The Accusers [SEP] series
The Accusers
The Accusers is a 2003 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the 15th book of the Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series. Set in Ancient Rome between Autumn AD 75 and Spring AD 76, the novel stars Marcus Didius Falco, informer and imperial agent. The title refers to the role of accusers in bringing the various cases to trial during the course of the story.
Plot summary.
Fresh from his trip to Britannia, Marcus Didius Falco needs to re-establish himself back in Rome. A
was investigating twenty-eight sex crime cases involving media figures.
"Time" magazine dubbed the "Silence Breakers" behind the #MeToo movement "Time" Person of the Year in 2017. American journalists in conversation at NPR wrote of the series of allegations feeling like a tipping point for societal treatment of sexual misconduct, distinguished from prior sexual misconduct public debates by the public trust put in the celebrity accusers, as opposed to prior cases of publicly unknown accusers. Other journalists doubted that the trend would hold.
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