David Hewson is the bestselling author of nineteen books published in more than twenty languages. His popular Costa contemporary crime series is now in development for a series of TV movies in Rome. 

What they're saying

Daily Express… Carnival For The Dead is a reminder that we are in the hands of one of the most accomplished crime writers in this country.

Tess Gerritsen… Intricately plotted and gorgeously written, The Fallen Angel weaves a spell that will entrap you until the final page. 

Peter James… Hewson is one of our finest crime writers.  Absorbing, intelligent, and with a staggeringly vivid sense of place.  No author has ever brought Rome so alive for me — nor made it seem so sinister.

Linwood Barclay on The Blue Demon… Packs more twists and action into its brilliantly plotted pages than half a dozen other thrillers combined.  

Jeffery Deaver…Hewson is a daunting talent — a writer who is a master stylist. 

Steve Berry…David Hewson is one of the finest thriller writers working today. A born stylist.

Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence… One of my all-time favorite fictional detectives is David Hewson’s Nic Costa.

Lee Child… (Dante’s Numbers)…is easily the best yet in a really terrific series.

Macbeth: A Novel

Available now exclusively on Audible worldwide… a stunning new audiobook interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic, narrated by Alan Cumming and written by David Hewson and A.J. Hartley. Listen to an extract.

Scrivener

Writing a Novel with Scrivener is David’s personal guide to creative writing with the hottest new software on the block now revised for the new Windows version.

Available with instant delivery for Kindle it takes you from outline to manuscript and then delivery to publisher or finished ebook format.

 

Audiobook of the year — thanks to Jeffery Deaver

Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a priceless, previously-unknown manuscript by Frederic Chopin. Within the notes of this work, which was originally found and hidden by the Nazis during World War II, lies a secret that has left death in its wake – and could kill tens of thousands more.

Winner 2007 Audiobook of the Year

The Chopin Manuscript is a unique collaboration among 15 distinguished international thriller writers who came together to create a single audiobook with each author contributing a chapter to the ongoing story.

Jeffery Deaver conceived the characters and the setting and put the plot in motion with the first chapter. Then I take the threads of Jeff’s opening chapter opening section to produce a second which spins the story out of its opening in Warsaw to Rome, and sets it on the way to a climax in the US. From there the story was turned over to thirteen authors – including Lee Child, Lisa Scottoline, Joseph Finder, S. J. Rozan, and P. J. Parrish – who each wrote a chapter that propelled the story along. Along the way the plot took twists and turns as each author lent his or her own imprint on the tale. Characters were added as the action moved around the world — and the stakes got higher and higher. The book wrapped with Jeff writing the final two chapters bringing The Chopin Manuscript to its explosive conclusion.

The plot unfolds like this: Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a priceless, previously-unknown manuscript by Frederic Chopin. Within the notes of this work, which was originally found and hidden by the Nazis during World War II, lies a secret that has left death in its wake – and could kill tens of thousands more. As Middleton races to unlock the mystery of the manuscript, he is accused of murder, pursued by federal agents and targeted by assassins. But the greatest threat comes from a man known only as Faust – a shadowy figure from Middleton’s past.

The Chopin Manuscript was the world’s first audio thriller, delivered serially, read beautifully by that great actor Alfred Molina. Readers received a new installment of 2-3 chapters every Tuesday, beginning September 25th. with the final instalment delivered on November 13th. It proved one of the fastest-selling audio titles of 2007.