- Paperback: 474 pages
- Publisher: Pan (5 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330435957
- ISBN-13: 978-0330435956
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 11 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 84,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Intricate.... [With a] poignant resolution few readers will anticipate."--"Publishers Weekly"
"From the Hardcover edition."
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The fifth novel in Hewson's riveting Italian crime series
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Unusual plot but great to have all the usual characters together for another book. Love the way he pulls it all together in the end
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Seventh SACRAMENT centers around Giorgio Bramante, an archaeologist with an obsession for the subterranean, and one element of it in particular: Mithraic temples which were usually built beneath the earth to begin with. Bramante is an expert - as much as one can be - on the cult of Mithras which was wiped out when the empire adopted Christianity as Rome's sole religion when Constantine won the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
This is the fifth book in the Costa and Peroni series but can easily be read as a stand-alone novel. I have not t read the first four but one has no problems to follow the story. However I found it a bit of odd that the book starts with two pages explaining the main characters and their occupations. Not a good start and in deed the book- in spite its sensational title - turns out to be a disappointment. The story never takes off, no pace, any real suspense and the plot is pretty disappointing. I found it boring and dragging on and on.
The description of Rome is, however, the main attraction. Hewson does really well in this department bringing the city to life in an admirable way. One feels that he just loves the city. But, this is for me only added value which can not counterbalance the main issue: This is supposed to be a great mystery story and not a travel guide for Rome.
Henson says that he invents from a basis of truth. I wish he would have invented a bit more and in a more gripping way. So all in all, this is a nice try but in the end not to be recommended.
This is the fifth book in the Costa and Peroni series but can easily be read as a stand-alone novel. I have not t read the first four but one has no problems to follow the story. However I found it a bit of odd that the book starts with two pages explaining the main characters and their occupations. Not a good start and in deed the book- in spite its sensational title - turns out to be a disappointment. The story never takes off, no pace, any real suspense and the plot is pretty disappointing. I found it boring and dragging on and on.
The description of Rome is, however, the main attraction. Hewson does really well in this department bringing the city to life in an admirable way. One feels that he just loves the city. But, this is for me only added value which can not counterbalance the main issue: This is supposed to be a great mystery story and not a travel guide for Rome.
Henson says that he invents from a basis of truth. I wish he would have invented a bit more and in a more gripping way. So all in all, this is a nice try but in the end not to be recommended.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just finished reading this book having not been able to put it down! It took a little while to get into, particularly as there were three periods in time which took a bit of getting used to. However, there was a helpful guide to the characters in the front which made it easier.
Closely woven plots and a surpise ending made it, in my opinion, the best 'Nic Costa' book of the series.
Closely woven plots and a surpise ending made it, in my opinion, the best 'Nic Costa' book of the series.
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Fifth in the Nic Costa Series
David Hewson is a weekly columnist for the Sunday times. As well as several novels he has also found the time to write a number of travel books. He lives in Kent. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2007 by J. Chippindale
Fifth in the Nic Costa Series
David Hewson is a weekly columnist for the Sunday times. As well as several novels he has also found the time to write a number of travel books. He lives in Kent. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2007 by J. Chippindale
Not as good
Compared to the other books written by David Hewson, I found this one rather lost its way half way through and became boring. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2007 by Dodgy B'Stard
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