Desperate Undertaking

A Flavia Albia Novel (Flavia Albia Series, Book 10)

By: Lindsey Davis

Narrated by: Jane Collingwood

"The clear, sometimes biting voice of narrator Jane Collingwood delivers the tenth installment of the Flavia Albia mystery series, set in Imperial Rome. Many characters make appearances, and Collingwood manages to bring them to life despite the nearly two millennia that separate them from listeners." - AudioFile on Desperate Undertaking

In Lindsey Davis's next audiobook 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 death.

In the first century, under Domitian's reign, strange and brutal goings on are nothing new in Rome. Flavia Albia, daughter of Marcus Didius Falco, has taken over her father's business as a private informer but she tries to shy away from the brutal, the complicated, and the political—because nothing good comes of any of them. Unfortunately, she's not very good at turning them down.

This time a commission shows up on her doorstep—someone is staging brutal murders in some of the most beautiful buildings in Rome, each staging different. So far, the only clue was the phrase that one survivor managed to croak, "The undertaker did it..." With little to go on and bodies starting to pile up, Albia has to unravel the strangest mystery of her career in short order if she's to stop this dismaying orgy of murder.

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

©2022 Lindsey Davis (P)2022 Macmillan Audio

Lindsey’s Best!

Of all her books and I have read/listened to so many of her books, this truly was the most captivating. But to best enjoy it, you truly need Falco and Albia’s back stories.

Another rousing mystery of ancient Rome

I really love this series. This particular entry is a bit more harrowing than earlier ones, but entertaining and satisfying as a mystery as well as multiple characters study. Davis really knows her topic.

Keep up the good work

Albia and her families are excellent, I just kept getting dust in my eyes towards the end.