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Time to Depart

Falco, Book 7

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Time to Depart

By: Lindsey Davis
Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
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"I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!" Petro muttered.'

Petronius Longus, captain of the Aventine watch and Falco's oldest friend, has finally nailed one of Rome's top criminals. Under Roman law, citizens are not imprisoned but are allowed 'time to depart' into exile outside the Empire.

One dark and gloomy dawn, Petro and Falco put the evil Balbinus aboard a ship. But soon after, an outbreak of robbery and murder suggests a new criminal ring has moved into Balbinus' territory. Petro and Falco must descend into the underworld of Vespasian's Rome to investigate...

©1997 Lindsey Davis (P)2015 Audible Studios Crime Crime Fiction Historical Mystery Fiction Rome
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I, as always, love Lindsey and her stories - but I dislike the reader of this book. I have heard him on a number of readings and find his cadences irritating. H frequently ends sentences as if they are questions, he’s far too posh for Falco and the voice changes to other characters not adequate

Love the book, love the story, dislike the reader

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In a city full of deceit a Kingpun gets his comeuppance. ... or does he. Davis has delighted again with his unusual bunch characters. Cant wait to start the next, I'm like an addict.

Falco is back in Rome

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Gordon Griffin can kill a good book faster than a positive review in the Daily Mail! If you've bought a nonfiction book, you can reduce the agony by playing it at 1.5 speed. Don't expect a performance, he's not an actor...Get the print/ebook instead. Most Falco audiobooks I enjoy time after time. We should request a new version... More fool me, I bought quite a few Griffin assassinations of decent books before I twigged, even blamed authors for tedious writing...

Good story, badly read!

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Another great storyline and entertaining reading. I look forward to hearing all of them.
Not sure what another reviewer was listening to when moaning about ‘accents’ but it seems he was hearing a Jeeves and Wooster title not this one! Etonian accent?? No chance!

Another excellent story and narration

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enjoyed the story a re read but still enjoyable.

The narrator is not the best but ok

Gripping Yarn

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