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Dead Men's Socks (Short Reads) [Kindle Edition]

David Hewson
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David Hewson is the author of the highly acclaimed Nic Costa detective series, set in Rome. In this exclusive short story, Hewson focuses on one of Nic Costa's colleagues, Gianni Peroni. Gianni Peroni is at a loose end – his friends and colleagues are all out of the office for a variety of different reasons. He's got nothing urgent to do but he notices that the pathologist has a busy day ahead: during the night two corpses were picked out of the Tiber. At first glance, it seems that the similarities between the two men end there. The bodies were found in different parts of the river, and it is clear once they have been identified that they come from very different walks of life. One is a wealthy psychiatrist, the other a young Roma boy with a police record for petty theft. But upon closer examination, Peroni notices something rather extraordinary. The men are both wearing exactly the same odd socks . . .

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 246 KB
  • Print Length: 458 pages
  • Publisher: Pan Books (13 Dec 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004FV4RWC
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #64,696 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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If you haven't read any of David Hewson's books this is an ideal introduction into the Italian crime mysteries that he is so good at. If you have read some or all of them, then you may find this too short a read - I did. It's well worth reading, don't get me wrong, but I would have liked it to go on for longer. Where the beginning of the story was more paced, I felt the ending was a bit rushed - possibly due to the constrictions of the word length.

Overall, it was an enjoyable read focusing on one of Nic Costa's side kicks, Gianni Peroni, who ends up being the only detective looking after the shop when two bodies are discovered in different areas of the Tiber river in Rome. It falls into Gianni Peroni's hands to discover why the corpses are wearing what appears to be the same pair of odd socks.
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Gianni is a formerly high-ranking policeman in Rome who was busted to the ranks before the Nic Costa series started. He normally works as Nic's companion, a down-to-earth foil to Nic's cultured lead. He is large, "ugly" but intelligent, with a wealth of experience on the job.

All his colleagues are on leave when two bodies come into the morgue separately. He makes a connection when he sees that they each have odd socks, from two pairs. We see him setting about solving this Holmesian mystery!

A trinket, a toy of a story, but well worth the time!
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A good short story 25 Nov 2011
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I enjoy reading David Hewson's novels and this does not disappoint in comparison. A neat plot well-developed and not without some gentle humour.
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