Death on the Tiber
2024 historical crime novel by Lindsey Davis
978-1399719612
Death on the Tiber is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the twelfth in her Flavia Albia series. It was published in the UK on 4 April 2024 by Hodder & Stoughton (ISBN 978-1399719612)[1] and in the United States on 23 July 2024 by Minotaur Books (ISBN 978-1250799906).[2]
The book is set in Rome and Ostia in AD 90.[3]: xi The list of characters includes Marcus Didio Falco ("one-time hero; has he still got it?") and Helena Justina ("his wife, an absoluter heroine") from the Falco series, vigiles from seven cohorts, and members of five underworld gangs.[3]: xiii–xvii Davis has said that the plot involves a corpse dredged out of the Tiber, the "ever-warring gangster community", "the failings of the various public bodies who are supposed to tackle crime and threats to the community" and "a very elaborate joke about crime writing".[4]
The book refers to events from Davis's earlier book The Jupiter Myth.
The cover of the first UK hardback edition shows a barnacle-encrusted vase on a river-bed with blood flowing out of it.[1] The cover of the first American edition shows a woman looking over the Tiber.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Death on the Tiber [publisher's announcement]". Hoder & Stoughton. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Fatal Legacy [publisher's announcement]". Macmillan. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ a b Davis, Lindsey (2024). Death on the Tiber. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1399719612.
- ^ "Death on the Tiber". Lindsey Davis. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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Marcus Didius Falco and Flavia Albia series by Lindsey Davis
- The Silver Pigs (1989)
- Shadows in Bronze (1990)
- Venus in Copper (1991)
- The Iron Hand of Mars (1992)
- Poseidon's Gold (1993)
- Last Act in Palmyra (1994)
- Time to Depart (1995)
- A Dying Light in Corduba (1996)
- Three Hands in the Fountain (1997)
- Two for the Lions (1998)
- One Virgin Too Many (1999)
- Ode to a Banker (2000)
- A Body in the Bath House (2001)
- The Jupiter Myth (2002)
- The Accusers (2003)
- Scandal Takes a Holiday (2004)
- See Delphi and Die (2005)
- Saturnalia (2007)
- Alexandria (2009)
- Nemesis (2010)
- The Ides of April (2013)
- Enemies at Home (2014)
- Deadly Election (2015)
- The Graveyard of the Hesperides (2016)
- The Third Nero (2017)
- Pandora's Boy (2018)
- A Capitol Death (2019)
- The Grove of the Caesars (2020)
- A Comedy of Terrors (2021)
- Desperate Undertaking (2022)
- Fatal Legacy (2023)
- Death on the Tiber (2024)
- The Course of Honour (1997)
- Falco: The Official Companion (2010)
- Master and God (2012)
- "The Spook Who Spoke Again" (2015)
- "Vesuvius By Night" (2017)
- "Invitation to Die" (2019)
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