A Season for the Dead
Registered by LastEdition on 3/11/2005
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Synopsis:
In a hushed Vatican reading room, the scene was 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 the killer. Thus begins David Hewson's elegant and electrifying new novel. Set amidst a bizarre killing spree in modern Rome, it is a bewitching blend of history and drama, sensuality and suspense.
As the August heat takes Rome in its fiery grip, the news of two brutal murders holds the city in thrall. And as the media gathers and Vatican officials close ranks, a young detective is sent to the forefront of the case. Nic Costa is the son of an infamous Italian Communist, a connoisseur of Caravaggio , and a cop who barely looks his 27 years of age. Thrust into the heart of a killing spree that will rattle his city down to its ancient bones, Nic meets a woman who will soon dominate both his consciousness and his investigation.
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“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
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I rather liked this book, even if the dialogue does get a bit disjointed in places. A good beach-read or for a long plane/train ride.
This book is closer to Michael Dibdin and Andrea Camilleri than to the more "cozy" writing of Donna Leon.
In a hushed Vatican reading room, the scene was 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 the killer. Thus begins David Hewson's elegant and electrifying new novel. Set amidst a bizarre killing spree in modern Rome, it is a bewitching blend of history and drama, sensuality and suspense.
As the August heat takes Rome in its fiery grip, the news of two brutal murders holds the city in thrall. And as the media gathers and Vatican officials close ranks, a young detective is sent to the forefront of the case. Nic Costa is the son of an infamous Italian Communist, a connoisseur of Caravaggio , and a cop who barely looks his 27 years of age. Thrust into the heart of a killing spree that will rattle his city down to its ancient bones, Nic meets a woman who will soon dominate both his consciousness and his investigation.
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“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
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I rather liked this book, even if the dialogue does get a bit disjointed in places. A good beach-read or for a long plane/train ride.
This book is closer to Michael Dibdin and Andrea Camilleri than to the more "cozy" writing of Donna Leon.
Journal Entry 2 by LastEdition at BookRelay in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, August 28, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (8/29/2005 UTC) at BookRelay in Controlled Release, A Bookcrossing member -- Controlled Releases
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Off to Kislany in Cyprus by way of a relay with an unprintable name :-)
Off to Kislany in Cyprus by way of a relay with an unprintable name :-)
Lol, funny JE indeed (and unprintable relay name indeed, LMAO)!
Got this together with another rabck, big thanks for both :)
Hm, on the cover it says 'better than the Davinci Code', well we'll see about that, but it surely looks good from the blurb...
Got this together with another rabck, big thanks for both :)
Hm, on the cover it says 'better than the Davinci Code', well we'll see about that, but it surely looks good from the blurb...
Reserved for Danes in a trade after reading.