Jack Portman had never forgotten Filly Malvaise.Then she walked into his local pub and into the clutches of a loan shark.Can he rescue her before she falls victim to evil? The Lion's Den is a brief novella set in London of the early 1920s with the Bright Young Things. The returned soldiers of the Great War have settled uncomfortably into their lives. Although this story is not part of a series, Filly and Jack were originally introduced in the 2nd book of the Into Death trilogy, Christmas with Death. This novelette was previously published with a different cover.