โ Scribed by David Hewson
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
It was a warm, golden evening in Romeโa night filled with anticipation. A legendary director was premiering his new film version of Dante's Inferno. From around the world, celebrities gathered at the Villa Borghese as the paparazzi thronged among them. But within moments the event was in chaos. A man was dead. The film's star was missingโand a priceless relic had vanished. In David Hewson's masterful new novel of suspense, Detective Nic Costa, numb from the recent death of his wife, finds himself and his fellow detectives drawn into a strange and terrifying limboโthe first of Dante's nine circles of Hell.
While Dante had Beatrice as his guide, Nic Costa has an enigmatic beauty of his own: a bored American film actress named Maggie Flavier who decides that Costa, and no one else, is suited for the job of protecting her from the danger surrounding the film. As the premiere shifts locationsโfrom Rome to San FranciscoโCosta leaves Europe for the first time in...
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SUMMARY: It was a warm, golden evening in Romeโa night filled with anticipation. A legendary director was premiering his new film version of Danteโs Inferno. From around the world, celebrities gathered at the Villa Borghese as the paparazzi thronged among them. But within moments the event was in ch
It was a warm, golden evening in Romea night filled with anticipation. A legendary director was premiering his new film version of Dantes *Inferno*. From around the world, celebrities gathered at the Villa Borghese as the paparazzi thronged among them. But within moments the event was in chaos. A ma
SUMMARY: It was a warm, golden evening in Romea night filled with anticipation. A legendary director was premiering his new film version of Dantes Inferno. From around the world, celebrities gathered at the Villa Borghese as the paparazzi thronged among them. But within moments the event was in ch
As celebrities and paparazzi gather in Rome for the premiere of a film version of Dante's "Inferno," a man is found dead and the film's star is missing, leading Detective Nic Costa on a terrifying journey from Rome to San Francisco and beyond.
As celebrities and paparazzi gather in Rome for the premiere of a film version of Dante's "Inferno," a man is found dead and the film's star is missing, leading Detective Nic Costa on a terrifying journey from Rome to San Francisco and beyond.