Description: Lindsay Davis The Ides of April 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.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. The vigils are incompetent. The local magistrate is otherwise engaged, organising the Games of Ceres, notorious for its ancient fox-burning ritual. Even Albia herself is preoccupied with a new love affair: Andronicus, an attractive archivist, offers all that a love-starved young widow can want, even though she knows better than to take him home to meet the parents...As the festival progresses, her neighbourhood descends into mayhem and becomes the heartless killer's territory. While Albia and her allies search for him, he stalks them through familiar byways and brings murder ever closer to home.Signed by Lindsey Davis to the title pageA fine, unread copy of a first edition, first impression hardback in a fine, unclipped dustjacket published - Hodder & Stoughton, 2013 all books are swathed in biodegradable bubble wrap and mailed in custom made book boxes to ensure safe delivery
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Binding: Hardback
Author: Lindsey Davis
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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