See Delphi And Die: (Falco 17): (Marco Didius Falco: book XVII): a thrilling Roman mystery full of twists and turns from bestselling author Lindsey Davis

Read this book in 2014, and its the 17th volume of the wonderful Marcus Didius Falco series.This book is set in Greece, where after a desperate plea from Falco's mother-in-law, Falco and Helena Justina are heading to Greece in search of Helena's younger brother, Aulus, who was supposed to be at Athens University but who's been diverted from his route by a man whose newly married daughter and her husband have disappeared.Falco and Helena Justina travel with an travel agency that calls itself Seven Sights Travel, a seedy agency that has its favourite destinations in Greece, home of the Olympic Games.While being in Greece Falco and Helena Justina are at first waylaid in their investigations, but joining the married's couple tour group they try to discover the secrets about their disappearance.Reaching Delphi Falco and Helen Justina will encounter many dangerous situations, and with various attempts on their lives they are determined to unravel this of missing persons and murder, but before they finally will succeed in their endeavour to solve this mystery, they will also enjoy the sights and cultures of Delphi.Highly recommended, for this is a terrific addition to this magnificent series, and that's why I like to call this exciting episode: "A Great Greek Tragedy Case"!

Loving the series and gradually getting to know all the characters, all so well defined. The descriptions of the scenery and places are so vivid too I can almost feel I am there. Have enjoyed all the books so far although I do find the endings a little abrupt and this one really left me feeling there should have been more to wind the story up properly. I felt as if I was missing something.

Didius Falco continues at his best - fluent narrative, relatable characters, and a likeable lead. Love this series!

I really enjoyed this book (inching my way through the series)- in particular as one learns a lot about the origins and set up of the Olympic Games. All of Lindsey Davis's Falco books seem to be have been meticulously researched which puts them in the Top 3 of their category, Historical Mysteries (alongside Jacqueline Winspear's Maisie Dobbs series).

I found this one had a bit too much of the Greek travelogue, than the detection.The story rumbled along with lots of pages with nothing really happening.A very abrupt ending as well.

Lindsey Davis always writes a good novel and this Falco mystery is one of her best. This time Falco and entourage are off to Greece to investigate two mysterious deaths, years apart but both being connected to the same tour company. The sardonic descriptions of the inconveniences suffered on the journey, the less than satisfactory accommodation and the mismatched company of fellow tourists make this a very entertaining mystery as well as educating the reader on tourism in Roman times. Some comments ring true even today. I saw the gruesome ending coming but not the murderer until almost the last page.

This is one of the great stories by Lindsey Davis starring a colourful hero, Marcus Didius Falco. In this story, this Roman gumshoe is partly hired and partly hires himself to investigate suspected murders of young female Roman tourists in Greece. Accompanied by his thoughtful wife Helena, two of his young relatives and the hulking son of his trainer, Marcus has a cliffhanger trip round Greece. In the end he meets up with Helena's older brother in Athens and they solve the grizzly (gristly - boom boom) cases.This is a narrated and unabridged version and is extremely enjoyable to listen to. The narrator, Christian Rodska, does an excellent job. the only reason this gets four instead of five stars is that the BBC dramatised series of some Falco novels (with Anton Lesser as Marcus) is better. Note: this is not a criticism of the Christian Rodska's excellent performance and reflects the extra dynamism of a dramatisation. This production continues a strong showing for narration by high quality performers who actually speak English! If like us you find your teeth on edge and your attention wandering with monotonous American or Australian narration, this is one for you!

This book is the latest book in a series by Lindsey Davis which I have yet to read. I am currently reading Scandal takes a Holiday which is the book in the series before this one. I have read all of the previous books in the series which are about the life and times of the Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco. The stories are always amusing and informative of Rome in the first century AD. Marcus travels all over the Roman world solving crimes and bringing villains to justice.

Book was the last item I needed to complete my Falco series

I was very disappointed by this book. It completely failed to hold my interest! I had not read this author before, and I will definitely not read again

I love reading Falco and Helena. This story is excellent, with twists and turns galore, worthy of ancient Greece. An enjoyable read, not to be missed by fans and those interested in ancient Rome and Greece.I read the Kindle edition out loud, however, and typographical errors are found on nearly every page. For one, the letter "L" is added to the end of words or replaces exclamation points repeatedly. The word "the" is replaced about 15 times by the word "die," as though it were translated from German, but that cannot excuse the word "this" being spelled as "thi&" ! Nearly every page a new and unusual typo. For the cost of this Kindle edition, they could have paid a copy editor to fix these problems. I recommend the paper version. The Kindle version is far too aggravating.

Ich musste mir das Buch auf Englisch kaufen, weil in meinem großen Davis-Rausch der Verlag die Auskunft gab, erstmal keine weiteren Folgen von Marcus Didius Falco zu übersetzen.Also schlug ich mich mit meinen eigentlich sehr guten, aber eingestaubten Englisch-Kenntnissen durch das Buch, was selbst für die besseren English-Speaker nicht einfach sein dürfte - bekommt man doch die guten umgangssprachlichen Vokabeln im Englisch-Unterricht und in Business-Englisch-Kursen bestimmt nicht mitgeteilt.Falco wie immer in Bestform, super spannend und verzwickt, mit vielen Baustellen, auf denen er ermitteln muss. Prima, prima, prima!

See Delphi and Die is one of the better books in the Falco series of stories. I found it to be an enjoyable read and interesting, even though it poked fun at the tourist industry throughout its chapters. In this book Falco and Helena head off to Greece with two tasks in hand; one to corral Helena's brother Aulus and get him to university in Athen's and two to find a murderer. Falco takes with him Albia, and his nephews Gaius and Cornelius and a bodyguard in the form of Galucus Jr, the son of Falco's trainer. It is interesting to meet these people and to see them interrelating with Falco. It is also interesting to see the ongoing development of Albia as a character, especially since most loyal readers of Falco knows that Albia takes over the family business in her own series of books.What I liked the most about this book was the fact that Falco came across strong and reasonably confident. In previous books I spent more time sympathising with Falco as he is maligned by his family and friends than enjoying the story. This time things were different.Overall it is a good read and I recommend it to anyone following the series.