A review by plantbirdwoman
Germanicus by David Wishart

3.0

Who killed Germanicus is the question asked by this entry in the Marcus Corvinus series. Marcus is commissioned by Augustus' widow, Livia, to find the answer to that question. He can hardly say no when she makes her "request" and once committed to the investigation, he follows it wherever it leads. In this case, to Syria and then back to Rome. He finds the answer in the end, of course. Along the way, he smart talks himself into and out of trouble time and time again. And there's the rub for me.

I find Marcus' manner of speaking - calling everyone "pal," his constant "uh-huhs," always referring to his servant as "little guy" - very annoying. At some point, I think it may become more annoying than my pleasure in the story itself. I'm not sure I'll ever finish reading the entire series.