Last Act in Palmyra
A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery| By: | Lindsey Davis |
| Publisher: | Macmillan Trade |
| Print ISBN: | 9781466857476 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781466857476 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1994 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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The spirit of adventure calls Falco on a new spying mission to the untamed East in search of the Emperor Vespasian . He's picking up extra fees from his old friend Thalia the snake dancer as he searches for Sophrona, her lost water organist. With the Chief Spy Anacrites paying his fare, Falco knows anything can go wrong.
A dangerous brush with the Brother, the sinister ruler of Nabataean Petra, sends Falco and his girlfriend Helena on a fast camel ride to Syria. Here they join a traveling theatre group, which keeps losing members in nonaccidental drownings. The bad acting and poor audiences are almost as bad as the desert and its scorpions-then as the killer hovers, Falco tries to write a play...