Ides of April : Falco : The New Generation

Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of a famous investigating family In defiance of tradition. she lives alone on the colourful Aventine Hill. and battles out a solo career in a male-dominated world. As a woman and an outsider. Albia has special insight into the best. and worst. of life in ancient Rome.A female client dies in mysterious circumstances. Albia investigates and discovers there have been many other strange deaths all over the city. yet she is warned off by the authorities. The vigils are incompetent. The local magistrate is otherwise engaged. organising the Games of Ceres. notorious for its ancient fox-burning ritual. Even Albia herself is preoccupied with a new love affair: Andronicus. an attractive archivist. offers all that a love-starved young widow can want. even thoug...