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The Spook Who Spoke Again

A Short Story by Lindsey Davis (Falco: The New Generation)

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The Spook Who Spoke Again

By: Lindsey Davis
Narrated by: Thomas Judd
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A short comic masterpiece from Lindsey Davis set in Ancient Rome and featuring Marcus Didius Falco, his children Flavia Albia and Postumus - and one rascally ferret. Marcus Didius Alexander Postumus is a special boy. He is twelve, or perhaps eleven. He has two mothers and various possible fathers, so he worries who will take care of him. He is self-confident yet vulnerable, intelligent yet sinister. He knows not many people like him.

When his birth mother, Thalia the snake-dancer, takes him to live with her troupe of exotic performers, Postumus sees it as useful experience even though it involves him mucking out menagerie cages. No one anticipates how much havoc he will wreak.

On his first day a tragedy occurs. No one else cares, so Postumus decides he alone must solve this crime and impose retribution on the guilty. As son and brother to the famous investigators Falco and Albia, he knows murder is punished by execution. Postumus single-mindedly sets out to accomplish this, sidetracked by nothing, not even a rehearsal of Falco's legendary play, The Spook Who Spoke...

(P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton©2015 Lindsey Davis Fiction Historical Fiction Crime
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This ties up some loose ends from the final Falco book. We discover how Thalia's son has grown & become part of Falco's family. Despite not being Falco's birth son he has his father's (& grandfather's) ability to get into mischief!
Worth a listen but not one of Davis's best.

Engaging

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Oh how I miss Falco. It was great to hear his 'voice ' again Good little story. Hope we hear more of Postumus

The spook that spoke

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A joy to get to know another of the Didius clan. This was so sweet and funny.

A lovely novella

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Although I knew that this one featured posthumous, I didn't anticipate the fact that it appears yo have been written for the juvenile market. Whilst the sense of humour still comes through, the plot is not as strong; indeed, it us rather silly in places.
Nowhere near as good as Marcus Didius or Flavia Albia, Posthumous has a lot to learn before he can become an informer!

A little juvenile

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I really enjoyed it.
The narrator perfectly captured how I imagined Marcus Didius Alexander Postumus to be (in voice and manner). Whilst I found the story to be good, it is very short and certain story arcs/ characters could have done with fleshing out a bit more. That being written I find myself wanting more.

I want more

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