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The ides of April / by Lindsey Davis.
- Title
- The ides of April / by Lindsey Davis.
- Author
- Davis, Lindsey
- Publication
- London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2013.
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- Description
- 355 p. : map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of a famous investigating family. In defiance of tradition, she lives alone on the colourful Aventine Hill, and battles out a solo career in a male-dominated world. As a woman and an outsider, Albia has special insight into the best, and worst, of life in ancient Rome. When a female client dies in mysterious circumstances, Albia investigates and discovers there have been many other strange deaths all over the city, yet she is warned off by the authorities.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- History
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Albia Falco, daughter of the celebrated private investigator Marcus Didius Falco, is living a reclusive life. As a widow in ancient Rome, she possesses status, mystery, independence. When a local woman dies unexpectedly, Albia's suspicions are aroused -- her conviction that the death was in fact murder soon becomes confirmed as mayhem erupts on the streets of Rome. Unable to resist pursuing the killer, Albia becomes caught in a web of personal betrayal, emotional deceit and psychological duplicity.
- ISBN
- 9781444755817 (hbk.)
- 1444755811 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 822959728
- SCSB-11403004
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library