Dream Boat (Severn House Large Print) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Marilyn Todd (Author)

Book Description

Series: Severn House Large Print | Publication Date: May 1, 2004

When her stepdaughter is abducted, Claudia can't just throw money at the problem. The cash simply isn't there. And the frustratingly delectable Orbilio can't help he's been arrested after a skeleton was found walled up in his house. Now, with the Games of Apollo, a series of festivals and frolics, feasting and tomfoolery, due to start, Claudia has saddled herself with the job of playing hide-and-seek with the kidnapper.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The acid-tongued Roman diva Claudia Seferius, wealthy widow and heroine of 0-7278-5818-1, is seriously ticked off when her bratty teenage stepdaughter is kidnapped on the eve of a huge festival not only does it cut into her quality frolicking time, but Claudia is now broke and can't afford to pay the ransom. The ancient Roman detail clashes hilariously with the catfighting and hunk-worshipping in Marilyn Todd's latest Seferius mystery (after Virgin Territory) as Claudia chases after the mysterious kidnappers.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Marilyn Todd was born in Harrow, but now lives in West Sussex with her husband and two cats. Dark Horse is the eighth Roman mystery to feature the beautiful but formidable Claudia Seferius.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Severn House Publishers (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0727873652
• ISBN-13: 978-0727873651
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,554,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Claudia sweeps through, September 24, 2002

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ilmk "ilmk" (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dream Boat (The Claudia Series) (Hardcover)

Marilyn Todd's somewhat irreverant heroine, Claudia Seferius, is at her acid-tongued, fast-fighting best in this latest installment. Once more Claudia trips out of Rome after landing her infatuated slave Gaul Junius in a spot of trouble, hot-footing (vagrant Flea in tow) after her troublesome step-daughter Flavia who has joined a mystery Egyptian cult in an effort to garner some attention for herself. Meanwhile, the love of Claudia's life - though she'll never admit it - Orbilio (the dancing around each other relationship between herself and Orbilio is a delightful subplot throughout the series) is under house arrest after discovering a literal skeleton walled up in his atrium during some renovations. The chase after Flavia and the Egyptian Theme park some 63 miles outside Rome provides its usual strange cast of assorted murders and villains and Claudia charms her way through the dangerous lot with some style and aplomb to save the day.
If you read other Roman murder mysteries then Todd's heroine is a delightful step aside from the painstaking recreations of ancient Rome that seem to be an unwritten requirement. Indeed, Claudia Seferius is almost a twenty-first century party girl who has turned up two thousand years too early. There is a veneer applied throughout to the Roman lifestyle, but not too much attention is paid to fact and it doesn't detract in the slightest. References to Orbilio as a 'policeman' neatly encapsulate the style that permeates the series.

Todd's Roman mysteries are a refreshing breeze through the genre and I must confess that I eagerly await each book. Dark Horse should prove as equally enthralling.