The Jupiter Myth

The Jupiter Myth
1st edition
Author(s)	Lindsey Davis
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Marcus Didius Falco
Genre(s)	Crime
Publisher	Century
Publication date	2002
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	352 pp (Hardback edition)
ISBN	- get this book
OCLC Number	59339341
Preceded by	A Body in the Bath House
Followed by	The Accusers

The Jupiter Myth is a crime novel by Lindsey Davis.

Plot introduction [edit]

Set in Londinium, Britannia in August AD 75, The Jupiter Myth stars Marcus Didius Falco, Informer and Imperial Agent. It is the fourteenth in Davis' Falco series.

Explanation of the novel's title [edit]

The title is a reference to the use of Jupiter-related mythology by the crime syndicate to identify businesses associated with them.

Plot summary [edit]

After putting the project of building Togidubnus’s palace back on track (see A Body in the Bath House), Falco and family decide to take a break and visit some old friends and family up in Londinium. But nothing is ever peaceful around Falco. The body of a close friend of Togidubnus is found in a well. A simple murder? No, not around Falco. There is more than one gang flexing their muscles in Londinium, leading Falco every which way. Suddenly, Falco’s friend Petro appears. It’s not likely that he just happens to show up at the edge of the Empire, but he is not interested in telling anyone much of anything. What is really puzzling is why all these things are happening in only a certain group of taverns, all named after very important events in someone’s life. Is that the connection they are missing?

Characters in "The Jupiter Myth" [edit]

Aelia Camilla - Wife of Flavius Hilaris, Aunt of Helena Justina.
Albia - Young street girl adopted by Helena
Amazonia - also known as Chloris. Gladiatrix, and ex-girlfriend of Falco.
Amicus - Official torturer
Crixus - Centurion
Flavia Fronta - Barmaid
Florius - Criminal gang leader
Gaius Flavius Hilaris - Procurator of Finance
Helena Justina - Wife of Falco, and daughter of the Senator Decimus Camillus Verus
Lucius Petronius Longus - Friend of Falco and Vigiles Officer
Maia Favonia - Falco's widowed sister
Marcus Didius Falco - Informer and Imperial Agent.
Norbanus Murena - Property developer
Popillius - Lawyer
Pyro - Criminal
Sextus Julius Frontinus - Governor of Britain
Silvanus - Centurion
Splice - Criminal
Togidubnus - Roman ally

Major themes [edit]

Gangland activity in Londinium
Developing relationship between Maia and Petronius

Allusions/references to actual history, geography and current science [edit]

Set in Londinium, Britannia, in AD 75, during the reign of Emperor Vespasian.
Sextus Julius Frontinus is a real historical character who succeeded Quintus Petillius Cerialis as governor of Britain in AD 75.
Tiberius Claudius Cogidubnus (or Togidubnus) was a 1st century king of the Regnenses in early Roman Britain.

Release details [edit]

2002, UK, Century Hardback - get this book
2003, UK, Arrow, Paperback - get this book
UK, Chivers/BBC AudioBooks, read by Christian Rodska, Cassettes - get this book CD audios - get this book
US, Mysterious Press, Hardback - get this book
US, Mysterious Press, Paperback ISBN - get this book

Sources, references, external links, quotations [edit]

Author's Official Website

The Marcus Didius Falco series by Lindsey Davis

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