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Loading... The Ides of April: Falco: The New Generation (Flavia Albia, Book 1) (edition 2013)by Lindsey Davis (Author), Lucy Brown (Narrator), Hodder & Stoughton (Publisher)
Work InformationThe Ides of April by Lindsey Davis
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I thought I might like this series, but unfortunately, it became overwhelmingly boring. I was listening to the audio audiobook but kept having to rewind as my mind was wandering. DNF at about 46%... just too tedious. ( ) Full review can be found here https://nordie.wordpress.com/2018/07/18/book-review-the-ides-of-april-by-lindsey... The book is set in Rome in 89AD. The author's first series was based on the experinces of Marcus Didius Falco, an investigtor. This book is the first in a second series based on the experiences of his adopted daughter, Flavia Albi, who as a young widow has taken up her father's line of work. When a client dies unexpectedly Flavia is asked by the client's son-in-law to investigate the death. Told in first person we get all the ire of Flavia as a woman plying a trade and as an outsider born in Britian. Having learned from her father, she is clever and knows the tricks of the trade. Her character is determined and reckless bordering on foolish. Those make her an intersting character though I think the recklessness sometimes overdone. The mystery itself is good enough and the setting adds to the interest. The one problem I have is that I don't like Flavia! I was thinking halfway through that this was just an exercise in nostalgia. I thought Flavia Albia's delusion was heavy handed. Then I liked the last half of the book better. I'll try the next one (in a couple of years, oy!). Hard not to yearn for more Falco/Helena content. Flavia Albia's voice is not as punchy or entertaining as Falco's thus far. The premise seems even more far fetched.
"Thankfully, though – and as ever with a Davis novel – the narration of these horrors is done so delightfully that the final impression is curiously warm and uplifting." Belongs to SeriesFlavia Albia (1)
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HTML: Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of Marcus Didius Falco and Helena Justina. From her mother, she learned how to blend in at all levels of society; from her father, she learned the tricks of their mutual professional trade. But her wits and (frequently) sharp tongue are hers alone. Now, working as a private informer in Rome during the reign of Domitian, Flavia has taken over her father's old ramshackle digs at Fountain Court in the Surbura district, where she plies her trade with energy, determination, and the usual Falco luck. Recently hired to help investigate a fatal accident, she finds herself stuck with a truly awful person for a client and facing a well-heeled, well-connected opponent. That is, until her client unexpectedly dies under what might be called "suspicious circumstances." While this is not a huge loss for society, it is a loss for Flavia Albia's pocket. Even worse, it's just one of a series of similar deaths for which she now finds herself under suspicion. Before things go from abysmal to worse, Flavia must sort out what is happening, and who is responsible. .No library descriptions found. |
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