Food for the Fishes by David Wishart
When Licinius Murena, wealthy owner of a fish-farm, is found dead, drowned in one of his own eel tanks, not many tears are shed. Certainly not by Trebbio, who had just been booted out of his cottage by the landowner, and was heard bad-mouthing him drunkenly in public the day before Murena's death. Nor by the widow, a little stunner half Murena's age who allegedly spent an inordinate amount of time 'under the doctor'. Nor by his daughter or his farm manager. With friends like these, who needs enemies? Marcus Corvinus is the man to find out. With the help, of course, of his clever wife Perilla -- if she can spare the time from her newly acquired passion for gambling ...As we follow the Byzantine thought processes by which our hero solves the crime, we are entertained along with way with accounts of pisciculture and with a handy guide to 'Twelve Lines', the Roman precursor of backgammon.
'Like Chandler's Marlowe, Corvinus wisecracks his way through a weary world of murder and intrigue until he hunts down the truthA taut thriller in which ancient Rome springs to life' -- The Times on SEJANUS 'Drawn with great dash, and the one-liners are as good as ever. Genius.' -- Good Book Guide on A VOTE FOR MURDER 'Innate humour and pace carry one through to the tragi-comic climax' -- Irish Times on THE LYDIAN BAKER
David Wishart studied Classics at Edinburgh University. He then taught Latin and Greek in school for four years and after this retrained as a teacher of EFL. He lived and worked abroad for eleven years, working in Kuwait, Greece and Saudi Arabia, and now lives with his wife and family in Scotland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340827390 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340827394 |
| Title | Food for the Fishes |
| Author | David Wishart |
| Series | Marcus Corvinus Mysteries Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2005-09-26 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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