Death on the Tiber, Lindsey Davis
Death on the Tiber, Lindsey Davis
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Death on the Tiber

Author: Lindsey Davis

Narrator: Jane Collingwood

Unabridged: 11 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/23/2024

Synopsis

First century Rome is plagued by all the evils the have beset major cities since time immemorial: crime, corruption, squalor, and worst of all, tourists. When a barge full of those entitled creatures arrives in Rome, they hit all the touristy hot-spots (the Amphitheatre, the Capitol, the dodgy bars with dubious entertainments) before departing for the next destination—leaving behind one of their party, dead and floating in the Tiber. While the authorities first try to pass her death off as a suicide, it's quickly proved that the victim strangled to death and her body dumped. When Flavia Albia, a private informer, learns that the victim was in Rome searching for the man who abandoned her, Florius, Albia's vicious nemesis, Albia is determined to find out the truth behind the murder and finally have her revenge.

Florius is the husband of the leader of the Balbinus, one of Rome's most vicious criminal gangs, giving him even more reason to have murdered his former mistress. Currently engaged in a brutal turf war, with bodies dropping everywhere, Florius is fighting for his very survival and has little interest in one dead body. Now Albia must risk everything, including the life she has carefully built, if she is finally to bring Florius to justice. If justice is even possible.

About Lindsey Davis

Lindsey Davis was born and raised in Birmingham, England. After taking an English degree at Oxford and working for the civil service for thirteen years, she “ran away to be a writer.” Her internationally bestselling novels featuring ancient Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco include Venus in Copper, The Iron Hand of Mars, Nemesis and Alexandria. She is also the author of Rebels and Traitors, set during the English Civil War. Davis is the recipient of the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, the highest accolade for crime writers, as well as the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award and the Authors' Club Best First Novel award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Clemens on January 18, 2025

First of all I would like to mention about this historical mystery is that its the 12th volume of the delightful "Flavia Albia" series. Secondly, at the beginning of the book you'll find a map of Rome, with its districts and Vigiles Cohorts, followed by a list of Colourful Characters. This story is se......more

Goodreads review by Stacey on July 25, 2024

Brilliant series. I haven't read all the books in it but each book works as a standalone. Great historical fiction mysteru. Very well written and highly entertaining!......more

Goodreads review by Mary on April 17, 2024

You will never guess the ending. A woman has been pulled out of the Tiber, she was obviously murdered having her arms tied it's hoped she was dead before being thrown in the River but it's more likely she was drowned. Flavia Albia, along with her husband Tiberius happens to be there when her body is......more

Goodreads review by Ivonne on September 14, 2024

I read the entirety of Lindsey Davis’ Marcus Didius Falco series and adored all 20 books. Long ago, I bought the debut novel in a spin-off series featuring Falco’s adopted daughter, a Britannia-born orphan named Flavia Albia. But I never read that Audible book. What a fool! So I started the series wi......more

Goodreads review by Nick on September 30, 2024

I feel this series is becoming a victim of its own extensive 35 years of history. Rome used to feel like a character in these books, but now it's just window dressing used to pad out paper-thin plots. Each character felt like their own fully-realised individual, but now even the main characters are......more

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