Lindsey Davis

Falco: the new generation - Introducing Flavia Albia....

With hideous murders in the streets of Rome, a lone female traveller arrives with an agenda of her own. But when her corpse is dragged out of the river bearing signs of foul play, Flavia Albia is drawn in, concerned about her fellow Briton's fate.

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....

Falco embarks on an intricate case of smuggling, murder, and treason that reaches into the palace itself....

Ten years after the eruption of Vesuvius, the surrounding countryside lies buried and barren. But the destroyed cities and luxury villas on the Bay of Naples are not utterly lost.

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....

An unpaid bar bill leads Flavia Albia to her most bitter and complex case yet....

I was the new boy, so they saddled me with the worst jobs....

Flavia Albia's day-old marriage is in trouble - her husband may be permanently disabled, and they have no funds. So when Palace officials ask her to expose a plotter in their midst, she is obliged....

Marcus Didius Falco discovers that rank brings problems, the most gruesome of which is a corpse....

It is the Roman holiday of Saturnalia. The days are short, the nights are for wild parties....

"I’ve always wanted to see something of the Empire outside Rome"....

In the high summer of AD 77, Marcus Didius Falco is beset by personal problems. Newly bereaved and facing unexpected upheavals, it is a relief for him to consider someone else’s misfortunes....

I was just a freelance hero doing his best in a hard world....

From the creator of Falco comes Falco: The New Generation, featuring her unforgettable heroine, Flavia Albia, in her third novel....

Julius Caesar left his gardens to the citizens of Rome, a peaceful sanctuary across the Tiber....

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 symbolic Capitoline Hill....

Rats are always bigger than you expect. Falco, ancient Rome's hangdog investigator, hates sharing a cell with a rodent ....

"I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!" Petro muttered.'....

"All the problems I know about are family ones." A frightened child approaches Roman informer Falco, pleading for help....