Nic Costa investigates a murder that occurs in the Pantheon. ( )

Een boek om in één ruk uit te lezen ( )

For the first time in two decades, Rome is paralysed by a blizzard. And a gruesome discovery is made in the Pantheon, one of the city's most ancient and revered architectural treasures.
Covered by soft snow is the body of a an American tourist - her back horribly mutilated...
But before Nic Costa, Gianni Peroni and Inspector Falcone can begin their murder investigation the US Embassy has descended on the scene. FBI agent Joel Leapman wants the investigation under his own personal command. His assistant Emily Deacon turns out to have her own personal reasons for wanting to bring the killer to book.
Sidelined, the three Roman cops are determined to discover why the inquiry is so sensitive. And as the FBI grudgingly admits that this corpse is not the first, the mutilations of the woman's body point to a sinister secret buried deep in a conspiracy mired in the history of two bloody wars in Iraq. ( )

Absolutely wonderful! Sadly now I have to wait a year for the next one (The Lizard's Bite), because I can't wait until these books come out in paperback & I have to buy them when they're first released. Kind of like waiting for the next Harry Potter novel. If you have read Hewson's work before, then I definitely can recommend this installment (3rd in the Nic Costa series); if you like a well-written mystery that doesn't insult your intelligence, then I can recommend it to you and if you enjoy a good conspiracy yarn & a view of Italy, then you will liek this one. If you want a cute little cozy yarn, skip it. I think Hewson writes mysteries the way they should be written, although I must say I had most of it figured out early on. Normally I hate that, but in this case, it's okay...it was the getting there that was really the fun part.

brief look
The Pantheon, built by Hadrian in antiquity is the scene to which Nic Costa & his partner Gianni Peroni are called to investigate a murder. The most major snowfall in years is falling in the background, and the body has been covered by it. The dead woman has been positioned on the floor, and in her back is carved something that looks like Da Vinci's famous Vitruvian Man (you know, the one with the man in the square in the circle). But wait...before you start screaming oh god, another DVC ripoff, don't. The investigation that follows leads our friends to become (unhappily) involved with the FBI, who are playing their cards very closely and not revealing more than they need the police to know. As Costa, Peroni, Falcone and Crazy Teresa get more involved, they realize that there's more here than meets the eye -- and find a mystery/conspiracy that it may not be healthy for them to become involved in.

Very well done; I couldn't stop reading once I started it. YAY...more more more!!! ( )