David Hewson Książki

Morderstwo młodej i pięknej dziewczyny wstrząsa nie tylko jej szczęśliwą rodziną i przyjaci�łmi. Kto i dlaczego m�głby chcieć zamordować uroczą, niewinną i wspaniałą Nannę? Nikt. Czyli wszyscy. Mgliste, niejasne opisy, mylące wskaz�wki, kłamstwa, stłumione emocje? Powoli tworzy się krąg podejrzanych - powiązanych ze sobą os�b, skrywających mroczne sekrety. Niczego nie można być pewnym aż do końca dochodzenia, kt�re prowadzi komisarz Sarah Lund. To ona znajduje ciało nastolatki, to ona wielokrotnie zmienia życiowe plany, by wraz ze swoim następcą, komisarzem Meyerem, prowadzić śledztwo. 'Dochodzenie' to znakomita powieść sensacyjna oparta na kultowym duńskim serialu 'Forbrydelsen'. Bardzo popularny w Polsce 'The Killing' (kt�rego producentką jest Veena Sud, tw�rczyni 'Dowod�w zbrodni'), jest jego amerykańską adaptacją. Kilka odcink�w reżyserowała Agnieszka Holland. Niespodzianką dla widz�w, kt�rzy nie znają książki, i czytelnik�w, kt�rzy nie oglądali serialu, jest radykalna zmiana zakończenia oraz znaczne r�żnice w prowadzeniu niekt�rych wątk�w powieści i filmu.

Kopenhaska policja szuka mordercy młodej prawniczki. Szef wydziału zab�jstw wie, że w skomplikowanym śledztwie pom�c może tylko Sarah Lund, przed dwoma laty usunięta ze służby. Ona jedna nie wierzy w winę męża ofiary i zamach tajemniczej Ligi Muzułmańskiej. Po kolejnych morderstwach trop prowadzi do jednostki wojskowej przygotowującej się do kolejnej misji w Afganistanie.

Detektyw Pieter Vos – z Laurą Bakker u boku – znów na tropie: podczas parady świątecznej w Amsterdamie doszło do porwania dziewczynki. W trakcie śledztwa wychodzi na jaw, że porywacz uprowadził nie tę dziewczynkę, którą planował porwać. Przedstawia więc władzom zaskakujące żądania. Vos i Bakker muszą się spieszyć, żeby ocalić małą Natalię...

Rzym, upalne lato, puste ulice. Sara Farnese siedzi w Bibliotece Watykańskiej i czyta starożytną książkę kucharską. Podchodzi do niej mężczyzna z wypchaną reklam�wką w dłoni. Znajomy. Zmiata z biurka Sary wszystko, co na nim leży, i wyjmuje z reklam�wki sk�rę. Ludzką. P�ł szalonym, p�ł martwym głosem m�wi: 'Krew męczennik�w jest nasieniem Kościoła'. I ginie od kuli strażnika biblioteki. Sprawą zajmuje się młody policjant Nico Costa. Syn głośnego włoskiego komunisty, znawca Caravaggia, wegetarianin i zapalony biegacz, kt�ry nie wygląda na swoje dwadzieścia siedem lat. Wkr�tce pojawiają się kolejne ofiary, każda w jakiś spos�b powiązana z Sarą. Zlatują się dziennikarze, Watykan zwiera szyki. Morderca odtwarza makabryczne okoliczności śmierci wczesnochrześcijańskich męczennik�w. Przybity nieuleczalną chorobą ojca Nico stara się odkryć prawdę, niezależnie od tego, ile będzie go to kosztowało. Dociera do prywatnych watykańskich kwater, gdzie pewien kardynał pr�buje wykaraskać się z kłopot�w związanych z przekrętami finansowymi na niewyobrażalną skalę, i rozmawia z ludźmi, z kt�rymi lepiej nie rozmawiać, jeśli nie chce się zaszkodzić swojej karierze... Dla jednych podejrzany jako syn komunisty, przez drugich traktowany z g�ry ze względu na sw�j młody wiek, Nico wierzy, że inteligencja i uczciwość pozwolą mu dotrzeć do prawdy o tajemniczej Sarze Farnese - ale nie zdaje sobie sprawy z tego, jak wielkie podejmuje ryzyko.

Zabawa, kt�ra przemieniła się w krwawą ceremonię.Para amerykańskich turyst�w na własną rękę organizuje wykopaliska. Ale zamiast starożytnego posągu wydobywa z torfowiska zwłoki szesnastoletniej dziewczyny.Wszystko wskazuje na to, że zamordowano ją w legendarnej Willi Misteri�w podczas tajemniczego obrzędu, kt�rego od wiek�w nikt już nie praktykuje. Kiedy łudząco do niej podobna turystka znika bez śladu, policja zaczyna podejrzewać, że krwawy kult wciąż ma grono wyznawc�w.Dochodzenie prowadzą dwaj detektywi: Nico Costa, wegetarianin i biegacz, oraz Gianni Peroni, pięćdziesięciolatek ze sporą nadwagą, kt�rego twarzy nie da się zapomnieć.

