Well, I've made it to the end of this particular road that leads to Rome. Nemesis, by Lindsey Davis, is the twentieth, and very likely the very last, book in her very popular Marcus Didius Falco historical mystery series. And it ends quite satisfyingly, too.
Falco and family are back in Rome, dealing with significant family crises. To take his mind off things, Falco accepts a job to find a terrifying mob-like family of former Imperial slaves that now lives in the provinces and find a way to pin many missing persons reports and murders to them so that they can finally be brought to justice. But this mission is more dangerous than any of Falco's previous ones, and it stretches his own moral code further than is comfortable for many people. The case also puts him straight in the path of his most hated enemy, Anacrites, and this time Falco is determined to get payback for all that the Chief Spy has made him suffer before.
Falco and family are back in Rome, dealing with significant family crises. To take his mind off things, Falco accepts a job to find a terrifying mob-like family of former Imperial slaves that now lives in the provinces and find a way to pin many missing persons reports and murders to them so that they can finally be brought to justice. But this mission is more dangerous than any of Falco's previous ones, and it stretches his own moral code further than is comfortable for many people. The case also puts him straight in the path of his most hated enemy, Anacrites, and this time Falco is determined to get payback for all that the Chief Spy has made him suffer before.







