More about the Olympics

I should have explained yesterday that See Delphi and Die is all about Ancient Roman tourists on a package tour to the sights of Greecein the first century AD. Tour groups are traipsing about temples and things when Greece is in political decline but placeas aren't actually ruins.

And because it's a detective story, people need to get murdered and where they're murdered is Olympia, where the Olympic Games are held every four years but not during this story.

These books are great because Davis has really strong, funny characters who continue to grow and develop from book to book rather than just being. We've watched Marcus the informer woo and win Helena, his uptown girl, become a father and become slightly more prosperous. In the background is imperial Roman history and a LOT of archaeological research which is presented with such a light touch you don't even notice you're learning. Or most of the time anyway. The earlier books plodded on a bit too much about particular streets in Rome and I always felt obliged to refer back to the map even though it didn't matter at all.

Looking forward to this book getting to Delphi. The title promises that someone else will die!