A Capitol Death is a historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the seventh in her Flavia Albia series.

It was published in the UK by Hodder & Stoughton on 4 April 2019 (ISBN 9781473658745) .

[1][2][3][4] The tale is set in November AD 89 on the Capitoline Hill, and includes a death by falling from the Tarpeian Rock, a stinking family of shell-fish boilers who produce the imperial purple dye, the preparations for Domitian's double triumph, family relationships, and augury, while Flavia and her husband are setting up their new household.

[5] The cover of the UK hardback 1st edition shows a sea shell, likely to be the dye-producing bolinus brandaris, on a purple, perhaps bloodstained, background.

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