Lindsey Davis: The Grove of the Caesars (UK 2020) From the Publisher: At the feet of her adoptive father, renowned private informer Marcus Didius Falco, Flavia Albia learned a number of important rules. First and foremost -- always keep one's distance from the palace, nothing good comes from that direction. But right behind it -- murder is the business of the Vigiles, best to leave them to it. Having broken the first rule more often than she'd like, it's no surprise to anyone when she finds herself breaking the second one. The public gardens named after the Caesars is a place nice girls are warned away from and when a series of bodies are uncovered, it seems that a serial killer has been haunting the grove for years. The case is assigned to one Julius Karus, a cohort of the Vigiles, but Albia is convinced that nothing will come of his efforts. Out of sympathy for the dead women and their grieving relatives, Albia decides to work with the vile Karus and bring the serial killer to justice. Lindsey Davis: The Grove of the Caesars. A Flavia Albia Novel. Minotaur Books, ISBN: 9781250241566 (Juli, 2020), 336 p., £$27.99, eBook $14.99.
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Lindsey Davis: The Grove of the Caesars (UK 2020) From the Publisher: Someone has buried tattered scrolls here, by unreadable ancient philosophers. Hardly has she taken an interest in what looks like book collecting fraud, when far worse happens. A present evil stirs in the undergrowth. A man holds a birthday party that goes terribly wrong, exposing a long series of neglected crimes. Albia learns that a serial killer has haunted the gardens and grove for years targeting women. It isn't her place to investigate; that's the job of a dubious vigiles cohort, beefed up by the sinister imperial agent, Julius Karus who she thinks is vile. But sympathy for the dead women and their grieving relatives resonates with Albia. Even if she has to work with Karus, nothing will stop her until the serial killer in the sacred grove is at last caught and brought to justice. Lindsey Davis: The Grove of the Caesars. A Flavia Albia Novel. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781529374247 (April, 2020), 400 p., £20.00, eBook £13.99.
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