Murder in Purple and Gold

Murder in Purple and Gold is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the fourteenth in her Flavia Albia series. It was published in the UK on 2 April 2026 by Hodder & Stoughton (ISBN 9781399747981), and in the United States on 7 July 2026 by Severn House (ISBN 9781448320790). An audiobook edition, narrated by Jane Collingwood, has been published by Hodder & Stoughton. The book is set in Rome, in the "dangerous and glamorous world of charioteers", with the story starting when Flavia finds the body of dead charioteer Lepos near the Circus Maximus: the opening sentence is "A murderer needs to know that any body he is dumping will probably be found by a dog-walker." The cover of the first UK hardback edition shows a knife with a bloodstained curved point, lying on bloodstained purple fabric on what might be a large pot or shard.

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