''The Graveyard of the Hesperides'' is a 2016
historical mystery crime novel
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, ...
by
Lindsey Davis and the fourth book in the
Flavia Albia (Falco: The New Generation) Mysteries series. (It will be published in the UK on 14 April 2016, by
Hodder & Stoughton
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History
Early history
The firm has its origins in the 1840s, with Matthew Hodder's employment, aged 14, with Messrs ...
,
and in the US in July 2016, under the title ''Graveyard of the Hesperides'' (omitting the initial "The"), by
St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press is a book publisher headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, in the Equitable Building. St. Martin's Press is considered one of the largest English-language publishers, bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under si ...
.
) The novel stars
Flavia Albia
Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire. She is a recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger award.
Life and career
...
, the British-born adopted daughter of
Marcus Didius Falco
Lindsey Davis (born 1949) is an English historical novelist, best known as the author of the Falco series of historical crime stories set in ancient Rome and its empire. She is a recipient of the Cartier Diamond Dagger award.
Life and career
...
(the hero of the author's 20-volume Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series, published from 1989 to 2010). Albia, a widow, works as a "
delatrix" (a detective or private informer) in ancient Rome, like Falco.
The cover of the UK hardback edition has an image of a golden apple with a silver leaf, resting on a marble surface with a few drops of what appears to be blood, and it carries the strapline: "A Flavia Albia Novel".
The American hardback edition has a colourful image of a woman walking away between classical columns.
The plot features
sex workers,
bones,
wedding planners and
lentils.
[Sourced from reading of the newly-published book.]
In
Greek mythology, the
Garden of the Hesperides is the garden of the goddess
Hera
In ancient Greek religion, Hera (; grc-gre, Ἥρα, Hḗrā; grc, Ἥρη, Hḗrē, label=none in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. In Greek mythology, she ...
in which grew
golden apples, including that which started the
Trojan War. In this novel, it is also the name of a run-down bar in
ancient Rome, which Flavia's lover Manlius Faustus starts to renovate until human remains are found in the garden.
References
External links
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Novels set in ancient Rome
British historical novels
Flavia Albia novels
Hodder & Stoughton books
2016 British novels
Novels set in the 1st century
Historical crime novels