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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the first century A.D., during Domitian's reign, Flavia Albia is ready for a short break from her family. So, in July, she returns to Rome, leaving them at their place on the coast. Albia, the daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, now retired as private informer, has taken up her father's former profession and it's time to get back to work. The first order business, however, is the corpse found in a chest sent as part of a large lot to be sold by the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Working as a private informer in Rome during the reign of Domitian, Flavia Albia is hired to investigate a fatal accident, an investigation that turns sinister when her client dies under suspicious circumstances that place Flavia's reputation at stake.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In Ancient Rome, the number of slaves was far greater than that of free citizens. As a result, often the people Romans feared most were the "enemies at home," the slaves under their own roofs. Because of this, Roman law decreed that if the head of a household was murdered at home, and the culprit wasn't quickly discovered, his slaves, all of them, guilty or not, were presumed responsible and were put to death. Without exception. When a couple is found...
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1999
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IL: UG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
First-century Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco seeks a serial killer who keeps leaving the body parts of his murdered victims in the city's water system after festivals.
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
In ancient Rome, Marcus Didius Falco, the emperor's secret agent investigates a rash of murders believed to be the work of the convicted mobster Balbinus. From his exile, Balbinus is revenging himself on the people who helped convict him. Lots of local color, from weddings to Roman firefighting methods. By the author of Last Act in Palmyra.
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
The first century Roman detective, Marcus Didius Falco, investigates the world of gladiators after one is murdered. The probe takes him to Tripoli where gladiator handlers buy their lions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In 90 A.D., following the Saturninus revolt in Germany, the Emperor Domitian has become more paranoid about traitors and dissenters around him. This leads to several senators and even provincial governors facing charges and being executed for supposed crimes of conspiracy and insulting the emperor. Wanting to root out all the supports of Saturninus from the Senate, one of Domitian's men offers to hire Flavia Alba to do some intelligence work. Flavia...
9) Nemesis
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When a pair of his father's associates disappear under suspicious circumstances, informer Marcus Didius Falco of A.D. 77 Rome investigates allegations of a feud involving a group of notorious freedmen, who are receiving high-level protection from corruptrulers.
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
First-century Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco is drawn into the secretive and sometimes bloody world of Rome's religious cults when a female member of one of these groups is found murdered.
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 17
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In first century Rome, Flavia Albia, the daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken up her father's former profession as an informer. On a typical day, it's small cases cheating spouses, employees dipping into the till but this isn't a typical day. Her beloved, the plebeian Manlius Faustus, has recently moved in and decided that they should get married in a big, showy ceremony as part of beginning a proper domestic life together. Also, his contracting...
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco becomes caught up in the trial of a senator, a case that becomes complicated by the senator's convenient "suicide" and draws Falco into a confrontation with powerful forces in the Roman legal system.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In the sacred grove of Julius Caesar, something deadly stirs in the undergrowth-a serial killer, who haunted the gardens for years, has claimed another victim-in Lindsey Davis's next historical mystery, The Grove of the Caesars. At the feet of her adoptive father, renowned private informer Marcus Didius Falco, Flavia Albia learned a number of important rules. First and foremost-always keep one's distance from the palace, nothing good comes from that...
16) The Jupiter myth
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
While visiting his wife's relatives in Britain, Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco confronts a diplomatic crisis when the body of King Togidubnus is found stuffed down a barroom well.
Author
Series
Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
On his return from a six-month mission to the German legions, Falco has just three days to prove he is not a murderer, to trace the real suspect, amass evidence, and win a fortune.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Lindsey Davis's next book in the beloved Flavia Albia Series, Desperate Undertaking, a mad killer (or killers!) is strewing bodies around in the most gruesome of manners and, true to form, it is up to Flavia Albia to determine what is really going on and stop this bacchanal of death. In the first century, under Domitian's reign, strange and brutal goings on are nothing new in Rome. Flavia Albia, daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken over...
19) Pandora's boy
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A suspicious death and subsequent murder send Flavia Albia down a twisted path to expose corruption and betrayal in Lindsey Davis's next historical mystery. First century Rome is not the quiet, orderly city that it pretends to be and in this environment, a very clever private informer can thrive. Flavia Albia, daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, is a chip off the old block. She's taken over her father's old profession, and, like him, she occasionally...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In Rome, 89 A.D., poisonings, murders, and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the festival of Saturnalia, and when her husband, Tiberius, becomes a target, it's time for Flavia Albia to take matters into her own hands -- in Lindsey Davis's next historical mystery, A Comedy of Terrors. Flavia Albia, daughter and successor of private informer Marcus Didius Falco is twiddling her thumbs with no clients during the December festival of...
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