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David Hewson

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in Rotherham, The United Kingdom

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Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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DAVID HEWSON was born in Yorkshire in 1953. His books range from the Nic Costa series set in Italy to adaptations of The Killing in Copenhagen and the Pieter Vos series in Amsterdam.
He's adapted Shakespeare for Audible and in 2018 won the Audie for best original work for Romeo and Juliet: A Novel, narrated by Richard Armitage.
2019 sees the release of a new, full-cast Audible drama set in New York, Last Seen Wearing, and a standalone novel set in the Faroe Islands, Devil's Fjord.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 34,568 ratings · 4,140 reviews · 112 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Killing (The Killing, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 2,667 ratings — published 2012 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Season for the Dead (Nic Costa, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 2,690 ratings — published 2003 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Villa Of Mysteries (Nic Costa, #2) 3.63 avg rating — 1,514 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sacred Cut (Nic Costa, #3) 3.72 avg rating — 1,354 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The House of Dolls (Pieter Vos, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 1,313 ratings — published 2014 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Medici Murders 3.77 avg rating — 1,077 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lizard's Bite (Nic Costa, #4) 3.79 avg rating — 1,038 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden Of Evil (Nic Costa, #6) 3.82 avg rating — 1,014 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seventh Sacrament (Nic Costa, #5) 3.79 avg rating — 1,008 ratings — published 2007 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden of Angels 4.18 avg rating — 869 ratings — published 2021 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Out now in German… Das Borgia-Porträt

Delighted to tell you the second Arnold Clover book is now out from my wonderful German publishers, Folio. And isn’t it a lovely edition — just look at those clever […]

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Series by David Hewson

Nic Costa (10 books)
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3.72 avg rating — 11,139 ratings

The Killing (3 books)
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Pieter Vos (4 books)
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Venetian Mystery (2 books)
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3.83 avg rating — 1,540 ratings

Pino Fratelli and Julia Wellbeloved (1 book)
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Claudius the God (Claudius, #2)

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“To watch. To wait. To wonder at a world in chaos,' the girl said. 'And hope one day you fools might learn.”
― David Hewson, Macbeth

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“The only sheets I'll ever long for are my own.”
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“What must be done must be done, whatever the price, the cost, the pain. One day we all must walk through fire.”
― A.J. Hartley and David Hewson, Macbeth

tags: choices-and-consequences, destiny

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December 2020 Mystery by Location (Italy) Poll

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The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri

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A Season for the Dead by David Hewson

6 votes, 35.3%

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