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Venice is a city full of secrets. For hundreds of years it has been
the scene of scandal, intrigue and murderous rivalries. And it
remains so today. 1548, Lorenzino de Medici, himself a murderer and
a man few will miss, is assassinated by two hired killers. Today,
Marmaduke Godolphin, British TV historian and a man even fewer will
miss, is stabbed by a stiletto blade on the exact same spot, his
body dropping into the canal. Can the story of the first murder
explain the attack on Godolphin? The Carabinieri certainly think
so. They recruit retired archivist Arnold Clover to unpick the
mystery and to help solve the case. But the conspiracy against
Godolphin runs deeper than anyone imagined.
At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico
receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing
manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really
happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943. A
Times Best Thriller Book of 2022 The Palazzo Colombina is home to
the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in
the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward fifteen-year-old
Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved
grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has
secrets he's waited his whole life to share. When a Jewish
classmate is attacked by bullies, Nico just watches - earning him a
week's suspension and a typed, yellowing manuscript from his frail
Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says. A secret he
must keep from his father. A tale of blood and madness . . . Nico
is transported back to the Venice of 1943, an occupied city
seething under its Nazi overlords, and to the defining moment of
his grandfather's life: when Paolo's support for a murdered Jewish
woman brings him into the sights of the city's underground
resistance. Hooked and unsettled, Nico can't stop reading - but he
soon wonders if he ever knew his beloved grandfather at all.
The first in a brand-new mystery series from the acclaimed author
of The Killing and Devil's Fjord. 'Serious history buffs are in for
a treat' -Kirkus Reviews Venice is a city full of secrets. For
hundreds of years it has been the scene of scandal, intrigue and
murderous rivalries. And it remains so today. 1548, Lorenzino de
Medici, himself a murderer and a man few will miss, is assassinated
by two hired killers. Today, Marmaduke Godolphin, British TV
historian and a man even fewer will miss, is stabbed by a stiletto
blade on the exact same spot, his body dropping into the canal. Can
the story of the first murder explain the attack on Godolphin? The
Carabinieri certainly think so. They recruit retired archivist
Arnold Clover to unpick the mystery and to help solve the case. But
the conspiracy against Godolphin runs deeper than anyone imagined.
A dazzling Italian mystery, rich in intrigue and dark secrets, from
an internationally bestselling crime writer at the height of his
powers. Florence, 1986. A seemingly inexplicable attack on a church
fresco of Adam and Eve brings together an unlikely couple: Julia
Wellbeloved, an English art student, and Pino Fratelli, a
semi-retired detective who longs to be back in the field. Their
investigation leads them to the secret society that underpins the
city: an elite underworld of excess, violence and desire. Seeped in
the culture of Tuscany's most mysterious city, The Flood takes the
reader on a dazzling journey into the darkness in Florence's past:
the night of the great flood in 1966 .
For the first time in decades The Eternal City is paralysed by a
blizzard. And a gruesome discovery is made in the Pantheon - one of
Rome's most ancient and revered architectural treasures. Covered by
softly falling snow is the body of a young woman - her back
horribly mutilated ... But before Costa, Peroni and Rome's Questura
can begin a formal investigation the US Embassy has brought in its
own people, FBI Agents who want the case closed down as quickly and
discreetly as possible. But Costa is determined to find out why -
and as the FBI grudgingly admits that this corpse is not the first,
the mutilations of the woman's body point to Leonardo Da Vinci's
Vitruvian Man - and to a conspiracy so sinister and buried so deep,
that only two people know its true, crazed meaning.
A remote island. An isolated community. A terrible secret. If the
new District Sheriff, Tristan Haraldsen, thought moving to a remote
village on the island of Vagar would be the chance for a peaceful
life with his wife Elsebeth, his first few weeks in office swiftly
correct him of that notion. Provoked into taking part in the
village's whale hunt against his will, Haraldsen blunders badly,
and in the ensuing chaos two local boys go missing. Blaming
himself, Haraldsen dives into the investigation and soon learns
that the boys are not the first to have gone missing on Vagar. As
Tristan and Elsebeth become increasingly ensnared by the island's
past, they realise its wild beauty hides an altogether uglier and
sinister truth.
