Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
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Book Reviews of Detectives in Togas
Book Review: Not Bad
Summary: 3 Stars
Usually novels set in ancient times are really sort of boring but not this one. The charactors are cool and the plot moves along just like if it were set in modern times. The author said that the idea for this book came about because he had heard of a kid writing graffiti on a temple wall. The sentence was "Caius is a dumbbell" only written in Latin. Yes, they had a problem with graffiti in B.C. days too. Detectives In Togas takes that one sentence and builds a pretty good story around what might have happened if whoever wrote the words was someone important in the town. Could it be true? Did someone frame one of the kids to take the blame for something? If you like your mysteries with a little bit of cultural history thrown in this book will make you want to find out more. The historical parts might even make you want to learn about how like was back then as well. So it's like a 2 for 1 thing. Not too shabby for a book you might not otherwise read.Book Review: Detectives in Togas
Summary: 2 Stars
Dectives in Togas is a very boring book. It has very little action and even when there was action it was not very intense. People who like none violent mysteries would like this book. This book takes place in ancient Rome. Most of the action takes place at night in the soothsayers house.
Rufus is convicted of a crime and sent to jail. His friends try to find some evidence that he is innocent. Their main suspect is a soothsayer. Then they find the real culprit and set Rufus free.
I would not recommend this book people would be better of reading Eragon or Deltora Quest witch I read and loved but this book was rather dull.