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When Marcus Didius Falco gives a poetry reading for family and friends, things get a little out of hand. The event is taken over by Aurelius Chrysippus, a wealthy Greek banker and patron to a group of struggling writers, who subsequently offers to publish Falco's work, which Falco turns down as being a raw deal. Unfortunately, soon afterwards Chrysippus is brutally murdered and due to his presence at Chrysippus' sriptorium Falco is implicated in his death and forced by his friend Petronius Longus, the enquiry chief of the vigiles, to investigate.

The result is a trawl through the literary and financial worlds of Ancient Rome. Falco's investigations eventually reveal many potential suspects, including disgruntled writers employed by Chrysippus, scriptorium and his business contacts, as well as his family: Chrisyppus' widow Vibia, his ex-wife Lysa and his son Diomedes. Meanwhile, things get worse: one of the suspected writers, Avienus, turns up dead and Falco and his friend Petronius are also attacked, although they manage to survive. To add insult to injury, Falco also faces problems with his own family: his estranged father Geminius has problems coping with the death of his mistress, Flora, and Falco's arch-nemesis Anacrites is slowly ingratiating himself with Falco's own mother. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.168.71.170 (talk) 06:14, 1 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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