Murder in purple and gold

When Flavia Albia stumbles upon the murdered corpse of a young man near Rome's famous Circus Maximus, she is about to embark on one of her most dangerous and complicated cases. Rome and the Romans are obsessed with chariot racing. Lepo was the rising star of the Purples, a new team created by the ps...

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Main Author: Davis, Lindsey (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Severn House, 2026.
Edition:First US edition.
Series:Davis, Lindsey. Flavia Albia mystery ; 14.
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Summary:When Flavia Albia stumbles upon the murdered corpse of a young man near Rome's famous Circus Maximus, she is about to embark on one of her most dangerous and complicated cases. Rome and the Romans are obsessed with chariot racing. Lepo was the rising star of the Purples, a new team created by the psychotic Emperor Domitian with big money backing. Suspicion immediately falls on Lepo's greatest rival, Agathon, a young man emerging from a rival team, the Golds. Convinced of his guilt, a lynch mob is hunting him. The Golds faction hire Flavia to clear their man's name. He appears to have an alibi for the night of the murder but, as Flavia soon finds out, nothing is as it seems in the dangerous and glamorous world of the charioteers in which fortunes can be won or lost in seconds and violent death in the arena is always just one race away.
Physical Description:xiii, 368 pages : map ; 23 cm.
ISBN:9781448320790
1448320798
Author Notes:Past chair of the Crimewriter's Association and a Vice President of the Council of the UK Society of Authors, Lindsey Davis has won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger, the Dagger in the Library and a Sherlock award for the Best Comic Detective. She has also been awarded the Premio Colosseo for enhancing the image of Rome, and the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement as a mystery writer. Her books have been translated into many languages and serialised on BBC Radio 4. She was born in Birmingham and now lives there.