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Deadly Election

By: Lindsey Davis
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
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 In the blazing July heat of imperial Rome, Flavia Albia inspects a decomposing corpse. It has been discovered in lots to be auctioned by her family business, so she's determined to identify the dead man and learn how he met his gruesome end.

The investigation will give her a chance to work with the magistrate, Manlius Faustus, the friend she sadly knows to be the last chaste man in Rome. But he's got other concerns than her anonymous corpse. It's election time and with democracy for sale at Domitian's court, tension has come to a head. Faustus is acting as an agent for a 'good husband and father', whose traditional family values are being called into question. Even more disreputable are his rivals, whom Faustus wants Albia to discredit.

As Albia's and Faustus' professional and personal partnership deepens they have to accept that, for others, obsession can turn sour, and become a deadly strain that leads, tragically, to murder.

(P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton©2015 Lindsey Davis Fiction Historical Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Detective Rome

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Critic reviews

Davis blends wit and research with a cracking plot. (Saturday Review)
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I have loved all three in this series so far. I sincerely hope that there will be more to follow. I also really want to visit Rome and to try and find some of the places mentioned. the stories really bring ancient Rome to life.

brilliant

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I loved the Falco books, and the Albia books are just as wonderful although quite different in tone. The strong stories are matched with strong characters. They are so familiar, it's like catching up with family. My only quibble is the narrator made Petro sound like a pompous old fox-hunting fool.

The characters in these books are like members of

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I struggle with these books and have a love hate relationship with them. too many Julia's in this one and I gave up and just let it run quietly to help send me to sleep. light books loosely based in roman times.

confusing

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The story continues. Full of intrigue as the two characters join together to solve another murder.

Another winner from Flavia Alba

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I'm a fan of the Falco books and was pleased to discover a second generation version
An intriguing and complex story too
I look forward to more

Very enjoyable

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