\n\nA must-have companion to the acclaimed series about\nthe Imperial private eye\n\n \nAs the girl came running up the steps, I decided she was\nwearing far too many clothes …\n \nSo, in 1989, readers were introduced to Marcus Didius Falco,\nthe Roman informer, as he stood on the steps of the Temple of\nSaturn, looking out across the Forum, and now, 20 years and 20\nbooks later, Falco fans want a companion volume. Only here\nwill readers learn the author’s private background, including\nher descent from a failed assassin and how atheism improved her\nknitting. Here too are the real glories and heartache involved in\nresearch and creation—why the baby had to be born in Barcelona,\nwhich plots evolved from intense loathing of management trainees,\nwhat part a thermal vest played in the iconic Falco’s\nconception. Enlightening quotations from the Falco books and\neminent sources: Juvenal, through Chandler, to_1066 and All\nThat_are also included.\n\n\n