Three Hands in the Fountain (The Falco Series)

Murder

Author: Lindsey Davis

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 sewers. Public panic overcomes official indifference, and the Aventine partners are commissioned to investigate. Women are bin….Read More

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