Lindsey Davis

This is the classic novel that introduced people around the world to Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer with a knack for trouble....

It's the first century AD, and Marcus Didius Falco, ancient Rome's favorite son and sometimes palace spy, has just been dealt a lousy blow from the gods....

In first century A.D. Rome, Marcus Didius Falco works as a private "informer," ferreting out hidden truths and bringing villains to ground....

A man falls to his death from the Tarpeian Rock, which overlooks the Forum from the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome. While it looks like a suicide, one witness swears that she saw it happen and that he was pushed....

Rome, AD 71. Marcus Didius Falco is desperate to leave the notorious Lautumiae prison—though being bailed out by his mother is a slight indignity....

Falco embarks on an intricate case of smuggling, murder, and treason that reaches into the palace itself....

Balbinus Pius, the most notorious gangster in Emperor Vespasian's Rome, has been convicted of a capital crime at last....

With intrigue upon intrigue swirling around the capital city, it's up to Albia to uncover what is - and isn't - the real threat....

"I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!" Petro muttered.'....

In the late August of AD 79, the inhabitants of Pompeii and Herculaneum are going about their normal business in the late summer heat....

He has no money, no reputation and no famous ancestors....

First-century Rome is not the quiet, orderly city that it pretends to be. Over on the Quirinal Hill, a naive young girl has died, and there's a suggestion that she was poisoned by a love potion....

In ancient Rome, the number of slaves was far greater than that of free citizens. As a result, often the people Romans feared most were the "enemies at home," the slaves under their own roofs....

Infamia, the pen name of the gossip columnist for the Daily Gazette, has gone missing, and his fellow scribes have employed Falco to bring him back....

Four novella-length stories written to illuminate Lindsey Davis's unparalleled output of the last 30 years, with an introduction written and narrated by the author....

It's 76 A.D. during the reign of Vespasian and the Roman festival of Saturnalia is getting underway. The days are short; the nights are for wild parties. But not for "informer" Marcus Didius Falco....

Nothing's certain except death and taxes. Catching tax evaders for Emperor Vespasian looks like a plum position for Marcus Didius Falco, who has teamed up with his old boss, Anacrites....

Marcus Didius Falco ventures into a new arena, the publishing world of AD 74, to prove that ars longa, vita brevis - and murder is timeless....

It's AD 76, during the reign of Vespasian, and Marcus Didius Falco has achieved much in his life. He's joined the equestrian rank....

I was just a freelance hero doing his best in a hard world....