Describe the first time you pictured Flavia Albia in your head. It was during my Falco series, she was just a pathetic, very young scavenger, a street child glimpsed in a bar, intended to show the seamy side of Roman Londinium. Then, once in Rome, a troubled teenager, her character developed. Her looks had to…
Pandora’s Boy by Lindsey Davis is the sixth book in the Flavia Albia historical mystery series, where a suspicious death and subsequent murder send Flavia down a twisted path to expose corruption and betrayal. First century Rome is not the quiet, orderly city that it pretends to be and in this environment, a very clever…
The Third Nero by Lindsey Davis is the fifth book in the Flavia Albia series. My name is Albia, Flavia Albia. I carry out work for troubled people who need answers. I am efficient and discreet. I came to Rome from Britain, which makes me mysterious and exotic. But the bureaucrats knew that, as the…
The Graveyard of the Hesperides by Lindsey Davis is the 4th book in the Flavia Albia historical mystery series. I’m honestly not sure why mysteries set in Ancient Rome are my favorite of the historical mystery subgenre. Perhaps some part of it is due to the cultural emphasis that gives equal importance to both the…
Deadly Election by Lindsey Davis is the 3rd historical mystery in the Flavia Alba series set in Ancient Rome (available July 14, 2015). Deadly Election, Lindsey Davis’s latest novel of ancient Rome is a rewarding read, especially given how 2016’s potential candidates are already pontificating and bloviating. Television pundits (a dirty word—not unlike the term…
