Twenty years ago, a mysterious group called the Blue Demon committed a series of bizarre and ritualistic crimes evoking the legacy of the lost race of the Etruscans, and leaving in their wake a group of dead students, a murdered couple, a cryptic message and a kidnapped child.

Now, the leaders of the G8 are descending on Rome for a summit at the Quirinale Palace. But when a politician is found ritually murdered, seemingly by a strange young man dressed as an Etruscan god, detective Nic Costa suspects that the old case was never really solved.

The Blue Demon appear to have returned – and planning, under the leadership of the fanatical Andrea Petrakis, to unleash a devastating sequence of attacks on the city. As Costa and his team start to dig deeper into the past, they find that there are still too many unanswered questions – and much more to the history of the Blue Demon than anyone wants to admit...

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ISBN-13 : 978-0330512510
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 033051251X
Dimensions : 13 x 3 x 19.7 cm
Publisher : Macmillan; Unabridged edition (1 October 2010)
Language: : English

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Hewson is a daunting talent – a writer who is master stylist, who respects the audience’s intelligence and who effortlessly keeps the thrills coming a mile a minute. -- Jeffery Deaver

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David Hewson was born in Yorkshire in 1953. He was a journalist from the age of 17, working most recently for the Sunday Times. He has also written several novels, as well as a number of travel books. The author lives in Kent.

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Kay Lampard

loved it!!!!!!!

Reviewed in Australia on 16 May 2014

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Hard to put down; wanted to keep reading right to the very end. sad when i finished actually. David Hewson really paints the picture really well bringing the streets of Rome to life.
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Grace

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 September 2013

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I am a great fan of david hewson and read I think all of his books. His flowing descriptions of Rome have always been a part of his crime novels. You can almost think you are there. This book however is off the mark. The main character nick costa seems not to be part of the well known 'team' They are on the fringe and this time the book seems to be more of a tour guide! I was put off by another well known author's continual description in her novels of her home town and it's history. so please David, tone it down. Brilliant intricate stories usually but this one lost it's way me thinks. Far too much 'italian speak' I found myself turning pages without reading them, which is a shame because I love the characters he's created over a period of time.

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David Hewson

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 August 2019

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The Author never lets you down. His knowledge of the Italian history and mind set is without unnerving. Top read

Sheila Roberts

Gripping storyline

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 April 2019

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I have enjoyed all Hewson’s books.
If you like crime stories you will too.
Rome itself is fascinating. Hewson makes it come alive
Which book is next I wonder?

meryon

not really a detective story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 April 2014

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I have read most of the Costa series and this was the first to disappoint. It seems like an attempt to write a thriller and add in a bit of mythology. it does not work and there are many slow passages trying to set the scene and giving history lessons.

Anglocliff

like most of us

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2015

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The character Nic Costa has, like most of us, a few problems in his life, these do not stop him getting stuck into the cases that usually revolve around the city of Rome. The storylines keep your interest from page one to the very end of the book.

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