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Lindsey Davis

Author of The Silver Pigs

54+ Works 23,564 Members 648 Reviews 99 Favorited

About the Author

Lindsey Davis lives in London, England. (Publisher Provided) Lindsey Davis was born in Birmingham, England in 1949. She earned her English degree at Oxford. Her published works include The Course of Honour and The Silver Pigs, the first in the Falco series which won the Authors' Club Best First show more Novel award in 1989. In 1999 she received the Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective for her creation, Marcus Didius Falco. (Publisher Provided) show less
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Series

Works by Lindsey Davis

The Silver Pigs (1989) 2,351 copies
Shadows in Bronze (1990) 1,395 copies
Venus in Copper (1990) 1,224 copies
The Iron Hand of Mars (1989) 1,159 copies
Last Act in Palmyra (1994) 1,038 copies
A Dying Light in Corduba (1996) 1,016 copies
Poseidon's Gold (1992) 1,007 copies
Two for the Lions (1998) 1,007 copies
Three Hands in the Fountain (1997) 990 copies
Time to Depart (1995) 988 copies
A Body in the Bath House (2001) 927 copies
One Virgin Too Many (1999) 917 copies
The Jupiter Myth (2002) 885 copies
Scandal Takes a Holiday (2004) 875 copies
See Delphi and Die (2006) 867 copies
Ode to a Banker (2000) 861 copies
Saturnalia (2007) 820 copies
The Accusers (2003) 794 copies
Alexandria (2009) 671 copies
The Course of Honour (1997) 616 copies
Nemesis (2010) 516 copies
The Ides of April (2013) 430 copies
Enemies at Home (2014) 259 copies
Deadly Election (2015) 224 copies
Rebels and Traitors (2009) 223 copies
Master and God (2012) 197 copies
The Third Nero (2017) 161 copies
Pandora's Boy (2018) 152 copies
A Capitol Death (2019) 118 copies
The Grove of the Caesars (2020) 103 copies
A Comedy of Terrors (2021) 94 copies
Desperate Undertaking (2022) 71 copies
Falco on His Metal (1999) 68 copies
The Spook Who Spoke Again (2015) 55 copies
Fatal Legacy (2023) 35 copies
Falco on the Loose (2003) 29 copies
Invitation to Die (2019) 28 copies
A Cruel Fate (2014) 26 copies
Vesuvius by Night (2017) 25 copies
The Silver Pigs [BBC Drama] (2005) 16 copies
Shadows in Bronze [BBC Drama] (2005) — Original author — 4 copies

Associated Works

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759) — Foreword, some editions — 7,612 copies
Count Belisarius (1938) — Introduction, some editions — 999 copies
Classical Whodunits (1996) — Contributor, some editions — 185 copies
The Best British Mysteries 2005 (2005) — Contributor — 123 copies
Past Poisons (2005) — Contributor — 110 copies
Malice Domestic 6 (1997) — Contributor — 90 copies
The Detection Collection (2005) — Contributor — 74 copies
Murder Through the Ages (2000) — Contributor — 54 copies
Mysterious Pleasures (2003) — Contributor — 33 copies
Perfectly Criminal (1996) — Contributor — 23 copies
Deadly Pleasures (2013) — Contributor — 18 copies
Crime in the City (2004) — Foreword — 9 copies

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Lindsay Davis in Historical Mysteries (December 2015)

Reviews

An excellent entry in this series featuring Marcus Didius Falco. We meet his father, finally, and learn about him and about Marcus's brother Festus, late of the Judean wars and not always the golden-haired boy everyone seems to think he was. The plot is complex but comprehensible, involving imports from Greece, the terrors of slavery, and with a few delightful twists at the end.
 
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ffortsa | 19 other reviews | Nov 27, 2023 |
Marcus Didius Falco is an imperial agent on a mission to Germany in AD 71 to find a legion commander whose loyalty to the emperor may be suspect. His only support is a ragtag bunch of Roman recruits and they embittered centurion. Ahead lie the hordes of Celtic barbarians.

This is an excellent addition to the Falco series of murder mysteries set against the backdrop of imperial Rome. Here, Falco is despatched to the ends of the empire to save the emperor from possible rebellion. As always, Falco has that cynical, world-weary approach to life that makes him the most perceptive of detectives.

Davis writes extremely well - great plotting, strong characters and a narrative drive that makes reading a joy. Highly recommended.
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Statistics

Works
54
Also by
15
Members
23,564
Popularity
#891
Rating
3.8
Reviews
648
ISBNs
931
Languages
12
Favorited
99
About
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