by David Hewson · NAUSICAA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496633001
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«La villa de los misterios» is the mystery novel by David Hewson, published by Nausícaä in paperback (424 pages, in Spanish).
Detective Nic Costa returns to work in Rome to investigate the mummified corpse of a young woman found by the Tiber, which seems to be an ancient ritual sacrifice. When an American tourist reports the kidnapping of her daughter, who closely resembles the victim, the investigation points to a recent murder and the city's secrets.
Second installment in the Detective Nic Costa series, part of the Crimen Collection. Translated by Ana Isabel Robleda Ramos.
For readers of crime fiction and police thrillers, especially those who enjoy detective stories set in Rome.
David Hewson is a contemporary British author of mystery novels. His series of mysteries, featuring police officers In Rome, led by the young detective and art lover Nic Costa, began with A Season for the Dead, has now been contracted to run to at least nine instalments by British, American, European and Asian publishers. The author's debut novel, Shanghai Thunder, was published by Robert Hale, in the United Kingdom, in 1986. Almost all copies of the book were sent to libraries, and it has been reissued.