A dazzling Italian mystery, rich in intrigue and dark secrets, from
an internationally bestselling crime writer at the height of his
powers. Florence, 1986. A seemingly inexplicable attack on a church
fresco of Adam and Eve brings together an unlikely couple: Julia
Wellbeloved, an English art student, and Pino Fratelli, a
semi-retired detective who longs to be back in the field. Their
investigation leads them to the secret society that underpins the
city: an elite underworld of excess, violence and desire. Seeped in
the culture of Tuscany's most mysterious city, The Flood takes the
reader on a dazzling journey into the darkness in Florence's past:
the night of the great flood in 1966 .
A THE TIMES BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR 2022 When a Jewish classmate
is attacked by bullies, fifteen-year-old Nico just watches -
earning him a week's suspension and a typed, yellowing manuscript
from his frail Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says,
and a secret he must keep from his father. Nico is transported back
to the Venice of 1943, an occupied city seething under the Nazis,
and to the defining moment of his grandfather's life: when Paolo's
support for a murdered Jewish woman brings him into the sights of
the city's underground resistance. Hooked and unsettled, Nico can't
stop reading - but he soon wonders if he ever knew his beloved
grandfather at all.
Detective Nic Costa finds himself a stranger in a strange land when
he's sent to infiltrate the mob in a remote part of southern Italy.
Roman police detective Nic Costa has been sent undercover to
Italy's beautiful, remote Calabrian coast to bring in the head of
the feared mob, the 'Ndrangheta, who has offered to turn state
witness for reasons of his own. Hoping to reel in the biggest prize
the state police have seen in years, the infamous Butcher of
Palermo, Costa and his team are aware the stakes are high. But the
constant deception is taking its toll. Out of their depth in a
lawless part of Italy where they are the outcasts, not the men in
the hills, with their shotguns and rough justice, the detectives
find themselves pitched as much against one another as the mob. As
the tension rises, it's clear the operation is not going to plan.
Is Nic Costa getting too close to the enemy for comfort - and is
there a traitor among them .?
'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 An 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.
At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico
receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing
manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really
happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943. A
Times Best Thriller Book of 2022 The Palazzo Colombina is home to
the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in
the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward fifteen-year-old
Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved
grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has
secrets he's waited his whole life to share. When a Jewish
classmate is attacked by bullies, Nico just watches - earning him a
week's suspension and a typed, yellowing manuscript from his frail
Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says. A secret he
must keep from his father. A tale of blood and madness . . . Nico
is transported back to the Venice of 1943, an occupied city
seething under its Nazi overlords, and to the defining moment of
his grandfather's life: when Paolo's support for a murdered Jewish
woman brings him into the sights of the city's underground
resistance. Hooked and unsettled, Nico can't stop reading - but he
soon wonders if he ever knew his beloved grandfather at all.
New District Sheriff Tristan Haraldsen uncovers a series of dark
secrets when he investigates the disappearance of two boys in the
remote Faroe Islands. Newly-appointed District Sheriff Tristan
Haraldsen and his wife Elsebeth are looking forward to a peaceful
semi-retirement in the remote fishing village of Djevulsfjord on
the stunningly beautiful island of Vagar. But when two boys go
missing during the first whale hunt of the season, the
repercussions strike at the heart of the isolated coastal
community. As he pursues his investigations, Tristan discovers that
the Mikkelsen brothers aren't the first young men to have vanished
on Vagar. Determined to solve the mystery of Djevulsfjord, yet
encountering suspicion wherever he turns, Haraldsen comes to
realize he and his wife are not living in the rural paradise they
had imagined, and that the wild beauty of the region hides a far
darker reality.
At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico
receives a gift that will change his life forever: a yellowing
manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really
happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943. A
Times Best Thriller Book of 2022 The Palazzo Colombina is home to
the Uccello family: three generations of men, trapped together in
the dusty palace on Venice's Grand Canal. Awkward fifteen-year-old
Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved
grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has
secrets he's waited his whole life to share. When a Jewish
classmate is attacked by bullies, Nico just watches - earning him a
week's suspension and a typed, yellowing manuscript from his frail
Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says. A secret he
must keep from his father. A tale of blood and madness . . . Nico
is transported back to the Venice of 1943, an occupied city
seething under its Nazi overlords, and to the defining moment of
his grandfather's life: when Paolo's support for a murdered Jewish
woman brings him into the sights of the city's underground
resistance. Hooked and unsettled, Nico can't stop reading - but he
soon wonders if he ever knew his beloved grandfather at all.
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 . . .
When a young woman turns up dead near the banks of the River Tiber,
pathologist Teresa Lupo believes she has the victim of an ancient
Roman ritual on her hands. She's wrong. So begins an investigation
that will take Nic Costa and his team deep into the dark underworld
of modern-day Rome's most disturbing and sinister secrets.
