Lindsey Davis Audiobooks

Murder in Purple and Gold: imperial Rome and the whodunnit, welded by a Diamond Dagger winner

1 audiobook reviewed

Who is Lindsey Davis?

Lindsey Davis, born in 1949, is an English historical novelist and one of the most respected names in historical crime. Her reputation rests above all on the Falco series: detective stories set in ancient Rome and across its empire, welding the pleasures of the whodunnit to a vividly reconstructed past.

That combination is harder than it looks. Historical crime asks a writer to run two engines at once – a plot that grips and a period that convinces – and Davis has kept both running across a long career, earning the Cartier Diamond Dagger award along the way. For many readers, she is the reason the phrase ‘Roman detective’ conjures anything at all.

Lindsey Davis in audiobooks

Roman crime is a gift to audio: the mystery supplies momentum while the setting supplies a world, and the listener receives both straight into the ear. Our catalogue features Murder in Purple and Gold, a title that promises the classic Davis blend – death among the trappings of imperial wealth and status.

For UK listeners who like their mysteries with substance, Davis is a safe pair of hands: a novelist who treats the ancient world as a place where people schemed, gossiped and lied, not a museum exhibit. Murder in Purple and Gold is as good a door into her empire as any.