Deadly Election

Deadly Election is a 2015 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the third book in the Flavia Albia Mysteries^[3] (Falco: The New Generation) series.^[4][5][6] Set in Ancient Rome, the novel stars Flavia Albia, the British-born adopted daughter of Marcus Didius Falco (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.^{[7][8][9][10]} In the UK, the book's cover carries the strapline: "A Flavia Alba Novel".^[11]

Deadly Election

Front cover of UK hardback
Author	Lindsey Davis
Series	Flavia Albia (Falco: The New Generation)
Genre	historical mystery crime novel
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton, St Martin's Press
Publication date	2015
Publication place	UK
Pages	386
ISBN	978-1-444-79422-9
Preceded by	Enemies at Home
Followed by	The Graveyard of the Hesperides[1][2]

Connections to the Falco series

The fates of two recurring characters from the Falco series (Claudius Laeta and Nothokleptes) are revealed and discussed.

• By the time Albia meets Laeta, he is a dying man and soon passes on.
• Nothokleptes is revealed to have gone senile; his business is now managed by his son.