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David Hewson

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in Rotherham, The United Kingdom

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Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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DAVID HEWSON was born in Yorkshire in 1953. His books range from the Nic Costa series set in Italy to adaptations of The Killing in Copenhagen and the Pieter Vos series in Amsterdam.
He's adapted Shakespeare for Audible and in 2018 won the Audie for best original work for Romeo and Juliet: A Novel, narrated by Richard Armitage.
2019 sees the release of a new, full-cast Audible drama set in New York, Last Seen Wearing, and a standalone novel set in the Faroe Islands, Devil's Fjord.

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Average rating: 3.8 · 35,940 ratings · 4,222 reviews · 108 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Killing (The Killing, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 2,820 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Season for the Dead (Nic Costa, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 2,741 ratings — published 2003 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Villa Of Mysteries (Nic Costa, #2) 3.63 avg rating — 1,544 ratings — published 2003 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of Dolls (Pieter Vos, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 1,366 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sacred Cut (Nic Costa, #3) 3.72 avg rating — 1,369 ratings — published 2005 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Medici Murders 3.80 avg rating — 1,223 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lizard's Bite (Nic Costa, #4) 3.79 avg rating — 1,047 ratings — published 2006 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden Of Evil (Nic Costa, #6) 3.83 avg rating — 1,022 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seventh Sacrament (Nic Costa, #5) 3.79 avg rating — 1,029 ratings — published 2007 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden of Angels 4.17 avg rating — 905 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Return of Nic Costa: A New Trilogy in Italian Crime Fiction

It’s twenty-five years since I first dreamed up a young Roman cop called Nic Costa, along with his crew, Gianni Peroni, Teresa Lupo and Leo Falcone. Over ten books they […]

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Series by David Hewson

Nic Costa (10 books)
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David Hewson (Goodreads Author)

3.72 avg rating — 11,304 ratings

The Killing (3 books)
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4.02 avg rating — 4,273 ratings

Pieter Vos (4 books)
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3.78 avg rating — 3,033 ratings

Venetian Mystery (4 books)
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David Hewson (Goodreads Author)

3.97 avg rating — 2,452 ratings

Pino Fratelli and Julia Wellbeloved (1 book)
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Saul Reichlin (Narrator)

3.87 avg rating — 280 ratings

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Claudius the God (Claudius, #2)

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The Golden Ass

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“To watch. To wait. To wonder at a world in chaos,' the girl said. 'And hope one day you fools might learn.”
― David Hewson, Macbeth

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“The only sheets I'll ever long for are my own.”
― A.J. Hartley and David Hewson, Macbeth

tags: cheating, fidelity, infidelity, sex

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“What must be done must be done, whatever the price, the cost, the pain. One day we all must walk through fire.”
― A.J. Hartley and David Hewson, Macbeth

tags: choices-and-consequences, destiny

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December 2020 Mystery by Location (Italy) Poll

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Which Italian Mystery selection would you like to read in December?

The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri

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A Season for the Dead by David Hewson

6 votes, 35.3%

17 total votes

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