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Author | Lindsey Davis |
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Series | Flavia Albia (Falco: The New Generation) |
Genre | historical mystery crime novel |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton, St Martin's Press |
Publication date | 2015 |
Publication place | UK |
Pages | 386 |
ISBN | 978-1-444-79422-9 |
Preceded by | Enemies at Home |
Followed by | The Graveyard of the Hesperides [1] [2] |
Deadly Election is a 2015 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the third book in the Flavia Albia Mysteries [3] (Falco: The New Generation) series. Set in Ancient Rome, the novel stars Flavia Albia, the British-born adopted daughter of Marcus Didius Falco (the hero of the author's 20-volume Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series, published from 1989 to 2010). Albia, a widow, works as a " delatrix" (a detective or private informer) in ancient Rome, like Falco. [4] [5] [6] [7] In the UK, the book's cover carries the strapline: "A Flavia Alba Novel". [8]
The fates of two recurring characters from the Falco series (Claudius Laeta and Nothokleptes) are revealed and discussed.