Full name: The Dante Killings: A Thriller

Author: David Hewson Year: 2008 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense Culture: Italy Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon Google Books ISBNs: 9780385341493 0385341490

On a warm, golden evening in Rome, celebrities and paparazzi gather at the Villa Borghese as a legendary director premieres his long-anticipated film version of Dante'€™s Inferno. But minutes later the scene is chaos: A man lies dead, the film'€™s star is missing, and a priceless relic has vanished. As the premiere shifts locations'€”from Rome to San Francisco'€”detective Nic Costa finds himself on U.S. shores for the first time, charged with protecting a trove of rare Italian artworks and artifacts, as well as an American film actress, Maggie Flavier. When a killer indeed strikes, and with Flavier in danger, Costa races to unravel the chilling clues that connect Dante'€™s nine circles of Hell to the shattering revelations of Alfred Hitchcock'€™s Vertigo. But he may be too late. For a cunning plot is closing in around Costa, guided by a poet'€™s ancient vision of sin and punishment and a killer'€™s genius for terror. Previously published as Dante's Numbers. From the Paperback edition. This book is part of the "Nic Costa" series. Here are some other books from this series: "The Fallen Angel" First published in 2011 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Seventh Sacrament" First published in 2007 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Garden of Evil" First published in 2007 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Lizard's Bite" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Sacred Cut" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Villa of Mysteries" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "A Season for the Dead" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "City of Fear" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: The Villa of Mysteries by David Hewson The Sacred Cut by David Hewson A Season for the Dead by David Hewson The Seventh Sacrament by David Hewson The Lizard's Bite by David Hewson The Fallen Angel by David Hewson The Garden of Evil by David Hewson City of Fear by David Hewson Lucifer's Shadow by David Hewson The Black Widow by Daniel Silva A Time to Kill by John Grisham The Short Drop by Matthew FitzSimmons Memory Man by David Baldacci The Firm by John Grisham The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins Defending Jacob by William Landay The Client by John Grisham The Confession by John Grisham The Pelican Brief by John Grisham The Rainmaker by John Grisham