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David Wishart (1) (1952–)

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27+ obres 1,593 Membres 91 Ressenyes 1 preferits

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Obres de David Wishart

Ovid (1995) 222 exemplars
Germanicus (1997) 153 exemplars
Sejanus (1998) 112 exemplars
Last Rites (2001) 91 exemplars
White Murder (2002) 86 exemplars
Old Bones (2000) 86 exemplars
The Lydian Baker (1998) 85 exemplars
A Vote for Murder (2003) 82 exemplars
Parthian Shot (2004) 80 exemplars
I, Virgil (1995) 78 exemplars
Food for the Fishes (2005) 70 exemplars
In at the Death (2006) 62 exemplars
Illegally Dead (2008) 57 exemplars
Nero (1996) 53 exemplars
The Horse Coin (1999) 39 exemplars
Finished Business (2014) 34 exemplars
Bodies Politic (2011) 33 exemplars
Solid Citizens (2013) 33 exemplars
No Cause for Concern (2012) 31 exemplars
Trade Secrets (2016) 28 exemplars
Foreign Bodies (1730) 25 exemplars
Family Commitments (2017) 21 exemplars
Going Back (2018) 18 exemplars
Dead Men's Sandals (2020) 11 exemplars
Hexagon (2011) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

The Mammoth Book of Comic Crime (2002) — Col·laborador — 47 exemplars

Etiquetat

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Data de naixement
1952
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
UK
Lloc de naixement
Arbroath, Scotland, UK
Llocs de residència
Greece
Saudi Arabia
Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland, UK
Educació
University of Edinburgh
Professions
English Teacher
Agent
Darley Anderson (Darley Anderson Literary ∙ TV ∙ and Film Agency)
Biografia breu
David Wishart is a Classics scholar and after working abroad in Kuwait, Greece and Saudi Arabia as a freelance teacher of English, he now lives with his wife and family in Scotland. [from I, Virgil (1995)]

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Ressenyes

On a visit to his adoptive daughter and her husband for the Winter Festival, Marcus Corvinus is asked to investigate the death of a local worthy found with his head bashed in outside the back door to a brothel.

Less convoluted than the high politics stories. Closely tied to a previous instalment in the series which I have only the vaguest memory of.
 
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Robertgreaves | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Aug 9, 2023 |
An organised crime boss's wife asks Marcus Corvinus to help her trace her missing son from a previous marriage.

A quick read novella which functions as just an excuse to see Marcus Corvinus again.
 
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Robertgreaves | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Aug 8, 2023 |
Dion, Macro's former secretary, delivers a posthumous letter from Macro to Marcus Corvinus asking him to clear Macro's name. As soon becomes apparent, Macro never had a secretary called Dion and the letter is a forgery. What is going on?

It's been a long time since I read the previous volume in this series, so I didn't always follow references to previous events, but I still love Marcus Corvinus's narrative voice. I really mustn't leave such a long gap next time.
½
 
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Robertgreaves | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Aug 8, 2023 |
Cuando Marcus Corvinus es convocado por la emperatriz Livia, teme lo peor. Pero Livia tiene un favor que pedir: Marcus debe investigar la muerte de su nieto, Germanicus, que pronto envolverá a Marcus en una red de traiciones y engaños.
 
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Natt90 | Hi ha 7 ressenyes més | Dec 16, 2022 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
27
També de
1
Membres
1,593
Popularitat
#16,195
Valoració
½ 3.7
Ressenyes
91
ISBN
116
Llengües
11
Preferit
1

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