Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Silver Pigs | 1989 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 2 | Shadows in Bronze | 1990 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 3 | Venus in Copper | 1991 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 4 | The Iron Hand of Mars | 1992 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 5 | Poseidon’s Gold | 1993 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 6 | Last Act in Palmyra | 1994 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 7 | Time to Depart | 1995 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 8 | A Dying Light in Corduba | 1996 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 9 | Three Hands in the Fountain | 1997 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 10 | Two for the Lions | 1998 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 11 | One Virgin Too Many | 1999 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 12 | Ode to a Banker | 2000 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 13 | A Body in the Bathhouse | 2001 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 14 | The Jupiter Myth | 2002 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 15 | The Accusers | 2003 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 16 | Scandal Takes a Holiday | 2004 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 17 | See Delphi and Die | 2005 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 18 | Saturnalia | 2007 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 19 | Alexandria | 2009 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
| 20 | Nemesis | 2010 | Lindsey Davis | Buy |
Marcus Didius Falco is a private informer in first-century Rome — essentially a detective working in the reign of Emperor Vespasian. Lindsey Davis introduced him in The Silver Pigs (1989), where he is hired to investigate a case involving stolen silver ingots from British mines, and kept him working through 20 novels ending with Nemesis (2010).
Falco’s cases take him across the Roman Empire: from the streets and slums of Rome to the provinces of Britannia, Germania, Spain, Greece, Egypt, and North Africa. The books mix mystery plots with sharp comedy and a detailed portrait of daily life in ancient Rome. Davis, who studied English at Oxford, draws on archaeological and historical sources to ground the stories in real Roman culture, politics, and geography. The series won the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger and has been translated into numerous languages.