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“Do you want a cretin or a meddler?'
'Which is better for us?'
'Whoever gets the larger backhander.'
'We won't pay. We are going for probity.'
'Can't afford true justice, eh?”

Lindsey Davis book The Accusers

The Accusers

Justice

“Popular men who laugh at your jokes pose a threat which blatant villains can never command.”

Lindsey Davis book The Silver Pigs

The Silver Pigs

Men

“Think of tonight as having a real purpose. Yes, it is dining with the dead in order to be at one with our ancestors, but at the same time, a good scoff in shared company provides solace for the unhappy, it anneals the internal stress of bereavement, it helps the living along the path of their recovery from grief.”

Lindsey Davis

“That’s a useful motto for a caterer!”
Invitation to Die

Thinking , Time , Help , Dead

“What's the verdict?”

Lindsey Davis book Ode to a Banker

"A shining new talent. A breathtaking story, written with mystical intensity. An author who will sell and sell."
Ode to a Banker

“Petronius once told me that pathological murderers tend to start their killing sprees while they are children. Find a man who takes prostitutes off the streets as a personal vocation, and he'll probably have a set of neat jars with his childhood collection of dissected rats.”

Lindsey Davis book Nemesis

Nemesis (2010)

Childhood , Personality , Children

“The new "humour", if you can call it that, is pure malicious gossip. Instead of making a genuine point, it's now good enough to repeat any ribald story without a thought for whether it's even true.”

Lindsey Davis book Last Act in Palmyra

Last Act in Palmyra (1994)