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Reviews of The Seventh Sacrament
Booklist, the Americal Library Association’s influential magazine, says of The Seventh Sacrament…
Hewson’s uncompromising trio of antiestablishment Roman cops—Nic Costa, Gianni Peroni, and their boss, Leo Falcone—are back in the Eternal City and up to their necks in another vat of hot water. As with the previous four entries in this always-captivating series, the crime on the front burner—a dead body discovered in a Roman church—is merely the entrée point to a case with tentacles extending deep into ancient history…Hewson keeps his readers securely tethered to a narrative lifeline; like Theseus on the trail of the minotaur, we follow the plot around countless blind corners but never lose our way out of the maze. The interplay between Hewson’s three cops—and between them and the especially rich supporting cast—lift this novel far above the plot-driven Da Vinci Code and its many imitators. A superb mix of history, mystery, and humanity.
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The books of David Hewson
The Rome Series
- Dante's Numbers (2008)
- The Garden of Evil (2008)
- The Seventh Sacrament (2007)
- The Lizard's Bite (2006)
- The Sacred Cut (2005)
- The Villa of Mysteries (2004)
- A Season for the Dead (2003)
Standalone work
- The Promised Land (2007)
- The Chopin Manuscript (with others) (2007)
- Saved (2007)
- Lucifer's Shadow (2001)
- Native Rites (1999)
- Solstice (1998)
- Epiphany (1997)
- Semana Santa (1996)
