Murder in Purple and Gold – the 14th entry in Lindsey Davis’ Beloved Flavia Albia series of historical crime novels – is out now in some countries… but not others.
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Where to read Murder in Purple and Gold online now
Lindsey Davis’s historical mystery is available as an e-book from Bookshop for £12.99 and from Hachette for £22, from Indigo for CA$22.99, and from Booktopia for AU$15.99.
It is also available in both e-book and audiobook formats from Amazon for £12.99/CA$21.99/AU$15.99.
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What is Murder in Purple and Gold about?
If you thought sports washing was a modern concept, Murder in purple and goldthe 14th entry in Lindsey Davis’ beloved Flavia Albia series of historical crime novels, shows how leisure, as much as religion and even arm-in-arm with it, has long been used as an opiate for the masses.
You’d have thought we’d grow out of holding our allegiance to team colors over the athletes themselves, but that’s not the case. When the body of Lepo, a young carter with a great future, is discovered near Rome’s Circus Maximus, the motive and prime suspect are clear to all. Lepo had ridden in purple and shared a fierce rivalry with Agathon, who wore gold.
However, Flavia Albia suspects that the matter is not quite as clear as it seems. Lepo’s team had the financial backing—and scrutiny—of Emperor Domitian, an insecure dictator whose reign was marked by violent expansionism, shameless propaganda, and censorship of all dissent. Spoiler: it would all end in tears, none of them shed for the man himself.
But that culture has a nasty habit of seeping down and poisoning everything it touches, prompting Flavia Albia to turn her attention to the inner workings of Lepo’s team.
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