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Death on the Tiber
Death on the Tiber is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the twelfth in her Flavia Albia series.[1][2] It was published in the UK on 4 April 2024 by Hodder & Stoughton (ISBN 978-1399719612)[3] and in the United States on 23 July 2024 by Minotaur Books (ISBN 978-1250799906).[4] The book is set in Rome and Ostia in AD 90.[5]: xi The list of characters includes Marcus Didio Falco ("one-time hero; has he still got it?") and Helena Justina ("his wife, an absoluter heroine") from the Falco series, vigiles from seven cohorts, and members of five underworld gangs.[5]: xiii–xvii Davis has said that the plot involves a corpse dredged out of the Tiber, the "ever-warring gangster community", "the failings of the various public bodies who are supposed to tackle crime and threats to the community" and "a very elaborate joke about crime writing".[6] The book refers to events from Davis's earlier book The Jupiter Myth. The cover of the first UK hardback edition shows a barnacle-encrusted vase on a river-bed with blood flowing out of it.[3] The cover of the first American edition shows a woman looking over the Tiber.[4] References
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