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October 28, 2023

REVIEW: The Beacon at Alexandria by Gillian Bradshaw

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads4th Century / ancient-Egypt / ancient-Rome / Byzantine Empire / chick-in-pants / Egypt / European-Historical / female doctor / Historical / religion9 Comments

Recommended Read

I’m reposting this review as I’ve just discovered that the book has finally been released digitally! Hopefully it’s a sign that more of Bradshaw’s older books will become digitally available soon. In the Fourth Century A.D., independent and determined young Charis is forbidden to become a doctor because she is ... more >

July 21, 2023

REVIEW: Fatal Legacy by Lindsey Davis

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / dysfunctional family / estranged family / family relationships / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / historical mystery / inheritance laws / Private-investigator2 Comments

In first century Rome, Flavia Albia takes on an easy case that soon proves to be anything but as, at every turn, bodies —old and new — dog her path. Flavia Albia, daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken over her father’s business as a private informer. She only has ... more >

July 27, 2022

REVIEW: Desperate Undertaking by Lindsey Davis

JayneBook Reviewsactors / ancient-Rome / female detectives / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / Historical / historical mystery / murder mystery / murder-investigation / Private-investigatorComments Off on REVIEW: Desperate Undertaking by Lindsey Davis

In Lindsey Davis’s next book in the beloved Flavia Albia Series, Desperate Undertaking, a mad killer (or killers!) is strewing bodies around in the most gruesome of manners and, true to form, it is up to Flavia Albia to determine what is really going on and stop this bacchanal of ... more >

July 27, 2021

REVIEW: A Comedy of Terrors by Lindsey Davis

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / family relationships / female detectives / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / Historical / historical mystery / murder mystery / murder-investigation / organized crime / Private-investigator6 Comments

In Rome, 89 A.D., poisonings, murders, and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the festival of Saturnalia, and when her husband, Tiberius, becomes a target, it’s time for Flavia Albia to take matters into her own hands — in Lindsey Davis’s next historical mystery, A Comedy of ... more >

July 28, 2020

REVIEW: The Grove of the Caesars by Lindsey Davis

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Rome / family relationships / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / forgery / Historical / murder mystery / murder-investigation / police procedural / Private-investigator / Rape2 Comments

In the sacred grove of Julius Caesar, something deadly stirs in the undergrowth—a serial killer, who haunted the gardens for years, has claimed another victim— 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 ... more >

January 24, 2020

REVIEW: A Capitol Death by Lindsey Davis

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsancient-Rome / First-Person / Flavia Albia series / Historical / murder mystery / murder-investigation / Private-investigatorComments Off on REVIEW: A Capitol Death by Lindsey Davis

In Rome, ruled by the erratic Emperor Domitian, Flavia Albia is dragged into the worst sort of investigation—a politically charged murder—in Lindsey Davis’s next historical mystery, A Capitol Death. A man falls to his death from the Tarpeian Rock, which overlooks the Forum in the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome. ... more >

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