Desperate Undertaking
2022 historical crime novel by Lindsey Davis
9781529354713
Desperate Undertaking is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the tenth in her Flavia Albia series. It was published in the UK on 7 April 2022 by Hodder & Stoughton (ISBN 9781529354713)[1] and in the United States on 27 July 2022 by Minotaur Books (ISBN 9781250799883).[2]
The tale is set in Rome in late December 89 AD, set in and around the Field of Mars, and involving murders among the theatrical community.[1][3] It is divided into parts, of varying lengths, with titles "Laureolus", "Pasiphae", "Oedipus Rex", "Medea", "Selurus the bandit king of Sicily", "Orpheus or possibly Daedalus", "Aeschylus", "Jason" and "The Girl from Londinium".[4]
The cover of the first UK hardback edition shows a damaged bas-relief carving of a seated man contemplating a theatrical mask which he holds in his outstretched hand.[1] The image is of part of "Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy, 1st century B.C.–early 1st century A.D.", held by the Princeton University Art Museum.[5] The American cover shows a girl in a white and purple tunic looking towards a Roman theatre while clutching a large dagger.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Desperate Undertaking. Hodder & Stoughton. 6 October 2021. ISBN 9781529354713. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Desperate Undertaking". Macmillan. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Desperate Undertaking". Lindsey Davis. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Davis, Lindsey (2022). Desperate Undertaking. Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 1, 77, 181, 277, 311, 355, 375, 389, 399. ISBN 9781529354713.
- ^ "Relief of a seated poet (Menander) with masks of New Comedy (y1951-1)". artmuseum.princeton.edu. Retrieved 10 April 2022. Identified in an acknowledgement on the dustjacket
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Marcus Didius Falco and Flavia Albia series by Lindsey Davis
- The Silver Pigs (1989)
- Shadows in Bronze (1990)
- Venus in Copper (1991)
- The Iron Hand of Mars (1992)
- Poseidon's Gold (1993)
- Last Act in Palmyra (1994)
- Time to Depart (1995)
- A Dying Light in Corduba (1996)
- Three Hands in the Fountain (1997)
- Two for the Lions (1998)
- One Virgin Too Many (1999)
- Ode to a Banker (2000)
- A Body in the Bath House (2001)
- The Jupiter Myth (2002)
- The Accusers (2003)
- Scandal Takes a Holiday (2004)
- See Delphi and Die (2005)
- Saturnalia (2007)
- Alexandria (2009)
- Nemesis (2010)
- The Ides of April (2013)
- Enemies at Home (2014)
- Deadly Election (2015)
- The Graveyard of the Hesperides (2016)
- The Third Nero (2017)
- Pandora's Boy (2018)
- A Capitol Death (2019)
- The Grove of the Caesars (2020)
- A Comedy of Terrors (2021)
- Desperate Undertaking (2022)
- Fatal Legacy (2023)
- Death on the Tiber (2024)
- The Course of Honour (1997)
- Falco: The Official Companion (2010)
- Master and God (2012)
- "The Spook Who Spoke Again" (2015)
- "Vesuvius By Night" (2017)
- "Invitation to Die" (2019)
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