“The blurbs on the book cover present this "Roman noir" as a new genre, but it doesn't seem all that different to me from the early Falco novels by Lindsey Davis or the Libertus novels by Rosemary Rowe. If you like those, you'll probably like this.
The central mystery is fairly interesting, as are the presumably recurring characters in the household of Arcturus. However, I feel the personal stories of Arcturus and his household were tied up a little too neatly at the end.
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marykir wrote this review Tuesday, October 7 2008.
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