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,

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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 *

'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 tantalizing, seductive and dangerous, a place where present-day crimes ring with the echoes of history' Tess GerritsenAn ancient ritual. A modern-day crime. A body is found in a peat bog near the banks of the River Tiber. Teresa Lupo, a maverick pathologist, believes it was a young woman sacrificed long ago in an ancient Roman ritual. But she's wrong. Whilst the method of killing is ancient history, this murder happened very recently. The horror of these ritualistic killings is very much alive and it's up to Nic Costa to get to the bottom of it.
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Nic Costa is drawn into a dark and dangerous underworld of ritual killings in the second instalment of this acclaimed series
No author has ever brought Rome so alive for me - nor made it seem so sinister

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781838850661
Publisert
2020-01-02
Utgiver
Vendor
Black Thorn
Vekt
318 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

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 and the sixth book, The Garden of Evil, was shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier crime novel of the year award. He has also written three acclaimed adaptations of the Danish TV series, The Killing.

@david_hewson davidhewson.com