{"product_id":"9781250241542","title":"A Comedy of Terrors : A Flavia Albia Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Comedy of Terrors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lindsey Davis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Melds scrupulous research, arch banter, caustic characters, and strong plotting...Flavia Albia is delightful, trickster-y company to spend time with.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Rome, 89 A.D., poisonings, murders, and a bloody gang war of retribution breaks out during the festival of Saturnalia, and when her husband, Tiberius, becomes a target, it's time for Flavia Albia to take matters into her own hands -- in Lindsey Davis’s next historical mystery, \u003c\/i\u003eA Comedy of Terrors.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlavia Albia, daughter and successor of private informer Marcus Didius Falco is twiddling her thumbs with no clients during the December festival of Saturnalia. But that doesn't mean all is quiet. Her husband Tiberius and the Fourth Cohort are battling organized crime interests that are going to war over the festival nuts. A series of accidental poisonings, then bloody murders of rival nut-sellers, and finally a gruesome warning to Tiberius from the hidden criminal powers to back off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlbia has had just about enough and combines forces with Tiberius to uncover the hidden criminal gangs trying to worm their way into the establishment at a banquet of the emperor Domitian.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250241542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40765061791950,"sku":"9781250241542","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a8c59418-350b-4442-9361-c774b793216f.jpg?v=1641968268","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250241542","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}