Lindsey Davis: Venus in Copper (UK 2008)

From the Publisher:
Marry in haste, die for the money...
'Rats are always bigger than you expect...'
Marcus Didius Falco, ancient Rome's hangdog investigator, hates sharing a cell with a rodent - though being bailed by his old mother is almost as embarassing. His highborn girlfriend can't decide if she wants him and Titus Caesar's reward for past services is a wet fish. Hoping for a better life, or at least a better apartment, he takes on new clients.

On the elegant slopes of the Pincian Hill, three nouveaux riches freedmen with two flashy wives are under siege by a clever redhead. Severina Zotica has a foul-mouthed parrot, an odd connection with a snake dancer - and a very suspicious past. As he pursues this flame-haired fortune-hunter, Falco finds himself beset by violent rent-racketeers, poisoners, and women without consciences who have dangerous designs on him...

Lindsey Davis: Venus in Copper. A Marcus Didius Falco Novel. Arrow, ISBN: 9780099515074 (February, 2008), 318 p., £7.99.

Lindsey Davis: Venus in Copper (USA 1993)

From the Publisher:
Formerly employed as a spy for Emperor Vespasian, Marcus Didius Falco now works for himself, hoping to prevent a murder before it happens, while fending off the advances of seductive but dangerous woman.

Lindsey Davis: Venus in Copper. A Detective Novel in Ancient Rome. Ballantine Books, ISBN: 0345373901 (January, 1993), 275 p., $3.99.

Lindsey Davis: Venus in Copper (UK 1992)

From the Publisher:
'Rats are always bigger than you expect.' Marcus Didius Falco, ancient Rome's hangdog investigator, hates sharing a cell with a rodent - though being bailed by his old mother is almost as embarrassing. His highborn girlfriend can't decide if she wants him and Titus Caesar' reward for past services is a wet fish. Hoping for a better life, or at least a better apartment, he takes on new clients.On the elegant slopes of the Pincian Hill, three nouveaux riches freedmen with two flashy wives are under siege by a clever redhead. Severina Zotica has a foul-mouthed parrot, an odd connection with a snake dancer - and a very suspicious past. As he pursues this flame-haired fortune-hunter, Falco finds himself beset by violent rent-racketeers, poisoners, and women without consciences who have dangerous designs on him.

Lindsey Davis: Venus in Copper. Arrow, ISBN: 0099831708 (February, 1992), 277 p., £4.99.