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Deadly Election

By: Lindsey Davis
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
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In the blazing July heat of imperial Rome, Flavia Albia inspects a decomposing corpse. It has been discovered in lots to be auctioned by her family business, so she's determined to identify the dead man and learn how he met his gruesome end.

The investigation will give her a chance to work with the magistrate, Manlius Faustus, the friend she sadly knows to be the last chaste man in Rome. But he's got other concerns than her anonymous corpse. It's election time and with democracy for sale at Domitian's court, tension has come to a head. Faustus is acting as an agent for a 'good husband and father', whose traditional family values are being called into question. Even more disreputable are his rivals, whom Faustus wants Albia to discredit.

As Albia's and Faustus' professional and personal partnership deepens they have to accept that, for others, obsession can turn sour, and become a deadly strain that leads, tragically, to murder.

(P)2015 Hodder & Stoughton©2015 Lindsey Davis Fiction Historical Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Detective Rome
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Davis blends wit and research with a cracking plot. (Saturday Review)
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I loved the Falco books, and the Albia books are just as wonderful although quite different in tone. The strong stories are matched with strong characters. They are so familiar, it's like catching up with family. My only quibble is the narrator made Petro sound like a pompous old fox-hunting fool.

The characters in these books are like members of

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I have loved all three in this series so far. I sincerely hope that there will be more to follow. I also really want to visit Rome and to try and find some of the places mentioned. the stories really bring ancient Rome to life.

brilliant

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I liked this narrator better than Lucy Brown who is frankly too giggly for my idea of Albia, not wonderful for Tiberius and I never saw Petro as an upper class twit but had Albia down to a 'T'

A more dry and wry narrator

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What did you like most about Deadly Election?

The combination of character development against the background of another fascinating exploration of an aspect of Roman life

What did you like best about this story?

Faustus showing a wider range of personal traits and character

Have you listened to any of Jane Collingwood’s other performances? How does this one compare?

No

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I was very pleased with the end, which left me smiling and looking forward to the next instalment

Any additional comments?

The Falco books, and now the Albia books, provide a fountain of listening pleasure - I never get sick of listening to any of them, time after time; always appreciating the excellent story arc that has been created to accurately explore the fascinating world of ancient Rome through the medium of historical fiction.

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another cracking tale, lots of interesting historical background, some great characters in the developing saga of Flavia Alba. very competently read, too. great story for lovers of the genre.

excellent installment in the series.

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