New District Sheriff Tristan Haraldsen uncovers a series of dark
secrets when he investigates the disappearance of two boys in the
remote Faroe Islands. Newly-appointed District Sheriff Tristan
Haraldsen and his wife Elsebeth are looking forward to a peaceful
semi-retirement in the remote fishing village of Djevulsfjord on
the stunningly beautiful island of Vagar. But when two boys go
missing during the first whale hunt of the season, the
repercussions strike at the heart of the isolated coastal
community. As he pursues his investigations, Tristan discovers that
the Mikkelsen brothers aren't the first young men to have vanished
on Vagar. Determined to solve the mystery of Djevulsfjord, yet
encountering suspicion wherever he turns, Haraldsen comes to
realize he and his wife are not living in the rural paradise they
had imagined, and that the wild beauty of the region hides a far
darker reality.
Little Sister is the third novel in David Hewson's gripping
Detective Pieter Vos series set in Amsterdam. Her death will haunt
us forever. Now the price must be paid. Kim and Mia Timmers were
just eleven years old when their family was killed. The sisters
were accused of murdering the lead singer of a world-famous pop
band in the Dutch fishing village of Volendam, believing him to be
responsible for their family's deaths. The evidence seemed
irrefutable at the time and the sisters were imprisoned in Marken,
a local psychiatric institution. Now, ten years later, they are due
for release. Pieter Vos, a detective with the Amsterdam police, is
given cause to re-open the case when the girls disappear along with
the nurse responsible for escorting them to a halfway house. When
the nurse's corpse washes up on the beach at Marken, it becomes
apparent that the institution holds the key to the investigation.
And it seems that Vos's boss, De Groot, has something to hide which
is relevant to the case. Then, the case takes an unexpected turn
when it becomes clear that someone is posing as Little Jo - Kim and
Mia's other sister - who was supposedly murdered along with their
parents ten years ago . . .
You are a writer and you have a killer book idea. When your project
starts to take off you will find yourself managing a writhing
tangle of ideas, possibilities and potential potholes. How do you
turn your inspiration into a finished novel? Writing a User's
Manual offers practical insight into the processes that go into
writing a novel, from planning to story development, research to
revision and, finally, delivery in a form which will catch the eye
of an agent or publisher. David Hewson, a highly productive and
successful writer of popular fiction with more than sixteen novels
in print in twenty or so languages, shows how to manage the day to
day process of writing. Writers will learn how to get the best out
of software and novel writing packages such as Scrivener, which
help you view your novel not as one piece of text, but as
individual linked scenes, each with their own statistics, notes and
place within the novel structure. As you write, you will need to
assemble the main building blocks to underpin your artistry : story
structure; genre - and how that affects what you write; point of
view; past, present or future tense; software for keeping a book
journal to manage your ideas, research and outlining; organization
and more. The advice contained in this book could mean the
difference between finishing your novel, and a never-ending work in
progress. An essential tool for writers of all kinds. Foreword by
Lee Child.
Roman police detective Nic Costa has been sent undercover to
Italy's beautiful, remote Calabrian coast to bring in the head of
the feared mob, the 'Ndrangheta, who has offered to turn state
witness for reasons of his own. Hoping to reel in the biggest prize
the state police have seen in years, the infamous Butcher of
Palermo, Costa and his team are aware the stakes are high. But the
constant deception is taking its toll. Out of their depth in a
lawless part of Italy where they are the outcasts, not the men in
the hills, with their shotguns and rough justice, the detectives
find themselves pitched as much against one another as the mob. As
the tension rises, it's clear the operation is not going to plan.
Is Nic Costa getting too close to the enemy for comfort - and is
there a traitor among them .?
Roman police detective Nic Costa has been sent undercover to
Italy's beautiful, remote Calabrian coast to bring in the head of
the feared mob, the 'Ndrangheta, who has offered to turn state
witness for reasons of his own. Hoping to reel in the biggest prize
the state police have seen in years, the infamous Butcher of
Palermo, Costa and his team are aware the stakes are high. But the
constant deception is taking its toll. Out of their depth in a
lawless part of Italy where they are the outcasts, not the men in
the hills, with their shotguns and rough justice, the detectives
find themselves pitched as much against one another as the mob. As
the tension rises, it's clear the operation is not going to plan.
Is Nic Costa getting too close to the enemy for comfort - and is
there a traitor among them .?
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