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A Season for the Dead

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A shooting in the Vatican leads to a horror beyond imagining for Detective Nic Costa in the first book of this series
  • 07 April 2020
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THE FIRST IN THE ACCLAIMED NIC COSTA SERIES

"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 Gerritsen

"Hewson keeps the reader guessing . . . relentlessly tightening the suspense until the end" Daily Telegraph

There’s no rest for the wicked. . .

While Rome is sweltering in the height of summer, a serial killer is on the loose. Sara Farnese is working in the Vatican library, when a man bursts in intent on showing her the contents of his bloodied bag, until a guard shoots him. But why was the man targeting Sara? Determined to find answers, Sara’s path crosses with a young up-and-coming Roman detective, Nic Costa. He’s determined to track down the dangerous killer behind this bizarre and brutal murder and to protect Sara from becoming the next victim . . .
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Price: $15.00
Pages: 288
Publisher: Canongate Books
Imprint: Black Thorn
Series: Nic Costa thriller
Publication Date: 07 April 2020
Trim Size: 7.80 X 5.08 in
ISBN: 9781838850647
Format: Paperback
BISACs: Crime & mystery: police procedural, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural
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“No author has ever brought Rome so alive for me—nor made it seem so sinister” PETER JAMES, author of Dead at First Sight

“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, author of No Time for Goodbye

David Hewson is a former journalist with The Times of London. He is the author of more than twenty-five novels including his Rome-based Nic Costa series, which has been published in fifteen languages. The sixth book, The Garden of Evil, was shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. He has also written three acclaimed adaptations of the Danish TV series, The Killing.

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