| Pandora's Boy | |
| Author: | Lindsey Davis |
| Country: | UK |
| Series: | Flavia Albia |
| Genre: | Historical fiction, crime fiction |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Publisher2: | St. Martin's Press |
| Pub Date: | 5 April 2018 |
| Media Type: | Print, e-book, audiobook, large print |
| Pages: | 398 |
| Isbn: | 978-1-4736-5863-9 |
| Preceded By: | The Third Nero |
| Followed By: | A Capitol Death |
Pandora's Boy is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the sixth[1] in her Flavia Albia series. It was published by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK on 5 April 2018, and in the United States in 2018 by St. Martin's Press.[2] [3]
The tale involves the death of a young girl and during her investigation Albia "has to contend with the occult, organised crime, an unusual fertility symbol, and celebrity dining"; the Pandora of the title is a local witch. The story begins in October AD 89 and is set in Rome, on the Quirinal Hill.[4]
The first edition cover of the UK hardback shows a cracked blue glass bird credited as "vessel shaped like bird" from the Corning Museum of Glass.