Review: The Silver Pigs (Marcus Didius Falco, #1)
Gaby Meares
The Silver Pigs is the first in a series set in 70 AD Rome about an ‘informer’ or a private investigator in modern terminology, named Marcus Didius Falco. This story may be set in Ancient Rome, but it reads like a Raymond Chandler novel, particularly the whip-smart dialogue. Once you embrace this strange juxtaposition it’s is a lot of fun, with a cracking pace. I listened to it as an audio book which added to the fun as the narrator, Chritian Rodska, sounds like someone selling fruit from a barrow in a London market!