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The Lizard's Bite (Nic Costa) (Hardcover)

by David Hewson (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 360 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan (3 Mar 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405050179
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405050173
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.6 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 475,566 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Things are looking up for Nic Costa and Gianni Peroni – their humiliating exile in Venice is nearly at an end, and their long-awaited holiday is about to begin. So when they are ordered to investigate an apparently open-and-shut case, a fire in a glass foundry that has claimed two lives, all they want is to wrap it up quickly.

However, as they dig more deeply into the insular glass-making region of Murano and the strange Arcangeli family, things don’t quite add up. Under pressure from above to finish quickly so that urbane British millionaire Hugo Massiter’s property deal can be concluded, events spiral quickly out of control with devastating consequences . . .

When they realise that the only verdict the local police are interested in is accidental death and a speedily closed file, Costa and Peroni find themselves embroiled in a clandestine and dangerous investigation into the shadowy world that lies beneath Venice’s sparkling façade – and where the usual rules do not apply.



About the Author

David Hewson was born in Yorkshire in 1953. He was a journalist from the age of seventeen, working most recently for The Sunday Times. He has also written several novels, as well as a number of travel books. Following A Season for the Dead, The Villa of Mysteries and The Sacred Cut, The Lizard’s Bite is the fourth in his Italian crime series featuring Detective Nic Costa. The author lives in Kent.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Good American Thriller, 26 Aug 2007
By A reader (New South Wales, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Lizard's Bite (Mass Market Paperback)
This book was clearly written for the American market: all the characters speak, think, act, like Americans. The odd Britishism (one of the characters is a Hollywood-Brit)& the odd Italian word are thrown in, enough to give American readers a taste of something foreign. The plot too is pure Hollywood. Venice is only an exotic backdrop; & Venetian politics are Tammany Hall in Hollywood-Venetian dress. Very entertaining, though: a good, solid, American cops-and-robbers thriller.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best thriller in the world, ever -EVER!!!!, 22 April 2006
By J. B. Taylor "No More Hype!" (London) - See all my reviews
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This book is truly unputdownable. I read it just two sessions. The quality of the story has you turning page after page - reading chapter beyond chapter. The story is so good that I didn't even put down to go to the loo.

This book is far, far better than the Da Vinci code - it is so crammed full of historical and mystical knowledge which can be readily validated. It is also very well informed about Italian police and American FBI procedures. The dialogue is very authentic and convincing. All the characters, right down to the coffee shop girls are fully developed and you just wish they were your friends - all except for the killer of course. He is the scariest killer I have ever come across in any book. He even makes Hannibal look like Mother Theresa!

If you want an action packed story which is full of intrigue and plots that are full of unexpected twists then I urge you to buy this book as soon as you can. Believe me, you wont be disappointed. The final, fantastic twist at the very end we blow your mind and leave you satisfied but wanting more of the same.
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