Three Hands in the Fountain Three Hands in the Fountain Three Hands in the Fountain is a 1997 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the ninth book of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Rome between August and October, AD 73, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. The title alludes to the song "Three Coins in the Fountain" as well as to the macabre discovery which triggers Falco's investigation. Falco arrives home in Rome with Helena Justina and Julia Junilla Laeitana, his new baby daughter, and barely have time to settle in before being subjected to a
Manciano (Trevi) Manciano (Trevi) Manciano is a village in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a flank of Mt. Matigge, at altitude 509 m above sea-level. It is a "frazione" of the "comune" of Trevi, which is 3 km SSW. Its population is approximately 100 inhabitants. The "frazione" extends several kilometers further to the NE into the Apennine range and the hamlet of Ponze at 904 m altitude, with one more medieval church and a good view of central Umbria. The main point of interest of the village is the church of S. Martino and, not far away,