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Recommended by Ellen Scott

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Books By Lindsey Davis

There Will Be Bodies
Death on the Tiber
A Cruel Fate
Alexandria
Nemesis
Falco: The Official Companion
Voices of Rome
The Spook Who Spoke Again
Invitation to Die: A Short Story of Falco's Rome
Three Hands in the Fountain
The Course of Honour
Two for the Lions
Rebels and Traitors
One Virgin Too Many
Master and God
Ode To A Banker
Vesuvius by Night
A Body in the Bathhouse
The Jupiter Myth
The Accusers
Scandal Takes a Holiday
See Delphi and Die
Saturnalia
Venus in Copper
The Iron Hand of Mars
The Ides of April
Poseidon's Gold
Enemies at Home: A Flavia Albia Novel
Last Act in Palmyra
Deadly Election
Time to Depart
The Graveyard of the Hesperides
A Dying Light in Corduba
The Third Nero
Pandora's Boy
A Capitol Death
The Grove of the Caesars
A Comedy of Terrors
Desperate Undertaking
Fatal Legacy
The Silver Pigs
Shadows in Bronze

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Salvēte readers! Are you ready to be transported back in time to the bustling streets of ancient Rome with all its political intrigue, nefarious plots for power, and, sometimes, murder? Marcus Didius Falco and Flavia Albia are the fictional investigators and private informers to the emperors of Rome in Lindsey Davis’s fun and lively historical mystery series. Each character has their own separate series but the father and daughter share a sharp wit and a knack for getting into trouble. The historical setting allows Davis to immerse readers in an ancient world both familiar and exotic and explore all its delights and dangers. By mixing fictional characters with real historical figures readers get a bit of a history lesson while being thoroughly entertained. Is Davis’s meticulous attention to life in Roman times one of the main drawing points for you? Or do you enjoy Falvia’s acerbic observations and Falco’s comedic quips (“I am a Roman informer, not a Greek philosopher!”)?

