Lindsey Davis has been a historical novelist for thirty-five years. She began writing about the Romans with The Course of Honour. the real life love story of the Emperor Vespasian and Antonia Caenis. She is best known for her twenty-book adventure series about Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco and his partner Helena Justina. Master and God, about the paranoid tyrant Domitian, led to a second Roman detective series, featuring Flavia Albia, also set in that dark period. Her books are translated into many languages and have been dramatized on BBC Radio 4. She has been Honorary President of the UK Classical Association, Chair of the UK Crimewriter's Association, Chair of the UK Society of Authors and president of the Birmingham and Midlands Institute. Her awards include the Premio Colosseo (from the city of Rome) and the Crime Writers' Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement and, in 2023, the Ivanhoe award at the Historical Novel Festival in Ubeda, Spain.
a riotous mystery set in AD89
*The Sunday Times Crime Club*
Lighthearted, witty and effortlessly clever, just like its
wonderful heroine, this is a window into ancient Rome, and a tonic
and a joy to read
*The Observer*
It positively crackles with knowledge of the city and its people,
mixed with social comment, ingenious and bloody plots and sharp
observational skills leavened by more than a smattering of genuine
and sometimes earthy humour
*Crime Review*
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