I really wanted to like this. I utterly adore the Falco novels and have read every one more than once. Upon rereading Nemesis, I saw more clearly how Albia was being set up as to follow Falco. The first time I read it, I remember thinking - aargh, no, I can't stand this character, why is Linds...
Any fan of Lindsey Davis' Falco series will enjoy this book. His daughter, Flavia Albia, has taken the reins of the informer business and is negotiating ancient Rome as a professional woman (though not as a prostitute, as she would say). Falco and Helena are incidental characters, but they have...