I've tried to read Lindsey Davis several times, and I just can't get interested in these books. I finally managed to finish Silver Pigs after two attempts, and have made two tries to read this one. But it just doesn't hold my attention.The problem is that her writing is choppy and does not flow smoothly. The plot lurches from one scene to another without much logic, and the appeal of the wisecracking Falco character is more than offset by a plot that is, frankly, hard to follow. These books are supposed to be light reading, but I find myself having to flip back constantly to find out who so-and-so is, and why Falco is doing thus-and-such, and it just gets to be too much of a chore.I love Steven Saylor's Gordianus series, and John Maddox Roberts's SPQR stories, but the Falco series just leaves me cold. I am mystified as to why there are so popular.