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David Hewson is the author of seventeen novels published in more than twenty languages. His debut novel, Semana Santa, was translated to film, and his nine-book Nic Costa series, set in Rome, is currently being developed for television. Previously he worked as a journalist, writing for the London Times, The Sunday Times, and The Independent.
Hewson’s celebrated Nic Costa series takes a fascinating detour here, with the setting moving from Rome to Venice and most of the cast (Costa, Leo Falcone, and Gianni Peroni) on hiatus. That leaves pathologist Teresa Lupo on the case, and a very personal one it is. Teresa’s favorite aunt, Sofia, has gone missing in Venice, and it’s up to the pathologist to turn investigator in an effort to find her. The trail is strewn with leads—Sofia was an outgoing sort who told her story to all and sundry—but matters are complicated by Carnival, Venice’s annual festival, which draws drunken tourists in record numbers. Further muddying the lagoons are several murders and a suicide that appear, somehow, to be connected to Sofia’s disappearance. Teresa, who prefers working on dead bodies to investigating live ones, is awash in confusion until mysterious parcels begin arriving at her door containing stories that elliptically attempt to point her in the right direction. As the fact-bound pathologist slowly moves closer to unraveling the mystery, she is forced to confront a Horatio-like epiphany, that the world contains ambiguities not resolvable by logic alone. The stories within the story tend to slow the narrative a bit, but Hewson once again combines landscape and character into a rich and satisfying whole.
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- PublisherPan MacMillan
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1447208870
- ISBN 13 9781447208877
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Book Description Condition: Bueno. It's February, and Carnival time in Venice. Bright blue skies and freezing temperatures welcome Teresa Lupo, forensic pathologist to the Rome Questura, to the city. She is greeted off the vaporetto by an anonymous masked man dressed as The Plague Doctor. Teresa has taken time out from her job to find her beloved bohemian aunt Sofia who has mysteriously disappeared. There seem to be no clues as to her whereabouts, but a visit to Sofia's very strange apartment in the Dorsoduro confirms Teresa's suspicions that all is not well. The puzzle deepens when a letter reveals a piece of fiction in which both Sofia and Teresa appear. Even more strange, are the links to Venetian culture which gradually begin to surface. Are the messages being sent by Sofia herself? Her abductor? Or a third party seeking to help her unravel the mystery? The revelation when it comes is as surprising and shocking as Sofia's fate. And Teresa herself comes to depend upon the unravelling of a mystery wrapped deep inside the art and culture of Venice itself. EAN: 9781447208877Tipo: LibrosCategoría: Título: Carnival for The DeadAutor: David Hewson Editorial: Pan Books Formato: Libro de bolsillo. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-04-09-9e999a48
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