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The Princess writes a letter suggesting there is a murder to solve in her area so we travel to visit. An old man who is senile is dead, his medicine has been used to fast and is filled with water, The Princess's future father in law, the local doctor suspects foul play. A nasty pile of 20 year old shenanigans is uncovered in regular style. Meton provides the funny side line this time and it is quite entertaining, but not to the level of the crazy dog in the last one.


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Illegally Dead Marcus Corvinus Mysteries David Wishart 9780340840382 Books Reviews

A competently told, entertaining story, once you accept it for what it is, which is slightly hard-boiled Agatha Christie with togas and snappy dialog. The plot puzzle is all; historical setting is unimportant. With a single exception - the narrator's queasy dread at thought of a forensic autopsy - the main characters are completely ahistorical in their attitudes, while the background of a small Etruscan town circa middle of first century A.D. is just stage furniture and costumes. Even the title is clunky and flat.
Wishart has done much better (see Sejanus or White Murder). I gave Illegally Dead 3 stars but if rating system had permitted a little more than half way between 2 and 3 would have been more accurate.
For stress reduction, aided with highly sweetened tea, then wine, this has not yet failed, a rate better than placebo
This fast paced and engrossing Marcus Corvinus installment finds Marcus and his wife, Perilla, visiting the small town of Castrimonenium, in order to figure out whether or not a local lawyer was murdered.

When Marcus and Perilla receive a letter from their adopted daughter, Marilla, intimating that a murder may have been committed in the town she's currently residing in, they immediately make for Castrimoneium in order to get more information. It turns out that the lawyer, Lucius Hostillius has succumbed to a heart seizure and has passed away. But Lucius' doctor, Hyperion, is not satisfied and fears that someone may have tampered with the dosage. The trouble is that in accordance of Roman law, if Hyperion voices his suspicions, Lucius' household slaves would be rounded up and tortured in order to prise information from them. And Hyperion would rather not say anything unless the evidence that Lucius had been "helped" to his death is conclusive. And so he asks Marcus Corvinus to look into the matter. But Marcus will have to work on the quiet so as not to arouse the interest of the authorities. Can our intrepid investigator pull this off?

I've been a fan of this series ever since I read "Ovid." But I have to admit that fan though I am, I haven't read every single installment in this series. What I have read I have liked immensely; finding the books to be well written, finely paced, taut and full of wonderful historical detail and ambiance. This is all true of "Illegally Dead." David Wishart does a first rate job here of executing and fleshing out this tale and of keeping one guessing as to what exactly is going on and who the guilty parties are. All in all this was a very engrossing and absolutely riveting read -- even as I confess that a couple of thing grated namely that Marcus seemed to jump to some rather premature assumptions about his suspects based solely on his reactions towards them (and had to be talked around to sense by Perilla); and that I found Marcus' 'tough' street voice to be a little incongruous and a little false. Would a patrician have such a narrative voice? I'm going to have to reread "Ovid" in order to find out.
I didn't enjoy this as much as earlier Wisharts--I have to say that the slangy speech by the protagonist begins to grate--it feels completely out of character for an aristocratic Roman of the period.
David Wishart paints a detailed and amusing picture of life in Roman times. You are kept guessing until the end as to 'whodunit' . I'm looking forward to the next in the series!
David Wishart writes a whodunnit with a difference. While being a puzzler it is also witty and interesting. The details of life in Ancient Rome are as absorbing as the plot. As usual it was a page-turner. It was a fun read.
The latest (2009) of the Corvinus mysteries. This one takes place entirely in private, as Corvinus investigates a murder that is worrying the family of his stepdaughter. It has the usual virtues of this series, an engrossing atmosphere and engaging ongoing characters. Still, I wish Corvinus would get back into the realm of politics, as little as he likes it.
The Princess writes a letter suggesting there is a murder to solve in her area so we travel to visit. An old man who is senile is dead, his medicine has been used to fast and is filled with water, The Princess's future father in law, the local doctor suspects foul play. A nasty pile of 20 year old shenanigans is uncovered in regular style. Meton provides the funny side line this time and it is quite entertaining, but not to the level of the crazy dog in the last one.