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The Villa of Mysteries (Nic Costa) (Hardcover)

by David Hewson (Author)
2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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  • Hardcover: 368 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan (16 April 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405000473
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405000475
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 14.6 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 661,572 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"The Villa of Mysteries", the second novel in the Italian crime series set in Rome, features Caravaggio-loving Detective Nic Costa. In this title, when a young woman turns up dead in a peat bog, a maverick pathologist thinks she's the victim of an ancient Roman ritual. But she's wrong.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended, 29 Jun 2008
By S. C. Flavell "inkshed" (UK) - See all my reviews
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The book opens with a barely credible and thoroughly unpleasant American couple spouting expletives. A police officer is given the name Falcone. Some years before this book was published, a courageous Italian
investigator, by the name of Falcone, was murdered by the mafia - along with his wife. To give a police officer in this travesty of a novel the name Falcone, is in bad taste. After reading first couple of chapters I consigned the book to the recycling bin.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Second Book in the Nic Costa Series, 24 Jan 2008
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Villa of Mysteries (Nic Costa) (Paperback)

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.

David Hewson's books can, and do have violent undertones, some would say gratuitously so. I personally would disagree, his books are after all thrillers. Death, particularly violent death thrills the human mind. I am sure that if this type of book is not your cup of tea, you will refrain from purchasing the book.

This book first published in 2004, continues the Italian crime series set in the beautiful city of Rome and featuring Detective Nic Costa. When the body of a young woman is found dead in a peat bog the pathologist believes that the body has been there for hundreds of years. She thinks that the young woman is the victim of some ancient Roman ritual. But she couldn't be further from the truth . . .

The author's love of foreign places is evident by the number of travel books he has written and this comes through in the background to his books. Maybe it is my imagination but having them take place in Rome or Venice etc. makes them that much more readable than say London or Manchester.
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