Book description
In a hidden studio in an area of Rome, where the Vatican liked to keep
an eye on the city's prostitutes, an art expert from the Louvre is found
dead in front of one of the most beautiful paintings that Nic Costa has
ever seen - an unknown Caravaggio masterpiece. But before long tragedy
will strike Nic far closer to home. The main suspect's identity is
known, but he remains untouchable - protected in his grand palazzo by a
fleet of lawyers and a sinister cult known as the Ekstasists. If Costa
and his team can crack the reasons for the cult's existence, he may well
stand a chance of nailing his wife's killer. But the mystery will take
him right back to Caravaggio himself and the reasons he had to flee
Rome, all those centuries before . . .
David Hewson was born in Yorkshire in 1953. He worked as staff
writer on The Times from 1978, and has written seven novels, as well
as a number of travel books. He is now a weekly columnist for the
Sunday Times. This is the sixth novel in his Italian crime series
featuring Detective Nic Costa. The author lives in Kent.
www. davidhewson. com
