by David Hewson · Pan Macmillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330493659
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«The Villa of Mysteries» is the mystery and suspense novel by David Hewson, published by Pan Macmillan in paperback (320 pages, in English).
The discovery of a young woman's body in a peat bog by the Tiber leads detective Nic Costa and forensic pathologist Teresa Lupo into an investigation that blends an ancient Roman ritual with a recent crime. As another teenager disappears, the plot descends into the city's darkest secrets and a deadly cult.
«The Villa of Mysteries» is the second installment in the Nic Costa series, featuring detective Nic Costa and forensic pathologist Teresa Lupo in contemporary Rome.
Aimed at readers of crime fiction and police thrillers, especially those seeking mysteries set in present-day 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.
