Marcus Didius Falco is a private informer and the protagonist of Lindsey Davis‘s mystery series set in Ancient Rome. Emperor Vespasian has come into power and good imperial agents are required to hide royal crimes, curb corruption and sniff out political scandals. This detective series stars with ‘The Silver Pigs‘ where Falco accidentally stumbles upon an imperial minting fraud. The investigation starts with the death of a Senator’s young and impressionable niece, less a murder…