Murder in Purple and Gold

Murder in Purple and Gold is a forthcoming historical crime novel by British writer Lindsey Davis, the fourrteenth in her Flavia Albia series. It will be published in the UK on 2 April 2026 by Hodder & Stoughton,
The book is set in Rome, in the "dangerous and glamourous world of charioteers", with the story starting when Flavia finds the body of dead charioteer Lepos near the Circus Maximus.
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.