Lindsey Davis

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

Marcus Didius Falco

Flavia Albia

Works by Lindsey Davis

Popular Recent

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 Graveyard of the Hesperides (2016) 187 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

Falco: The Official Companion (2010) 90 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

The Iron Hand of Mars [BBC Drama] (2007) 9 copies

Venus in Copper [BBC Drama] (2006) 9 copies

Poseidon's Gold [BBC Drama] (2009) 8 copies

Falco: The Complete BBC Radio Collection: Five Full-Cast Dramatisations (2018) — Author — 7 copies

Shadows in Bronze [BBC Drama] (2005) — Original author — 4 copies

Death on the Tiber: 12 (Flavia Albia) (2024) 3 copies

Voices of Rome: Four Stories of Ancient Rome (2023) 3 copies

The descent to Avernus, with ticket office 2 copies

Something Spooky on Geophys 1 copy

Cesta ctnosti 1 copy

Le miniere dell'imperatore 1 copy

The Silver Pigs / Shadows in Bronze (1993) 1 copy

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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

The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years (2001) — Contributor — 68 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

A Love Letter to Europe: An Outpouring of Sadness and Hope (2019) — Contributor — 5 copies

Poseidon's Gold | Less Than Meets the Eye | The Mamur Zapt and the Girl in the Nile — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Other names: DAVIS, Lindsey
Birthdate: 1949
Gender: female
Nationality: UK
Country (for map): UK
Birthplace: Birmingham, England, UK
Places of residence: Greenwich, London, England, UK
Education: University of Oxford (Lady Margaret Hall)
Occupations: civil servant
writer
Organizations: Crime Writers' Association (CWA)
Classical Association
Awards and honors: Sherlock Award for Best Comic Detective (2000)
Crimewriters' Association Dagger in the Library (1995)
Herodotus Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Historical Mysteries (2000)
Cartier Diamond Dagger (2011)
Agent: Heather Jeeves (Heather Jeeves Literary Agency)

Members

Discussions

Lindsay Davis in Historical Mysteries (December 2015)

Reviews

Poseidon's Gold: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery by Lindsey Davis

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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The Iron Hand Of Mars by Lindsey Davis

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.… (more)

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pierthinker | 26 other reviews | Nov 21, 2023 |