A Body in the Bathhouse

Poor Marcus Didius Falco: The two shiftless contractors working on his new Roman bathhouse have left him with a horrible smell emanating from the below-ground furnace...and some gruesome site debris. Meanwhile, the king of the Atrebtes tribe in faraway Britannia is planning his own home improvements. But the spectacular Fishbourne Palace he is building is beset by numerous financial problems...not to mention the "accident" that seem to plague the construction site Enter P.I. Falco to investigate the scene and make things right. But trouble starts anew when his favorite contractors from Rome appear on the scene, and Falco realizes that someone with murderous intentions is now after him....- A BODY IN THE BATHHOUSE was published in Mysterious Press hardcover in 9/02. This trade paperback edition will tie in with Lindsey Davis'' new Falco mystery, "The Jupiter Myth (Mysterious Press hardcover, 9/03).- The Marcus Didius Falco series has received rave reviews from "Publishers Weekly, Washington Post Book World, Detroit Free Press, and "The Times (London), among others. Laura Bush is a big fan of the series.- The creators of the highly successful Inspector Morse TV series are currently adapting the Marcus Didius Falco series for a future television production.- Lindsey Davis'' international bestselling novels have earned her the Crime "Writer''s Association Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award (1999).

Lindsey Davis is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire. She is a recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger award.