by Davis, Lindsey | Historical mysteries Published 09/10/2025 by Hodder & Stoughton (Hodder Paperback) in the United Kingdom as part of the Flavia Albia series Paperback | 400 pages196 x 130 x 31mm | 280gTen years after the eruption of Vesuvius, thesurrounding countryside lies buried andbarren. But the destroyed cities and luxury villas on the Bay of Naples arenot utterly lost.Flavia Albia and her husband Tiberius Manlius aretasked with restoring one villa and identifying any surviving remains.What they unearth is beyond disturbing. When thevolcano erupted some people were left to their fate here, unable to escape. Theyincluded the previous owner, Publius Primus - laid out carefully and coveredby falling ash.Was Primus murdered? And, if so, why? Can FlaviaAlbia solve the mystery?There Will Be Bodies looks beyond the well-known tragicevents to what must have happened afterwards. It is the most intriguing crimenovel of Lindsey Davis's long and celebrated career.
