Deadly Election
2015 historical crime novel by Lindsey Davis
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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.[4][5][6] 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.[7][8][9][10] In the UK, the book's cover carries the strapline: "A Flavia Alba Novel".[11]
Front cover of UK hardback | |
| Author | Lindsey Davis |
|---|---|
| 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] |
Connections to the Falco series
The fates of two recurring characters from the Falco series (Claudius Laeta and Nothokleptes) are revealed and discussed.
- By the time Albia meets Laeta, he is a dying man and soon passes on.
- Nothokleptes is revealed to have gone senile; his business is now managed by his son.
