Beth G. (BethG) - , reviewed The library, the crocodile, and the locked room on 3/28/2009 + 108 more book reviews

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Falco brought his family to Egypt because Helena wants to see the pyramids. She is working on seeing the 7 wonders.

They stop off for a while at his uncle Fulvius's house in Alexandria. It is just a nice family vacation, but no one will believe that. After all he is the Emperor's investigator, so he must be in Alexandria on an Imperial mission.

Then the head of the great Library turns up dead in a locked room. It must be suicide, but ... So Falco is off on another case.

Ms. Davis gives you a vivid sense of the city of Alexandria as it must have been in the first century. Her characters are fully human and just as complicated as that implies. Falco and Helena are dear old friends and it is wonderful to spend time with them again.

This is an excellent book, well written and plotted with craft and guile. Do read it.

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