The Sacred Cut

The Sacred Cut

by David Hewson (Author)

Synopsis

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 Nic Costa and Gianni Peroni of the 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 the enquiry is so sensitive - 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.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 01 Apr 2005

ISBN 10: 140500049X
ISBN 13: 9781405000499

Media Reviews
Refreshing.... fully satisfying. -- Detroit Free Press A fast-paced procedural. -- The Sacramento Bee Hewson is as adroit as ever in the crafting and characterizations in his tale. -- Rocky Mountain News Hewson's literate prose, bolstered by local color and historical tidbits, makes for top-flight entertainment. -- Kirkus Reviews Hewson's solid writing and multidimensional characters command attention from start to finish of this smart, literate thriller.... Elegant. -- Publishers Weekly From the Hardcover edition.
Author Bio
David Hewson is a weekly columnist for the Sunday Times. Following A Season for the Dead and The Villa of Mysteries , this is the third in his Italian crime series featuring Detective Nic Costa. The author lives in Kent.