Order of Nic Costa Books
Nic Costa is the protagonist in a series of crime fiction/mystery novels by British novelist David Hewson. Costa is a young detective based out of Rome, Italy. He has an affinity for fine art. Due to his age, he can be a little naive, but as honest as they come. The rights to the series have been acquired by Bavaria for a television adaptation.
David Hewson began his Nic Costa series in 2003 with the novel A Season for the Dead. There is currently 9 novels in the series. Although each novel is connected with the same characters, they are all standalone stories and thus can be read in any order you wish. Below is a list of David Hewson’s books in order of when they were originally released (which is the same as their chronological order):
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Publication Order of Nic Costa Books
| A Season for the Dead | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Villa of Mysteries | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sacred Cut | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lizard's Bite | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Seventh Sacrament | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Garden of Evil | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dante's Numbers / The Dante Killings | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Blue Demon / City of Fear | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fallen Angel | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Savage Shore | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Notes: Dante’s Numbers was revised as The Dante Killings in the United States. The Blue Demon was re-titled City of Fear in the United States.
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David Hewson Synopsis: A Season for the Dead is the first Nic Costa novel by David Hewson. Sara Farnese reads through some ancient texts in a reading room in the Vatican. Little does she know, elsewhere, a brutal murder takes place in a church. Then, a man enters the Vatican with a bloody bag and shows Sara the contents, and before she knows it, she becomes linked to a series of murders. Two detectives, Nic Costa and Luca Rossi, are charged with tracking down the killer before he can make Sara his next victim.
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