When British academic Malise Gabriel falls to his death from a Rome apartment, detective Nic Costa rapidly comes to realise that there is much more to the accident than he first thought. It also becomes apparent that Malise’s family — mysterious and tragic daughter Mina, stoic wife Cecilia and troubled son Robert — may be keeping vital information hidden.
Nic becomes obsessed with the case, intrigued by Mina’s story which seems to be linked to the sixteenth-century real-life tragedy of a young Italian noblewoman, Beatrice Cenci.
As the investigation deepens, Rome’s dark and seedy side is uncovered, revealing a tangle of deceit, treachery and corruption. Costa realises that the key to the truth lies with the Gabriels. Why are they so unwilling to co-operate, and who, or what, is the reason for their silence? The ninth novel in the Costa series is published by Pan Macmillan in the UK on February 4, 2011 and Delacorte in the US on April 26, 2011.
Intricately plotted and gorgeously written, THE FALLEN ANGEL weaves a spell that will entrap you until the final page. 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, author of THE KILLING PLACE
A new Roman tale for download
Gianni Peroni is feeling at a loose end. Mooching around with no boss at hand he wanders into the Questura morgue and sees Teresa’s deputy staring at two newly-arrived corpses. One is the body of a wealthy psychiatrist recovered from the river, apparently after committing suicide. The second is that of a young Roma petty criminal, seemingly beaten to death in a different part of the city, perhaps as some gang vendetta.
Peroni watches the pathologist start to work with the corpses and notices something extraordinary. Both are wearing odd socks. Identical odd socks.
So begins Dead Men’s Socks, a brand new 10,000-word Rome short story featuring one of the series’ most popular characters. Out now with instant download as part of the new Pan Macmillan Short Reads initiative.
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