
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