Best Lindsey Davis Books

A gruesome discovery in Rome's fountain—a severed female hand—plunges Marcus Didius Falco into a terrifying investigation of the city's water supply.

Imperial spy Marcus Didius Falco's homecoming to his overbearing mother's house becomes complicated when his long-lost father's past resurfaces with deadly consequences.

Falco investigates a flame-haired widow whose wealthy husbands have unfortunate accidents, involving snake charmers and suspicious ex-slaves. Davis mines ancient Rome for dark comedy while delivering genuine mystery thrills.

Imperial investigator Falco infiltrates Germania to locate a disappeared Roman general and dangerous Druid priestess. Davis blends historical detail with detective fiction brilliantly.

Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco gets promoted to Keeper of Sacred Geese and immediately stumbles into the deadly world of temple politics.

When Rome's worst gangster exploits legal loopholes to escape execution through exile, every hood in the city scrambles for his territory. Falco faces an unprecedented crime wave in Emperor Vespasian's Rome.

Marcus Didius Falco seeks networking opportunities at an olive oil producers' dinner, but two beaten guests—one dead—drag him into another Roman mystery. Ancient detective work with authentic historical detail.

Falco's mission to find a vanished water organist leads him into the dangerous politics of Petra, where Roman spies play deadly games.

Stuck in dreary Londinium, Roman detective Falco must solve a nobleman's murder before he can escape back to civilized Rome — if the British beer doesn't kill him first.

Roman detective Marcus Didius Falco works the Emperor's census to earn middle-class status, but a murdered gladiatorial lion pulls him into a deadlier investigation.

Falco's social climbing hits a snag when he finds a body under his new bathhouse, leading him to Roman Britain where the contractors have fled. Davis balances domestic concerns with murder mystery against her richly detailed historical backdrop.

Private informer Marcus Didius Falco stumbles into a silver smuggling conspiracy that threatens the Roman Empire in this atmospheric debut mixing detective work with historical detail.

Marcus Didius Falco's poetry reading turns deadly when a wealthy Greek banker offering publication deals ends up murdered, mixing literary ambition with Roman intrigue.

Marcus Didius Falco hunts for Rome's most notorious scandal sheet writer, whose disappearance could mean vacation, bribery, or the ultimate consequence of exposing the wrong secret.

Falco discovers how Roman justice rewarded prosecutors with their victims' wealth, turning a senator's suspicious suicide into a case about greed disguised as law.