- Paperback: 474 pages
- Publisher: Pan; New Ed edition (19 Jan 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330435949
- ISBN-13: 978-0330435949
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 82,869 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Wonderfully complex and finely paced.... Newcomers as well as [Nic Costa] series fans will be enthralled."--"Publishers Weekly," starred review
"Part spaghetti Western, part buddy movie ... and more engaging than a Venetian sunset."--"Rocky Mountain News"
"Part spaghetti Western, part buddy movie ... and more engaging than a Venetian sunset."--"Rocky Mountain News"
"From the Hardcover edition."
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"Wonderfully complex and finely paced.... Newcomers as well as [Nic Costa] series fans will be enthralled."--"Publishers Weekly," starred review
"Part spaghetti Western, part buddy movie ... and more engaging than a Venetian sunset."--"Rocky Mountain News"
"Part spaghetti Western, part buddy movie ... and more engaging than a Venetian sunset."--"Rocky Mountain News"
"From the Hardcover edition." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Format:Kindle Edition
Falconi, Peroni, Costa, Lupo & the former FBI agent Emily Deacon return.
A fire in a glass foundry leaves two dead, but is it an accident, a murder/suicide, or double murder? Falconi and his team having been banished from their Roman home to the city of Venice slowly uncover a tale of deceit and murder in the ancient city. With Massiter the intriguing Englishman, all is not as it seems, and as further murders follow Falconi's men must uncover the truth.
This is the fourth "Nic Costa" book, and the series goes from strength to strength, from the horrific opening scenes to the satisfying final chapters, this entry in the Costa series is by far the best of the first four, in my opinion. As I have read the series out of order I know that it goes from strength to strength from here on, but I am trying to start and read/reread the series from the beginning.
For me, whilst these are very much of the crime crime/mystery genre, they are also about art, culture, architecture, travel, good food and good wine. One of my favourite weekend pastimes now is to sit with a Nic Costa tale, and a glass of Italian white that I have read about in a previous outing.
The Lizard's Bite also sits alongside David Hewson's standalone novel, "The Cemetery of Secrets", although I have yet to read the latter, and either book can be read without the benefit of the other, some characters appear in both books.
Ah, Venice and murder, another outstanding Nic Costa tale from David Hewson, recommended!
A fire in a glass foundry leaves two dead, but is it an accident, a murder/suicide, or double murder? Falconi and his team having been banished from their Roman home to the city of Venice slowly uncover a tale of deceit and murder in the ancient city. With Massiter the intriguing Englishman, all is not as it seems, and as further murders follow Falconi's men must uncover the truth.
This is the fourth "Nic Costa" book, and the series goes from strength to strength, from the horrific opening scenes to the satisfying final chapters, this entry in the Costa series is by far the best of the first four, in my opinion. As I have read the series out of order I know that it goes from strength to strength from here on, but I am trying to start and read/reread the series from the beginning.
For me, whilst these are very much of the crime crime/mystery genre, they are also about art, culture, architecture, travel, good food and good wine. One of my favourite weekend pastimes now is to sit with a Nic Costa tale, and a glass of Italian white that I have read about in a previous outing.
The Lizard's Bite also sits alongside David Hewson's standalone novel, "The Cemetery of Secrets", although I have yet to read the latter, and either book can be read without the benefit of the other, some characters appear in both books.
Ah, Venice and murder, another outstanding Nic Costa tale from David Hewson, recommended!
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Format:Paperback
There is a change of scene in this novel. Instead of being in Rome, his team is operating in Venice. Why? Because of their antics in the preceding novel, which forced them to withdraw temporarily from the Roman force.
The action centres round two deaths at a glass works near Murano and the complex Arcangeli family, plus a rich English man, Hugo Massiter, whom readers of The Cemetery of Secrets: A Venetian Mystery will recognise.
Plus, love is in the air! And in unexpected places too!
You can read this as a stand-alone, but it is better if you can get the previous Nic Costa novels too. Although details from previous novels are explained, it is easier to understand the relationship between the main players if you have read the earlier novels.
The action centres round two deaths at a glass works near Murano and the complex Arcangeli family, plus a rich English man, Hugo Massiter, whom readers of The Cemetery of Secrets: A Venetian Mystery will recognise.
Plus, love is in the air! And in unexpected places too!
You can read this as a stand-alone, but it is better if you can get the previous Nic Costa novels too. Although details from previous novels are explained, it is easier to understand the relationship between the main players if you have read the earlier novels.
Format:Paperback
Absorbing and original from beginning to end. Set in Venice the book gave a dark side to some of the activities going on in the glass industry at Murano. Would highly recommend this book to be read after The Cemetery of Secrets - it reveals the lives of people who are left hanging in the Cemetery of Secrets and a conclusion is reached.
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