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There Will Be Bodies
- Author
- Lindsey Davis
- Narrator
- Jane Collingwood
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 3 April 2025
- Run Time
- 11 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Flavia Albia and her husband Tiberius Manlius are tasked with restoring one villa and identifying any surviving remains.
What they unearth is beyond disturbing. When the volcano erupted some people were left to their fate here, unable to escape. They included the previous owner, Publius Primus - laid out carefully and covered by falling ash.
Was Primus murdered? And, if so, why? Can Flavia Albia solve the mystery?
There Will Be Bodies looks beyond the well-known tragic events to what must have happened afterwards. It is the most intriguing crime novel of Lindsey Davis's long and celebrated career.
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A deliciously enjoyable yarn
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Details
- Author
- Lindsey Davis
- Narrator
- Jane Collingwood
- Duration
- 11 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 April 2025
- ISBN
- 9781399719667
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives
Synopsis
Ten years after the eruption of Vesuvius, the surrounding countryside lies buried and barren. But the destroyed cities and luxury villas on the Bay of Naples are not utterly lost.Flavia Albia and her husband Tiberius Manlius are tasked with restoring one villa and identifying any surviving remains.What they unearth is beyond disturbing. When the volcano erupted some people were left to their fate here, unable to escape. They included the previous owner, Publius Primus - laid out carefully and covered by falling ash.Was Primus murdered? And, if so, why? Can Flavia Albia solve the mystery?There Will Be Bodies looks beyond the well-known tragic events to what must have happened afterwards. It is the most intriguing crime novel of Lindsey Davis's long and celebrated career.
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