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Dante's Numbers: The Seventh Costa Novel (Nic Costa)

Dante's Numbers: The Seventh Costa Novel (Nic Costa)

by Hewson (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

    $3.40
Synopsis

Dante's Numbers is the seventh in the Nic Costa series, David Hewson's detective novels of love and death in the Eternal City.

Allan Prime looked ready to die of fright, even before the bright, shining spear with the blood-soaked tip reached his head . . .

The death mask of the poet Dante is to be exhibited at the premiere of a controversial new film, Inferno. But at the grand unveiling this priceless artefact is replaced by a macabre death mask of the film's star, Allan Prime. Minutes later the leading actress, Maggie Flavier, is threatened before her attacker is shot.

Nic Costa and his team are sidelined from the investigation in Rome and follow the movie to its next showing in San Francisco, hoping to recover the stolen death mask.

But in California confusing new clues suggest that there is more behind the killing than a crazed Dante fan. With the authorities distracted by false leads, can Costa protect Maggie, find the truth and stop the killer - all before life imitates art?

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 529
 Edition: On Demand
 Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 12 Sep 2013
ISBN 10: 1447247639
ISBN 13: 9781447247630
Book Overview: Hewson's popularity, with both readers and reviewers, is increasing and sales are building with each book - Dante's Numbers is selling very well in hardback, and has received excellent press coverage The previous six books in the Nic Costa series have sold almost 200,000 copies in paperback Huge readership potential - Hewson's Italian crime mystery series is loved by fans of Donna Leon and Dan Brown

Media Reviews
'[Hewson] is a talented writer with the gift of creating a good, old-fashioned page-turning thriller. His characters shine with real depth and conviction and the plot is breathtakingly imaginative. A superb read' Reading Post 'Elegant ... solid writing and multidimensional characters command attention from start to finish of this smart, literate thriller' Publishers Weekly 'A fast-paced crime novel that's five-star from start to finish' Irish Examiner David Hewson should be commended for writing such a page-turner of a book ... The Killing has enough twists and turns to satisfy not only any avid follower of the series but also readers that are coming to it first time around' www.shotsmag.co.uk 'Imagine the deceptively relaxed atmosphere of Donna Leon's novels mixed with the darkness of Ian Rankin ... excellent' Ink
Author Bio
Former Sunday Times journalist David Hewson is well known for his crime-thriller fiction set in European cities. He is the author of the highly acclaimed The Killing novels set in Denmark, the Detective Nic Costa series set in Italy and the Pieter Vos series in Amsterdam. The Killing trilogy is based on the BAFTA award-winning Danish TV series created by Soren Sveistrup and produced by DR, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. While he lives in Kent, Hewson's ability to capture the sense of place and atmosphere in his fiction comes from spending considerable research time in the cities in which the books are set: Copenhagen, Rome, Venice and Amsterdam.