A Season for the Dead (Dell Suspense) - Softcover

Hewson, David

3.6

2,517 ratings by Goodreads

9780440242116: A Season for the Dead (Dell Suspense)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440242118 ISBN 13: 9780440242116

Publisher: Dell, 2004

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In a hushed Vatican Reading Room, the scene is shocking: a crazed professor shot dead after brandishing evidence of a grisly crime. Moments later, two bodies are found in a nearby church, each with a gruesome calling card from their killer.

Detective Nic Costa is one of the first on the scene. A cop who barely looks his twenty-seven years, Nic soon meets a woman who will dominate both his thoughts--and his investigation. A cool, beautiful professor of early Christianity, Sara Farnese was in the Vatican Library on that fateful day, a witness to her colleague's outburst and grotesque death.

And as more bodies are found, her role becomes even more baffling...because each victim had intimately known Sara, a woman whose history becomes more lurid and unfathomable with each revelation. Until the case takes a sudden, strange turn--and the secrets of a woman, a killer, and a city begin to unravel...with devastating consequences....

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Review:

" Richly enjoyable, sophisticated and beguiling entertainment."
--"Sunday Times"
" Keeps the reader guessing...relentlessly tightening the suspense until the end."
--"Daily Telegraph?"
" Engrossing... a complex story and an abundance of historical detail."
--"Publishers Weekly
"" An idealistic detective ... Likeable Nic exudes series potential."
--"Kirkus Reviews
"" A Season for the Dead, like "The Da Vinci Code," is a thriller that takes an unflattering look at the Catholic Church, but it is better written and more sophisticated than Dan Brown's phenomenal bestseller... The books differ, too, in that Hewson, far more than Brown or most thriller writers, has a serious concern for character."
--"Washington Post"

"From the Hardcover edition."

"Richly enjoyable, sophisticated and beguiling entertainment."
--"Sunday Times"
"Keeps the reader guessing...relentlessly tightening the suspense until the end."
--"Daily Telegraph?"
"Engrossing... a complex story and an abundance of historical detail."
--"Publishers Weekly
""An idealistic detective ... Likeable Nic exudes series potential."
--"Kirkus Reviews
""A Season for the Dead, like "The Da Vinci Code," is a thriller that takes an unflattering look at the Catholic Church, but it is better written and more sophisticated than Dan Brown's phenomenal bestseller... The books differ, too, in that Hewson, far more than Brown or most thriller writers, has a serious concern for character."
--"Washington Post"

"From the Hardcover edition."

This enthralling story has it all Best of all, it s so seamlessly put together that time flies as you flip pages to get to the end. Rocky Mountain News
Intelligent entertainment. Hewson, far more than most thriller writers, has a serious concern for character. Washington Post
"Richly enjoyable, sophisticated and beguiling entertainment." Sunday Times
"Keeps the reader guessing...relentlessly tightening the suspense until the end." Daily Telegraph
"Engrossing... a complex story and an abundance of historical detail." Publishers Weekly
"An idealistic detective ... Likeable Nic exudes series potential." Kirkus Reviews
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"This enthralling story has it all...Best of all, it's so seamlessly put together that time flies as you flip pages to get to the end." --Rocky Mountain News

"Intelligent entertainment. Hewson, far more than most thriller writers, has a serious concern for character." --Washington Post

"Richly enjoyable, sophisticated and beguiling entertainment."--Sunday Times

"Keeps the reader guessing...relentlessly tightening the suspense until the end."--Daily Telegraph

"Engrossing... a complex story and an abundance of historical detail."--Publishers Weekly
"An idealistic detective ... Likeable Nic exudes series potential."--Kirkus Reviews

Book Description:

A shooting in the silent Vatican reading room. And the worst is yet to come . . .

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