Deadly Election

400 pages

English language

Published June 24, 2015 by Hodder & Stoughton General Division, Hodder & Stoughton.

ISBN:
978-1-4447-9422-9
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OCLC Number:
905096708

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3 stars (1 review)

From renowned author Lindsey Davis, creator of the much-loved character, Marcus Didius Falco and his friends and family, comes the third 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 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 ways than one, Albia has unique insight into life in ancient Rome, and she puts it to good use going places no man could go, and asking questions no man could ask. When a body is discovered inside a large chest that's about to go under the hammer at the Falco family auction house, Albia throws herself into the investigation. For one thing, it'd be nice …

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3 stars

This is part of Lindsey Davis' series about a female private investigator in ancient Rome. I love her books. In this one Flavia is helping her friend and potential love interest dig up dirt on political candidates. At the same time she is dealing with a problem at her family's auction business. A large chest that was consigned turned out to contain a body.

I enjoyed the book but it wasn't my favorite of the series. Definitely will keep reading them though.

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • History

Places

  • Rome (Empire)
  • Rome