num_pages: 434
description: 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.
language: English
title: Two for the Lions
titlecomplete: Two for the Lions (Marcus Didius Falco, #10)
characters: Helena Justina, Marcus Didius Falco
genres: Audiobook, Historical, Historical Fiction, Detective, Historical Mystery, Crime, Roman, Mystery, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 2933
series: Marcus Didius Falco
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award
publisher: Warner Books