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A Capitol Death by Davis Lindsey
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia
In Rome, ruled by the erratic Emperor Domitian, Flavia Albia is dragged into the worst sort of investigation-a politically charged murder-in Lindsey Davis' next historical mystery, A Capitol Death.A man falls to his death from the Tarpeian Rock, which overlooks the Forum from the Capitoline Hill in anci ...Show more
A Capitol Death (#7 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
A tragic accident . . . or was it? Emperor Domitian has been awarded (or rather, has demanded) yet another Triumph to celebrate two so-called victories. Preparations are going smoothly until one of the men overseeing arrangements for the celebration accidentally falls to his death from a cliff on the s ...Show more
A Comedy of Terrors by Lindsey Davis
Category: Fiction | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
Saturnalia, the Romans' mid-December feast, nominally to celebrate the sun's rebirth but invariably a drunken riot. Flavia Albia needs a case to investigate, but all work is paused. The Aventine is full of fracturing families. Wives plot to leave their husbands, husbands plot to spend more time with t ...Show more
A Comedy of Terrors (#9 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
Saturnalia, the Romans' mid-December feast, nominally to celebrate the sun's rebirth but invariably a drunken riot. Flavia Albia needs a case to investigate, but all work is paused. The Aventine is full of fracturing families. Wives plot to leave their husbands, husbands plot to spend more time w ...Show more
A Comedy of Terrors (#9 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Contemporary Fiction | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
***The Sunday Times Crime Club Star Pick*** 'Lighthearted, witty and effortlessly clever, just like its wonderful heroine, this is a window into ancient Rome, and a tonic and a joy to read' The Observer Saturnalia, the Romans' mid-December feast, nominally to celebrate the sun's rebirth but invariably ...Show more
Deadly Election (#3 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia
In the blazing July heat of imperial Rome, Flavia Albia inspects a decomposing corpse. It has been discovered in lots to be auctioned by her family business, so she's determined to identify the dead man and learn how he met his gruesome end. The investigation will give her a chance to work with the magi ...Show more
Deadly Election (#3 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia
In the blazing July heat of imperial Rome, Flavia Albia inspects a decomposing corpse. It has been discovered in lots to be auctioned by her family business, so she's determined to identify the dead man and learn how he met his gruesome end. The investigation will give her a chance to work with the magi ...Show more
Death on the Tiber: Flavia. Alba#12 by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
Rome is in chaos. The empire of a mobster chief is falling apart following his death. Rivals, fearsome relatives and associates are taking up position to vie for the spoils. With hideous murders in the streets of Rome, a lone female traveller arrives with an agenda of her own. But when her corpse is dr ...Show more
Desperate Undertaking by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
Rome, the very end of December. The Field of Mars is packed with monuments, none more beautiful than Domitian's new Odeon and Stadium. But the area has been overtaken by ugly events: elaborately staged murders. Someone bears a spectacular grudge against the theatrical community, and intends to get reven ...Show more
Desperate Undertaking (#10 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia Ser.
Rome, the very end of December. The Field of Mars is packed with monuments, none more beautiful than Domitian's new Odeon and Stadium. But the area has been overtaken by ugly events: elaborately staged murders. Someone bears a spectacular grudge against the theatrical community, and intends to get reven ...Show more
Enemies at Home (#2 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia Mystery #2
From renowned author Lindsey Davis, creator of the much-loved character, Marcus Didius Falco and his friends and family, comes the second novel in her all-new series set in Ancient Rome. We first met Flavia Albia, Falco's feisty adopted daughter, in The Ides of April. Albia is a remarkable woman in what ...Show more
Enemies at Home (#2 Flavia Albia) by Lindsey Davis
Category: Crime and Thrillers | Series: Flavia Albia
We first met Flavia Albia, Falco's feisty adopted daughter, in The Ides of April. Albia is a remarkable woman in what is very much a man's world: young, widowed and fiercely independent, she lives alone on the Aventine Hill in Rome and makes a good living as a hired investigator. An outsider in more way ...Show more