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.

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The sequel to Chopin…

Blame Jeffery Deaver. This is all his fault. A couple of years ago Jeff came up with the bright idea that a bunch of members at ITW could raise funds to keep the organisation going by writing an audio thriller. You know what that is, don’t you? No. Nor did we. Jeff said, ‘I’ll write chapter one and the closing chapter. You lot just produce the chapters in between. Audible can publish it. And we can get some great actor to read the lines.’

We indulged him of course. Jeff’s such a nice guy you have to. So I wrote a second chapter taking Jeff’s start in eastern Europe to Rome. Then a bunch of others — too many to mention here — came in and we wound up with a scary fast-moving thriller called The Chopin Manuscript. That great actor Alfred Molina came in and did a voiceover so astonishing it sent shivers down my spine. Then it went on to win the audio equivalent of an Oscar, Audiobook of the Year. Note that was the audiobook of the year — not a genre thing. Amazing.

So Jeff comes back a while later and says, ‘Let’s do it again!’

We won a prize. We broke new ground. Most of all we had fun. Who’s going to say no?

The result is a sequel to The Chopin Manuscript. It’s called The Copper Bracelet. It’s different. Better. More focused I think — we were really testing our feet the first time round. More scary and hellishly contemporary too, a global conspiracy thriller that is straight out of the headlines and with a compelling mystery at its heart: what is the secret of the Copper Bracelet? And yes Harold Middleton and his team of volunteers return to put their lives on the line to find out.

Once again it’s an audio novel available only by download from Audible and iTunes. If you’re in the US head off over to www.audible.com/copper. In the UK go to www.audible.co.uk/copper. There you’ll find the first chapter for free and other freebies including an audio interview in which Jeff, Lee, Jim Fusilli and I discuss the project. You’ll have to register but you won’t need a credit card.

As before, Jeff wrote that first chapter, setting us up for a wild ride around the globe. Those who follow him are, in order of appearance, Gayle Lynds, me, Jim Fusilli, John Gilstrap, Joseph Finder, Lisa Scottoline, David Corbett, Linda Barnes, Jenny Siler, David Liss, P.J. Parrish, Brett Battles, Lee Child, Jon Land and James Phelan. Once again Alfred Molina narrates. Jim Fusilli held the whole thing together as editor too, and Jeff wraps up the project with a skill that still leaves me breathless.

It’s worth pointing out that this is not a collaboration in a conventional sense. We didn’t have plot meetings or storylines. This was a relay race in which the baton was simply passed from one runner to the next, with no one knowing where this would all end up. It’s a great testament to Jim and Jeff that the two of them manage to keep an astonishingly tight rein on such a free-wheeling project. And as always I’m flattered to be part of a fundraiser for the excellent organisation that is ITW.