''Deadly Election'' is a 2015

historical mystery The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time period considered historical from the author's perspective, and the central plot involves th ...

crime novel Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a profession ...

Lindsey Davis Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire. She is a recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger award. Life and career ...

and the third book in the Flavia Albia Mysteries (Falco: The New Generation) series. Set in

Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...

, 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. In the UK, the book's cover carries the strapline: "A Flavia Alba Novel".

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.

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''Deadly Election''
on Lindsey Davis' website Novels set in ancient Rome British historical novels Flavia Albia novels Hodder & Stoughton books 2015 British novels Novels set in the 1st century Historical crime novels {{2010s-crime-novel-stub