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| Deadly Election | |
| Author: | Lindsey Davis |
| Country: | UK |
| Genre: | historical mystery crime novel |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Publisher2: | St Martin's Press |
| Pub Date: | 2015 |
| Pages: | 386 |
| Isbn: | 978-1-444-79422-9 |
| Preceded By: | Enemies at Home |
| Followed By: | The Graveyard of the Hesperides[1] [2] |
Deadly Election is a 2015 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the third book in the Flavia Albia Mysteries[3] (Falco: The New Generation) series. Set in Ancient Rome, the novel stars Flavia Albia, the British-born adopted daughter of Marcus Didius Falco (the hero of the author's 20-volume Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series, published from 1989 to 2010). Albia, a widow, works as a "delatrix" (a detective or private informer) in ancient Rome, like Falco.[4] [5] [6] [7] In the UK, the book's cover carries the strapline: "A Flavia Alba Novel".[8]
The fates of two recurring characters from the Falco series (Claudius Laeta and Nothokleptes) are revealed and discussed.