DYING LIGHT IN CORDUBA

Nobody was poisoned at the dinner for the society of Olive Oil Producers of Baetica, though in retrospect this was quite a surprise... Inimitable detective M.Didius Falco is back with a vengeance. Muggings occur, a man is killed and Rome's answer to Philip Marlowe is plunged into the fiercely competitive world of olive oil- production. Political intrigue, an exotic Spanish dancer and impending fatherhood, all ad to Falco's troubles. Along the way are Helena Justina, stubborn Senators daughter and Falco's sometime girlfriend, and Anacrites, the reptilian spy master, not to mention an old enemy from out hero's past out to make trouble...