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Laddar... A Vote for Murder (2003)av David Wishart
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. One of the candidates for censor in the town of Castroemenium is murdered. Was it the rival candidate, the victim's fiancée, or someone else entirely? Marcus Corvinus, visiting his aunt-in-law, Marcia Fulvina, who lives nearby, is asked to help with the investigation. Despite the rather heavy-handed way modern parallels are used for the relations between Latins and Romans as described here, I do love Marcus Corvinus's narrative voice. Corvinus is out in the country, but that doesn't stop him from getting involved in murder -- in this case, the killing of a local bigwig who was running for (local) political office. An interesting look at the remnants of pre-Roman culture (in this case, Latin) that persisted long into the Empire, and an amusing reunion with Corvinus' not exactly functional household. Not up to the standards of the early books in the series, but well worth reading. David Wishart produces great Roman mysteries from a part of Europe Rome never reached – just north of Hadrian’s Wall. A Vote for Murder is one book in Wishart’s series about Marcus Corvinus, a young patrician, set during the reign of Tiberius. The interplay among Corvinus and the recurring supporting cast is one of the strengths of Wishart’s series. Perilla (his wife), Marcia Fulvina (her aunt) and Marilla (his and Perilla’s adopted daughter) are all well developed characters and each contributes to this book, which is set in the Alban hills at Marcia’s villa. Merton (Corvinus’ chef) and Bathyllus (his somewhat surly, opinionated and insubordinate major-domo) play a major role in this book as well. The mystery itself is well plotted and the book is well written, as are all in this series. A local election provides the backdrop for the mystery, though the interplay among Merton, a sheep and Marilla is also of note. I look forward to each installment in the series, as I do to those of Steven Saylor, Lindsey Davis and Rosemary Rowe. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Marcus Corvinus is spending a few days in the Alban Hills, visiting his stepdaughter and enthusiastically patronising the local wineshop, while taking a mild interest in the forthcoming consul's elections. Then one of the two candidates is murdered, and Corvinus is all too pleased to put his holiday on hold and help with the investigation. The obvious suspect is the rival political candidate, but needless to say, the obvious solution is not the right one. In the course of his investigations Corvinus meets an unconventional young woman - the dead man's fiancée; a shady property developer; an ex-war hero; the younger son of a wealthy family who is pursuing a career as an artist and assorted low lifes. But which one is the murderer? There are two more violent deaths, plus a near miss for Corvinus himself, before (tipped off, as usual, by his intellectual wife, Perilla) Marcus uncovers a nationalists' conspiracy and solves the mystery. In a grand finale, he enters the local wine-tasting competition (which, given his dedicated attitude to training, should be a walkover) only to be beaten . . . by a sheep. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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of some of the locals. More bodies pile up. Motivations for the killings? Also Marcus gets wind of a possible conspiracy by a local group, the "Alban Brotherhood", to disrupt the soon-to-be-celebrated Latin Festival. Can Marcus put all pieces of the puzzle together before the Festival? Another circuitous and tightly-plotted mystery involving our intrepid hero.
Novel on a par with others in the series. I had to admit the subplot with the dipsomaniacal sheep Dassa was a bit silly. ( )