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Name: The Ides Of April
Author: Lindsey Davis

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. When 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.

First publish date: 2013

Authors: Lindsey Davis

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