As grim as the bleakest of Nordic noir. If you think the solution to the crime will produce a happy ending, just wait till the chilling final pages
* Kirkus *
Hewson expertly paints a punishing Faroese winter, crafting the perfect backdrop for this chilling addition to the growing field of crime fiction set in the Faroe Islands
* Booklist *
This grim tale [is] almost the stuff of Norse myths . . . Readers will be gripped and hold fast until the shocking end
* Publishers Weekly *
Praise for David Hewson: No author has ever brought Rome so alive for me - nor made it seem so sinister
- PETER JAMES,
David Hewson's Rome is dark and tantalising, seductive and dangerous, a place where present-day crimes ring with the echoes of history
- TESS GERRITSEN,
Hewson . . . effortlessly keeps thrills coming a mile a minute
- JEFFERY DEAVER,
Hewson does more than provide a thrilling read. He saves you the airfare to Italy. When you turn the last page, you'll think you've been there
- LINWOOD BARCLAY,
A riveting and fast-paced thriller . . . every character hides a dark secret that, like Rome's ancient mysteries, seems to lurk just beyond reach. A complex and satisfying mystery from a master plot maker
* Booklist *
Costa and Peroni, like all the best fictional detectives, become more rounded and interesting with every episode
* Literary Review *
Hewson's inventiveness never flags
* Sunday Times *
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David Hewson is a former journalist with The Times, the Sunday Times and the Independent. He is the author of more than twenty-five novels including his Rome-based Nic Costa series, which has been published in fifteen languages. He has also written three acclaimed adaptations of the Danish TV series The Killing.
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