Reviews for Biophysics and biochemistry at low temperatures

The average rating for Biophysics and biochemistry at low temperatures based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-05-21 00:00:00 CARL JEEMAN Liquid gold - olive oil Rome depended on it A plot to capture the market takes our detective Falco to Rome's Spanish province to find the ringleaders. His is working for the Chief Spy, but is paid by the Chief Secretary. These two are engaged in a power struggle to stop the oil cartel or control it. He must deal with tycoons with low motives, murderous women in disguise, and a new administration head, Quadratus, who thinks he knows it all (and doesn't). Quadratus 'He is the worst kind, Falco. We've had them all. We've had them rude and over-confident. We've had debauched young tyrants who live in the brothels. We've had fools who can't count, or spell, or compose a sentence in any language, let alone in correspondence-Greek But when we heard that Quadratus had been wished on us as quaestor, those of us in the know nearly packed up and left.' 'What makes him so bad?' 'You can't pin him down. He looks as if he knows what he is doing. He has success written all over him, so it's pointless to complain. He is the sort the world loves - until he comes unstuck.' To add to Falco's problems he is traveling with his wife, who is very pregnant. The clock is ticking. Can he solve the oil problem before his child is safely born? Another delight mystery-murder in my favorite Roman detective series of Marcus Didius Falco. Enjoy!

Review # 2 was written on 2009-06-06 00:00:00 Bary Massey Set in 73 AD: Our heroes Falco and Helena, who are shortly expecting their first child, travel to Spain on a mission to track down a murderer and uncover shenanigans in the olive oil market. Not one of my favorites in this series, but these are consistently amusing. I prefer the ones that are set in the city of Rome, which so far is about every other book. So I'm looking forward to the next one. The details of the olive oil business were interesting, and I liked the depiction of a wild teenage party, Roman provincial style.