I have really liked David Hewson’s series of novels, set in Rome, with cops Costa, Peroni and Falconi, even though the plots do tend to be complicated and dense, and this latest, the Seventh Sacrament [ISBN 978 0 330 43395 6] is no exception. With a context of the underground city beneath Rome, the split narrative winds backwards and forwards from the past to present day, keeping the reader guessing all the way through – the problem with this kind of narrative, though, is that is it easy to lose the plot in more ways than one. However, a clever book, quite challenging to the reader.
I have really liked David Hewson’s series of novels, set in Rome, with cops Costa, Peroni and Falconi, even though the plots do tend to be complicated and dense, and this latest, the Seventh Sacrament [ISBN 978 0 330 43395 6] is no exception. With a context of the underground city beneath Rome, the split narrative winds backwards and forwards from the past to present day, keeping the reader guessing all the way through – the problem with this kind of narrative, though, is that is it easy to lose the plot in more ways than one. However, a clever book, quite challenging to the reader.
Giorgio Bramante, A Roman archaeology professor, master of the underground tunnels and caves under Rome, took his son down to test him – and lost him to a group of his students venturing underground for the first time. Bramante followed the students and beat one to death – and was imprisoned for his murder, and his son was never found. After release Bramante is bent on revenge on all he blames – including Leo Falcone. Costa watches whilst Falcone gets embroiled with Bramante’s games and knows that the mystery of the missing child needs to be solved – and sets out with Peroni and others to do just that.
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