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Chosen by The Times as one of the Top Ten Crime Novels Written by Women since 2000
Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of a famous investigating family. In defiance of tradition, she lives alone on the colourful Aventine Hill, and battles out a solo career in a male-dominated world.…
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When you've read-- and loved-- all the Falco books, what to read next? Well, luckily, Lindsey Davis has provided the Flavia Albia books. 'The Ides of April' is the first.
In one of the Falco books, Falco and his wife adopt a young girl they find living rough on the streets of Londinium, in Britain. Albia is that girl, and she takes over Falco's work of investigation on Rome's mean streets.
It's fascinating the way the differences between the two series are handled. Falco has the strength and weapon-training to get physical if he has to-- but Albia is a…
Reading a Lindsey Davis novel is a guilty pleasure. Why? She’s wickedly funny. She brings ancient Rome to vivid life, from the fancy fringe on a tunic hem to the steaming pile of donkey dung in the street. Her sleuth, a tough, no-nonsense woman named Flavia Albia, is assisted (whether she likes it or not) by an extended family of eccentric and sometimes meddlesome characters. I also appreciate how Davis adds just enough historical detail to bring the plot to life without bogging down the action.
In this book, I particularly enjoyed the interplay between Albia and the officious aedile,…
From Lisa's list on female sleuth mysteries from centuries past.
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