Deadly Election

{{Short description|2015 historical crime novel by Lindsey Davis}}

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| author = Lindsey Davis

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| country = UK

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| series = Flavia Albia (Falco: The New Generation)

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| genre = historical mystery crime novel

| publisher = Hodder & Stoughton

| publisher2 = St Martin's Press

| pub_date = 2015

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| pages = 386

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| isbn = 978-1-444-79422-9

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| preceded_by = Enemies at Home

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| followed_by = The Graveyard of the Hesperides{{cite book|year=2016|location= UK|publisher= Hodder & Stoughton|isbn= 9781473613386|title= The Graveyard of the Hesperides|author= Davis, Lindsey|url= https://www.hodder.co.uk/titles/lindsey-davis/the-graveyard-of-the-hesperides/9781473613386/|accessdate= 20 July 2019}}{{cite web|title=The Graveyard of the Hesperides|author=Davis, Lindsey|url=http://www.lindseydavis.co.uk/publications/the-graveyard-of-the-hesperides/|website=Lindsey Davis official website|accessdate=2 December 2015}}

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Deadly Election is a 2015 historical mystery crime novel by Lindsey Davis and the third book in the Flavia Albia Mysteries{{cite book|title=Deadly Election|author=Davis, Lindsey|asin=B00R69XP5A}} (Falco: The New Generation) series.{{Cite journal |last=Pitt |first=David |date=2015-06-01 |title=Deadly Election. |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=LitRC&id=GALE%7CA421080229&v=2.1&it=r&userGroupName=anon%7E6df1aaac&aty=open-web-entry |journal=Booklist |language=English |volume=111 |issue=19–20 |pages=52–53 |via=Gale}}{{Cite news |last=Lennon |first=Troy |date=14 May 2015 |title=By The Book |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1686446702/ |access-date=27 October 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |pages=55 |id={{ProQuest|168644702}}}}{{Cite web |last=Sherlock |first=Marilyn |date=May 2015 |title=Deadly Election |url=https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/deadly-election/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Historical Novel Society}} Set in Ancient Rome, the novel stars Flavia Albia, the British-born adopted daughter of Marcus Didius Falco (the hero of the author's 20-volume Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries series, published from 1989 to 2010). Albia, a widow, works as a "delatrix" (a detective or private informer) in ancient Rome, like Falco.{{cite book|title= Deadly Election|author=Davis, Lindsey|year=2015|location=UK|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn= 978-1-444-79422-9}}{{cite book|title= Deadly Election|author=Davis, Lindsey|year=2015|location=US|publisher=St Martin's Press |isbn= 978-1-250-06398-4}}{{cite news| url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250063984 | work=Publishers Weekly | title=Deadly Election: A Flavia Albia Mystery| accessdate=22 June 2015}}{{cite news | url=http://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/books/575792/The-best-historical-fiction-spring-2015| work=Express | date=10 May 2015 | title=A new chapter in history: The best historical fiction of spring |last=Heathcote | first=Charlotte | accessdate=22 June 2015}} In the UK, the book's cover carries the strapline: "A Flavia Alba Novel".{{cite book|author=Davis, Lindsey|title=Deadly Election|year= 2015 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-1444794229}}