A Season for the Dead

THE FIRST IN THE ACCLAIMED NIC COSTA SERIES

''No author has ever brought Rome so alive for me - nor made it seem so sinister'' PETER JAMES

''David Hewson''s Rome is dark and tantalizing, seductive and dangerous, a place where present-day crimes ring with the echoes of history'' TESS GERRITSEN

''Hewson keeps the reader guessing . . . relentlessly tightening the suspense until the end'' Daily Telegraph

There''s no rest for the wicked . . .

While Rome is sweltering in the height of summer, a serial killer is on the loose. Sara Farnese is working in the Vatican library, when a man bursts in intent on showing her the contents of his bloodied bag, until a guard shoots him. But why was the man targeting Sara? Determined to find answers, Sara''s path crosses with a young up-and-coming Roman detective, Nic Costa. He''s determined to track down the dangerous killer behind this bizarre and brutal murder and to protect Sara from becoming the next victim . . .