Lindsey Davis

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

It is 73 AD in Ancient Rome and inimitable sleuth Marcus Didius Falco is back with a vengeance....

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Greece, home of the ancient Olympic Games, is a favourite destination for Seven Sights Travel, a seedy company which provides escorted tours for wealthy travellers....

What did he eat last? Whom did he eat, in fact?

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

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....

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....

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....

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

Fresh from his trip to Britain, Falco needs to re-establish his presence in 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....

Flavia Albia is a private investigator, always drawn to an intriguing puzzle - even if it is put to her by her new husband's hostile ex-wife....

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....

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