A Season for the Dead

In a hushed Vatican Reading Room, the scene is shocking: a crazed professor shot dead after brandishing evidence of a grisly crime. Moments later, two bodies are found in a nearby church, each with a gruesome calling card from their killer.

Detective Nic Costa is one of the first on the scene. A cop who barely looks his twenty-seven years, Nic soon meets a woman who will dominate both his thoughts?and his investigation. A cool, beautiful professor of early Christianity, Sara Farnese was in the Vatican Library on that fateful day, a witness to her colleague?s outburst and grotesque death.

And as more bodies are found, her role becomes even more baffling?because each victim had intimately known Sara, a woman whose history becomes more lurid and unfathomable with each revelation. Until the case takes a sudden, strange turn?and the secrets of a woman, a killer, and a city begin to unravel?with devastating consequences?. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-24-2009; Solid start to Rome based mystery series.; David Hewson's first mystery novel featuring Rome, Italy, Detective Nic Costa is full of intrigue, political conspiracies, religious blasphemies and of course a handful of juicy murders.Costa is 27 years old and still trying to make a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-22-2008; long-winded, really; I guess I was rushing that day and in my haste, I thought *Season of the Dead* would be somewhat similar to Dan Brown's *The Da Vinci Code*. Boy, was I wrong!Nonetheless, I thought this book was long-winded in trying to figure out what...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-21-2008; Complex, intelligent, and suspenseful; The cover of my copy of A Season for the Dead declares that it is `better than the Da Vinci Code'. I don't disagree, although I have to say, it doesn't have all that much in common with the Dan Brown thriller. The story: In Rome, a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-27-2007; First in the Nic Costa Series; David Hewson is a weekly columnist for the Sunday times. As well as several novels he has also found the time to write a number of travel books. He lives in Kent.David Hewson's books can, to a number of people appear to be extremely...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-24-2009; Solid start to Rome based mystery series.; David Hewson's first mystery novel featuring Rome, Italy, Detective Nic Costa is full of intrigue, political conspiracies, religious blasphemies and of course a handful of juicy murders.Costa is 27 years old and still trying to make a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-09-2007; Lackluster Roman mystery novel; I agree with the reviewer who said, "Good, but not a home run." I had high hopes and it started off relatively well with what I thought would be characters I'd care about and interesting art & Roman detail. It was a bit vague on the...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-22-2008; long-winded, really; I guess I was rushing that day and in my haste, I thought *Season of the Dead* would be somewhat similar to Dan Brown's *The Da Vinci Code*. Boy, was I wrong!Nonetheless, I thought this book was long-winded in trying to figure out what...; read full review | report as inappropriate