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Three Hands in the Fountain (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries)

by Lindsey Davis
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Mysterious Press (1999-04-01)
ISBN: 0892966912
EAN: 9780892966912
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 368 pages
SKU: b8s1-111213-h01
Condition: Fine
DJ Condition: Fine
Comments: Clean hardcover in crisp unclipped dustjacket. Signed by author to the title page, without inscription, no other marks. Tight and square with sharp corners. NY: Mysterious Press, 1999. Stated First US Edition with full number line, 1st printing. - - Carefully boxed and promptly shipped with tracking provided.

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In vino, veritas. But in the water supply of Rome, horroras Marcus Didius Falco is about to find out. Sharing an ewer of Spanish red with his old friend and new partner Petronius Longus, Falco is on the spot when a man cleaning the local fountain makes a gruesome discovery: a human hand. Small and evidently female, the hand suggests its owner met a terrifying fate. Naturally, Falco and Petro, formerly of the Vigiles, want to seize on it as their first big case. The officials of Rome, however, prefer to hush up the incident, since a population that riots at the drop of a toga might run wild if body parts are polluting their drinking water. Soon other delicate, dismembered hands are being found in Rome's two hundred miles of aqueduct. Now aided, inspired, and given critical clues by his wife, Helena, Falco & Partner are ready to buck the status quo and even butt heads with Falco's old boss, Chief Spy Anacrites, to crack the case. But O, Hades! The duo suspects a serial killer is at large, linked topublic festivals, and likely to strike again at the upcoming Roman Games. Even a detective as astute as Falco may not spot a twisted mind in a crowd of 250,000. And if Falco loses this race with time, another pretty victim will make a deadly splash...

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