Lindsey Davis: Two for the Lions (UK 2013)

From the Publisher:
FIGHTING FOR TRUTH IN NORTH AFRICA
Lumbered with working alongside reptilian Chief Spy Anacrites, Marcus Didius Falco has the perfect plan to make money - he will assist Vespasian in the Emperor's 'Great Census' of AD73.

His potential fee could finally allow him to join the middle ranks and be worthy of long-suffering Helena Justina.
Unexpectedly confronted with the murder of a man-eating lion, Falco is distracted from his original task, uncovering a bitter rivalry between the gladiators' trainers. With one star gladiator dead, Falco is forced to investigate and the trail leads from Rome to the blood-soaked sand of the arena in North Africa. But what lies in store...?

Lindsey Davis: Two for the Lions. A Marcus Didius Falco Novel. Arrow, ISBN: 9780099515265 (April, 2013), 400 p., £8.99.

Lindsey Davis: Two for the Lions (UK 2009)

From the Publisher:
Fighting for truth in North Africa...
Lumbered with working alongside reptilian Chief Spy Anacrites, Marcus Didius Falco has the perfect plan to make money- he will assist Vespasian in the Emperor's 'Great Census' of AD73. His potential fee could finally allow him to join the middle ranks and be worthy of long-suffering Helena Justina.

Unexpectedly confronted with the murder of a man-eating lion, Falco is distracted from his original task, uncovering a bitter rivalry between the gladiators' trainers. With one star gladiator dead, Falco is forced to investigate and the trails leads from Rome to the blood-soaked sand of the arena in North Africa.

Lindsey Davis: Two for the Lions. A Marcus Didius Falco Novel. Arrow, ISBN: 9780099515265 (February, 2009), 390 p., £7.99.

Lindsey Davis: Two for the Lions (USA 2000)

From the Publisher:
Called "the Sam Spade of ancient Rome" (Publishers Weekly), Marcus Didius Falco looks at the first century A.D. with a modem cynicism and a talent for spotting a criminal. Now internationally bestselling author Lindsey Davis hands Falco his tenth case in the Eternal City, where greed, passion, and betrayal are timeless...

TWO FOR THE LIONS
Marcus Didius Falco, bored with a tax collection job, longs for a good murder. Then someone stabs the Empire's executioner. Feared by all, Leonidas the lion doled out justice with a swift, sure blow... before he ate the offender. Joining the hunt for whoever brought down the king of beasts, Falco is also in the ballpark, so to speak, when someone slays the city's most glamorous gladiator. Determined to solve this high-profile crime, Falco enters the dark, desperate world of those who must kill or be killed for a living. But all roads, including a domestic crisis with his lover Helena, soon lead to Africa, where Rome's lions are procured... and where the most dangerous beast of all waits to prey on his fellow man.

Lindsey Davis: Two for the Lions. A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery Novel. Warner Books, ISBN: 0446609021 (November, 2000), 434 p., $6.99.

Lindsey Davis: Two for the Lions (USA 1999)

From the Publisher:
In the first century A.D., when gladiators as popular as todays WCW champs fought to the death in the Colosseum, all of Rome cheered. Today we cheer too every time Lindsey Davis makes this ancient world come alive. Her newest novel in the series featuring Marcus Didius Falco puts the tough private eye in the lions' den to investigate an extraordinary case of murder.

Nothing's certain except death and taxes. Catching tax evaders for the Emperor Vespasian looks like a plum position for Marcus Didius Falco, who has teamed up with his old boss, Anacrites, the crotchety chief spy of Rome. Soon, however, Falco is bogged down in bureaucracy, stuck at his stylus, and longing for a good murder to investigate.

He gets one when someone kills the lion Leonidas, the Empire's official executioner. Feared by plebeians and citizens alike, Leonidas administered justice with a swift, sure blow. Then he ate the offender. Now this king of beasts lies stabbed to death in his cage.

Sniffing around for clues, Falco is soon led into the rowdy, decadent world of gladiators and bestiarii, fighters who specialize in contests against animals. Falco finds that it's dark and dangerous in the tunnels under the arena -- and even blacker in the desperate souls of those who must kill or be killed each time the games begin. Yet no one has a motive for slaughtering a lion after hours.

The unexpected slaying of the most glamorous gladiator in the city is another matter.

Now Falco has a high-profile crime to handle -- and a domestic crisis brewing. His lover, the patrician Helena, reports that her disgraced brother needs help in Tripoli. Since Africa may well be the missing link between the murders of man and beast, Falco is quickly en route to those far shores... and heading toward a dangerous rendezvous with the raging lions that reside in the human heart, and one particular person who stalks his fellow man.

Lindsey Davis: Two for the Lions. A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery Novel. The Mysterious Press, ISBN: 0892966939 (December, 1999), 434 p., $23.95.

Lindsey Davis: Two for the Lions (UK 1999)

From the Publisher:
Lumbered with working alongside reptilian Chief Spy Anacrites, Marcus Didius Falco has the perfect plan to make money - he will assist Vespasian in the Emperor's 'Great Census' of AD73. His potential fee could finally allow him to join the middle ranks and be worthy of long-suffering Helena Justina.

Unexpectedly confronted with the murder of a man-eating lion, Falco is distracted from his original task, uncovering a bitter rivalry between the gladiators' trainers. With one star gladiator dead, Falco is forced to investigate and the trail leads from Rome to the blood-soaked sand of the arena in North Africa.

Lindsey Davis: Two for the Lions. A Marcus Didius Falco Novel. Arrow, ISBN: 0099799618 (June, 1999), 390 p., £5.99.