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The Spook Who Spoke Again

A Flavia Albia Short Story

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The Spook Who Spoke Again

By: Lindsey Davis
Narrated by: Thomas Judd
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Marcus Didius Alexander Postumus is a special boy. He is 12 or perhaps 11. He has two mothers and various possible fathers, so he worries who will take care of him. He is self-confident yet vulnerable, intelligent yet sinister. He knows not many people like him.

When his birth mother, Thalia the snake-dancer, takes him to live with her troupe of exotic performers, Postumus sees it as useful experience even though it involves him mucking out menagerie cages. No one anticipates how much havoc he will wreak. On his first day a tragedy occurs. No one else cares, so Postumus decides he alone must solve this crime and impose retribution on the guilty.

As son and brother to the famous investigators Falco and Albia, he knows murder is punished by execution. Postumus single-mindedly sets out to accomplish this, sidetracked by nothing, not even a rehearsal of Falco's legendary play The Spook Who Spoke....

©2015 Lindsey Davis (P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton Fiction Historical Fiction

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Obviously this is not a hard hitting detective story, but I giggled all the way through this novelette. A very authentic feeling and charming tale of pre-adolescent destruction - too clever Ms Davis!

Precocious Postumus!

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This ties up some loose ends from the final Falco book. We discover how Thalia's son has grown & become part of Falco's family. Despite not being Falco's birth son he has his father's (& grandfather's) ability to get into mischief!
Worth a listen but not one of Davis's best.

Engaging

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Would you try another book written by Lindsey Davis or narrated by Thomas Judd?

This book is not really a Flavia Albia story but about her adopted brother. Having read all of the Falcons books, I was disappointed to find that this book is actually aimed at a young market, and feel that this should have been made clear. Because of this, the plot is quite weak and just downright silly in places.

Not Really a Flavia Albia Story

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Although I knew that this one featured posthumous, I didn't anticipate the fact that it appears yo have been written for the juvenile market. Whilst the sense of humour still comes through, the plot is not as strong; indeed, it us rather silly in places.
Nowhere near as good as Marcus Didius or Flavia Albia, Posthumous has a lot to learn before he can become an informer!

A little juvenile

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I really enjoyed this audiobook, great narration by Thomas Judd. Much needed laughs from the story, I'd love to hear more from Posthumous!

Love Posthumous!

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We've heard hard things said about Falco's adopted son (possibly half-brother), especially by Flavia Albia, his older adopted sister. Good to get to know the laddie, in a story that's got resonance with "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime".
With his narration, it's clear he's just a well meaning, intelligent lad who is "neurodiverse" - on the autistic spectrum - misunderstandings all round! The story seems to give hope in the end for improved relations between boy and family.
Narrator is brilliant, brings over character so well, impossible not to warm to this brave and interesting boy.

Postumus speaks!

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Oh how I miss Falco. It was great to hear his 'voice ' again Good little story. Hope we hear more of Postumus

The spook that spoke

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A joy to get to know another of the Didius clan. This was so sweet and funny.

A lovely novella

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