Desperate Undertaking, Lindsey Davis
Desperate Undertaking, Lindsey Davis
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Desperate Undertaking
A Flavia Albia Novel

Author: Lindsey Davis

Narrator: Jane Collingwood

Unabridged: 11 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/26/2022


Synopsis

"The clear, sometimes biting voice of narrator Jane Collingwood delivers the tenth installment of the Flavia Albia mystery series, set in Imperial Rome. Many characters make appearances, and Collingwood manages to bring them to life despite the nearly two millennia that separate them from listeners." - AudioFile on Desperate Undertaking

In Lindsey Davis's next audiobook in the beloved Flavia Albia Series, Desperate Undertaking, a mad killer (or killers!) is strewing bodies around in the most gruesome of manners and, true to form, it is up to Flavia Albia to determine what is really going on and stop this bacchanal of death.

In the first century, under Domitian's reign, strange and brutal goings on are nothing new in Rome. Flavia Albia, daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken over her father's business as a private informer but she tries to shy away from the brutal, the complicated, and the political - because nothing good comes of any of them. Unfortunately, she's not very good at turning them down.

This time a commission shows up on her doorstep - someone is staging brutal murders in some of the most beautiful buildings in Rome, each staging different. So far, the only clue was the phrase that one survivor managed to croak, "The undertaker did it..." With little to go on and bodies starting to pile up, Albia has to unravel the strangest mystery of her career in short order if she's to stop this dismaying orgy of murder.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

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 May 21, 2022

This excellent Roman mystery is the 10th volume of the "Flavia Albia" series, and in my opinion its one of the best so far. At the beginning of the book you'll find a well-drawn map of the Campus Martius, AD 89, Rome, where most of the action will take place, and a wonderful Playlist with fascinating......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 03, 2022

The tenth in the historical mystery series featuring Flavia Albia, woman detective in 1st Century A.D. Rome. This one is about a hunt for a serial murderer in Rome. I enjoy reading about the details of daily life in the capital of the Roman Empire. But the story dragged somewhat in the middle and I......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on August 09, 2022

Flavia takes up a challenging job with her parents out of town and her husband winding down his final days in service as aedile. Gruesome deaths by crucifixion call out to her sympathy and determination to find and stop the perpetrator. The experiences take the reader on a mythological journey throu......more

Goodreads review by Aidan on March 31, 2022

From the title on down, Desperate Undertaking wants to live on an airport serial-killer-thriller rack, and that’s probably a good thing. The Flavia Albia books have become progressively darker in recent outings — The Grove of the Caesars flirts with grotty true crime, and A Comedy of Terrors fits so......more

Goodreads review by Unseen on May 01, 2022

I received a copy of Desperate Undertaking from Hachette Australia to review. Buckle up for an intense, captivating and exceedingly memorable historical murder mystery as bestselling author Lindsey Davis unleashes the 10th entry in the deeply clever and compelling Flavia Albia series, Desperate Under......more