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Burn
Beneath the Skin
The Third Victim
Murder on Vacation
Snakehead
N is for Noose
Stitches in Time
The Eagle Catcher
Black Notice
Triple Jeopardy
A Test of Wills
A Column of Fire
A Private Investigation: A DC Smith Investigation
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
There Goes the Bride
The First Cut: A Novel of Suspense
Backtrack: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
Tombland
Deadline
The Order
The Long Way Home
Full Tilt: A Novel
Memory Man
Theft of an Idol
I Found You
The Last Mrs. Summers
Hunting Badger
Motor Mouth
Resurrection Row
Metro Girl
The Falcon at the Portal
The Accidental Detective
Wish You Were Dead: Quick Reads
The Midnight Feast
The Executor: A Thriller
The Golden Tresses of the Dead
Deal Breaker
Keeper of the Bride
Strangers in Time
When the Music's Over
Killing Orders: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Shoot Don't Shoot
Unfinished Business
Wicked Appetite
A Grave Denied
Deja Dead
Evanly Choirs
The Mephisto Club: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
Twilight
The Black Ice
The Hanging Valley
The Sweet Remnants of Summer
Saturnalia
Strip Jack
Restless in the Grave
King and Maxwell
Taking the Veil: MatchUp Collection
Daylight
Mortal Prey
Another Man's Poison
The Five Bells and Bladebone
Dead Lions
The Finisher
Darkest Fear
Death by Water
Joe Country
Hard Truth
Dark Tide Rising: A William Monk Novel
Home Fires
Well-Schooled in Murder
Kiss Her Goodbye
Code to Zero
A Death in Cornwall
Picture You Dead
High Five
Heat Lightning
Motive: An Alex Delaware Novel
The Girl from Devil's Lake
Triple
Northwest Angle
The Healers
The Guy Who Died Twice
L is for Lawless
A Judgement in Stone
Silent On The Moor
Water Like a Stone
A Shilling For Candles
Easy as A-B-C
Death of a Snob
Rough Cider
The Kidnapping: An Ian Rutledge Original Short Story
Rupture
Half Moon Bay: A Novel
In a Strange City
The Collected Short Stories and Essays
Nobody's Fool
Liberty Falling
Fearless Fourteen
Another Thing to Fall
Uncommon Clay
Master of the Moor
Blindsighted
Evan and Elle
The Impossible Dead
This Dark Road to Mercy
The Good Daughter: A Novel
The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
Acceptable Loss: A William Monk Novel
The Apprentice: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
Now You See Them
The Wedding Guest
Under the Dome
The Crime of Miss Oyster Brown and Other Stories
A Certain Justice
The Secret Encounter
No Honor Among Thieves: An Ali Reynolds Novella
Midsummer Night
Flesh and Blood
In Sunshine or in Shadow
Original Sin
The Patriarch
D is for Deadbeat
Jerusalem Inn
Clawback
The Alphabet House
Defend and Betray: A William Monk Novel
Just One Look
Murder at the Mendel
The Private Patient
A New York Christmas: A Novel
The Big Gamble
Lay Down the Law
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Guardian of the Horizon
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy
Naughty In Nice
Desolation Mountain
Walk the Wire
The Girls on the Shore: A Detective Matthew Venn Short Story
Wicked Business
Dancing with Demons
Hell and Back: A Longmire Mystery
Some Lie and Some Die
The Crocodile Bird
The Woman in Cabin 10
Our Lady of Darkness
Midnight Guardian
A Traitor to Memory
And Justice There Is None
Burn Marks: A V. I. Warshawski Novel
Snowblind
The Fool's Run
Field of Prey
The Lewis Man
The Shape Shifter
A Lethal Lesson
Electra
Simply Lies
The Traitor Among Us
Broken Fields
The Genius
The Bear Trap: A Mike Bowditch Short Story
The Ape who Guards the Balance
The Therapist
The September Society
Not Dark Yet
Shooting at Loons
The Fix
The Redeemer
A Case of Spirits
Fire
The Lost Bird
The Child's Child
Bare Bones
Lay Down My Sword and Shield
A Christmas Gathering
A Long Ways from Home
Apostle's Cove
Identity Unknown
Fatal Error
Hasty Death
Image in the Lake
Evan's Gate
A Last Goodbye
The Judas Battalion
The Masterpiece
Storm Watch
Christmas in Newfoundland Memories and Mysteries: A Sgt. Windflower Book
The Crossing
Off the Grid
Full Speed
The Black Tower
Day of Atonement
The Rising Tide
The Twenty-Three
Deadlock: A V. I. Warshawski Novel
Mary Higgins Clark and Elizabeth Peters Present More Malice Domestic
Foul Matter
Skin and Bones: A Mike Bowditch Short Mystery
Agatha Raisin: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection
Chaos
Don't Forget Me
Winterkill
After the Storm
In the Bleak Midwinter
The Secret of Spandau
The Winner
Spin
The Innocent
No Mark Upon Her
Two for the Lions
Death in Holy Orders
Death of a Hussy
Blacklight Blue
Bless the Bride
Pushing Up Daisies
In a House of Lies
Mary's Christmas
Three to Get Deadly
Skin and Bones: And Other Mike Bowditch Short Stories
Dead Tomorrow
The Address
The Black Widow
Blood Test
The Jewels of Paradise
The Leper's Bell
Run Away
The Concrete Blonde
The Surgeon: A Rizzoli & Isles Novel
This Tender Land
Report for Murder
The New Girl
Dead Watch
Death of an Expert Witness
Beyond the Ice Limit
The Girl Who Died
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
Killing Raven
Hatchet Island
Earthly Remains
The Granite Coast Murders: A Brittany Mystery
Telling Tales
Midnight Cowboy
Call After Midnight
Pirate King
The Comfort of Ghosts
Don't Let Go
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man)
Fear Nothing
Blind Descent
The Harvey Girl
Now May You Weep
The Brutal Telling
Blacklist: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Unnatural Habits
Tooth and Claw: A Longmire Story
Too Close to Home
As the Pig Turns
Death of a Domestic Diva
A Pale Horse
Twenty-one Days
Angel of Vengeance
Gallowglass
Wobble to Death
Blindman's Bluff: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Fugitive Colors
The Copper Peacock
The Lions of Fifth Avenue
The Spy Coast
Bloodless
The Island
A Trick of the Light
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
A Tangled Web
The Cuckoo's Calling
The Teacher
Devil's Food
Cold
What Child Is This
Bewreathed: A Deborah Knott Short Story
Old Bones
Tunnel Vision
The Last Word
The Cater Street Hangman
Tales: Short Stories Featuring Ian Rutledge and Bess Crawford
Tuesday's Gone
Murder and Mendelssohn
Lone Wolf
Missing Joseph
Thale's Folly
A Birthday Lunch
F is for Fugitive
The American Agent
Dead Water
Night Work
Dark of the Moon
Trial by Fury
The Retribution
The Shell Game: A Fox and O'Hare Short Story
Summer of the Dragon

“Emperors came and went while bureaucracy continued, as rampant as mould.”

Lindsey Davis, Nemesis
Nikki Jones
“Falco gets entangled in more than solving murders. There’s blackmail, stolen artifacts, fraud and kidnappings to investigate. All in a day’s work if you’re employed by the Roman Empire. What makes the Falco mysteries so fun is how the fictional crimes give a glimpse into life in ancient Rome. And I have to say Falco is a great creation. He’s very funny. I picked the books up after reading that Donna Leon recommends them. I’m just starting the Flavia Alba series which is different but equally entertaining.”

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