David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries (2020) From the Publisher: David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries. An ancient ritual - a modern-day crime. A Nic Costa Mystery. Black Thorn, ISBN: 9781847519511 (January, 2020), 463 p., £8.99, eBook £4.99.
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David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries (2018) From the Publisher: The Villa of Mysteries So begins an investigation that will take Nic Costa and his team deep into the dark underworld of modern day Rome's most disturbing and sinister secrets. As they proceed with their enquiries, it soon becomes clear that someone is trying very hard to kill Teresa Lupo. And now another beautiful young woman has gone missing... David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries. An Italian Mystery featuring Roman Detective Nic Costa. Severn House, ISBN: 9781847519511 (November, 2018), 470 p., £12.99, $17.95.
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David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries (USA 2005) From the Publisher: The Villa of Mysteries Police pathologist Teresa Lupo is Nic's colleague, friend, and his only equal when it comes to breaking the rules to get results, whatever the cost. Now, after years of living with the dead, Teresa insists that her superiors move quickly to save a life. Poring over the body of the girl in the morgue, she has found too many similarities between the girls, including a unique, leering tattoo. Lupo is sure that the vanished girl is headed for a bizarre ancient Bacchanalia involving virgins and sacrificial murder -- a ritual that is only days away. As Nic and Teresa claw at the case from two sides -- and as Nic finds himself at once puzzled and beguiled by the missing girl's seductive mother -- a chilling picture is beginning to emerge of secret relationships and sexual depravity, organized crime and unimaginable corruption. With the clock ticking down on a young girl's life, Nic and Teresa are about to make the most horrifying discovery of all -- in a pit of human darkness, where an age-old malevolence still endures, evil has consumed innocence -- and a very modern vengeance has begun. A spellbinding mix of suspense, forensic science, and human drama, The Villa of Mysteries will catch you off guard at every turn -- a novel that is at once heartbreaking and impossible to put down. David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries. Dell Publishing, ISBN: 0440242371 (August, 2005), 480 p., $6.99.
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David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries (UK 2005) From the Publisher: When a young woman turns up dead in a peat bog near the banks of the River Tiber, Teresa, a maverick pathologist, thinks she's got the victim of an ancient Roman ritual on her hands. She's wrong. Leo Falcone, the chief inspector, knows this case is recent history and the horror is still very much alive. So begins an investigation that will take the police deep into the dark underworld of modern day Rome's most disturbing and sinister secrets. Nic Costa is trying to stay off the drink. Gianni Peroni used to work vice until he was caught in one of his own department's stings. Emilio Neri, the local mafia boss, can't trust his own son and Vergil Wallis, the American mobster, is refusing to talk. Meanwhile, someone is trying very hard to kill the pathologist. And now another beautiful young woman has gone missing... David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries. Pan Books, ISBN: 0330493655 (April, 2005), 501 p., £6.99.
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David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries (USA 2005) From the Publisher: David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries. Delacorte Press, ISBN: 0385337728 (January, 2005), 338 p., $22.00.
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David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries (UK 2004) From the Publisher: When a young woman turns up dead in a peat bog near the banks of the River Tiber, Teresa, a maverick pathologist, thinks she's got the victim of an ancient Roman ritual on her hands. She's wrong. Leo Falcone, the chief inspector, knows this case is recent history and the horror is still very much alive. So begins an investigation that will take the police deep into the dark underworld of modern day Rome's most disturbing and sinister secrets. Nic Costa is trying to stay off the drink. Gianni Peroni used to work vice until he was caught in one of his own department's stings. Emilio Neri, the local mafia boss, can't trust his own son and Vergil Wallis, the American mobster, is refusing to talk. Meanwhile, someone is trying very hard to kill the pathologist. And now another beautiful young woman has gone missing... David Hewson: The Villa of Mysteries. Macmillan, ISBN: 1405000473 (April, 2004), 360 p., £12.99.
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