Lindsey Davis

It is the Roman holiday of Saturnalia. The days are short, the nights are for wild parties....

Greece, home of the ancient Olympic Games, is a favourite destination for Seven Sights Travel, a seedy company which provides escorted tours for wealthy travellers....

Saturnalia, the Romans' mid-December feast, nominally to celebrate the sun's rebirth but invariably a drunken riot. Flavia Albia needs a case to investigate, but all work is paused....

A suspicious death occurs at the famous Great Library. The authorities rapidly hand Falco the investigation; he is after all the well-known informer from Rome....

In the high summer of AD 77, Marcus Didius Falco is beset by personal problems. Newly bereaved and facing unexpected upheavals, it is a relief for him to consider someone else’s misfortunes....

Falco: the new generation - Introducing Flavia Albia....

Falco embarks on an intricate case of smuggling, murder, and treason that reaches into the palace itself....

From renowned author Lindsey Davis, creator of the much-loved character, Marcus Didius Falco and his friends and family, comes the second novel in her all-new series set in Ancient Rome....

Julius Caesar left his gardens to the citizens of Rome, a peaceful sanctuary across the Tiber.... 

I was the new boy, so they saddled me with the worst jobs....

I was just a freelance hero doing his best in a hard world....

In the long, hot Roman summer of AD 74, Falco, private informer and spare-time poet, gives a reading for his family and friends. Things get out of hand, as usual.....

Life is sweet for Flavia Albia and her soon-to-be husband Faustus. But his new job as a building contractor runs into a problem....

Flavia Albia's day-old marriage is in trouble - her husband may be permanently disabled, and they have no funds. So when Palace officials ask her to expose a plotter in their midst, she is obliged....

"I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!" Petro muttered.'....

Domitian has been awarded (or rather, has demanded) yet another Triumph to celebrate two so-called victories. Preparations are going smoothly until one of the men overseeing arrangements for the celebration accidentally falls to his death from a cliff on the symbolic Capitoline Hill....

Things turn serious at the scene of a murder. King Togidubnus has been stuffed down a bar-room well - leading to a diplomatic situation which Marcus must resolve....

From the creator of Falco comes Falco: The New Generation, featuring her unforgettable heroine, Flavia Albia, in her third novel....

Marcus Didius Falco and his friend Petronius find their local fountain has been blocked....

Fresh from his trip to Britain, Falco needs to re-establish his presence in Rome....