At his beloved Nonno Paolo's deathbed, fifteen-year-old Nico receives a gift that will change his life a yellowing manuscript which tells the haunting, twisty tale of what really happened to his grandfather in Nazi-occupied Venice in 1943.A  Times  Best Thriller Book of 2022The Palazzo Colombina is home to the Uccello three generations of men, trapped together in the dusty palace on Venice’s Grand Canal. Awkward fifteen-year-old Nico. His distant, business-focused father. And his beloved grandfather, Paolo. Paolo is dying. But before he passes, he has secrets he’s waited his whole life to share.When a Jewish classmate is attacked by bullies, Nico just watches – earning him a week’s suspension and a typed, yellowing manuscript from his frail Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says. A secret he must keep from his father. A tale of blood and madness . . .Nico is transported back to the Venice of 1943, an occupied city seething under its Nazi overlords, and to the defining moment of his grandfather’s when Paolo’s support for a murdered Jewish woman brings him into the sights of the city’s underground resistance. Hooked and unsettled, Nico can’t stop reading – but he soon wonders if he ever knew his beloved grandfather at all.

Family tragedy, family legacy, family secrets - Detective Nic Costa faces his hardest case yet.

Anneliese Vos, sixteen-year-old daughter of Amsterdam detective, Pieter Vos, disappeared three years ago in mysterious circumstances. Her distraught father's desperate search reveals nothing and results in his departure from the police force. Pieter now lives in a broken down houseboat in the colourful Amsterdam neighbourhood of the Jordaan. One day, while Vos is wasting time at the Rijksmuseum staring at a doll's house that seems to be connected in some way to the case, Laura Bakker, a misfit trainee detective from the provinces, visits him. She's come to tell him that Katja Prins, daughter of an important local politician, has gone missing in circumstances similar to Anneliese. In the company of the intriguing and awkward Bakker Vos finds himself drawn back into the life of a detective. A life which he thought he had left behind. Hoping against hope that somewhere will lay a clue to the fate of Anneliese, the daughter he blames himself for losing . . .

Sleep Baby Sleep is the fourth title in the Detective Pieter Vos series, David Hewson's atmospheric crime novels set in the city of canals and coffee shops.

Nic Costa has been sent undercover to the Calabrian coast to bring in the head of the feared 'Ndrangheta. But the deception is taking its toll. Out of their depth in a lawless part of Italy, Costa and his team find themselves pitched as much against one another as the mob. Is Nic getting too close to the enemy for comfort?

Venice is a city full of secrets. For hundreds of years it has been the scene of scandal, intrigue and murderous rivalries. And it remains so today. 1548, Lorenzino de Medici, himself a murderer and a man few will miss, is assassinated by two hired killers. Today, Marmaduke Godolphin, British TV historian and a man even fewer will miss, is stabbed by a stiletto blade on the exact same spot, his body dropping into the canal. Can the story of the first murder explain the attack on Godolphin? The Carabinieri certainly think so. They recruit retired archivist Arnold Clover to unpick the mystery and to help solve the case. But the conspiracy against Godolphin runs deeper than anyone imagined.

The sixth novel in Hewson's riveting Italian crime series

Twenty years ago, a mysterious group called the Blue Demon committed a series of bizarre and ritualistic crimes evoking the legacy of the lost race of the Etruscans, and leaving in their wake a group of dead students, a murdered couple, a cryptic message and a kidnapped child. Now, the leaders of the G8 are descending on Rome for a summit at the Quirinale Palace. But when a politician is found ritually murdered, seemingly by a strange young man dressed as an Etruscan god, detective Nic Costa suspects that the old case was never really solved. The Blue Demon appear to have returned - and planning, under the leadership of the fanatical Andrea Petrakis, to unleash a devastating sequence of attacks on the city. As Costa and his team start to dig deeper into the past, they find that there are still too many unanswered questions – and much more to the history of the Blue Demon than anyone wants to admit...

Watchlist is a unique collaboration by twenty-one of the world’s greatest thriller writers including Lee Child, Joseph Finder, David Hewson, S.J. Rozan, Lisa Scottoline, and Jeffery Deaver, who conceived the characters and set the plot in motion. In turn, the other authors each wrote a chapter and Deaver then completed what he started, bringing each novel to its startling conclusion.The Chopin Manuscript Former war crimes investigator Harold Middleton possesses a previously unknown score by Frédéric Chopin. But he is unaware that, locked within its handwritten notes, lies a secret that now threatens the lives of thousands of Americans.The Copper Bracelet Harold Middleton returns in this explosive sequel to The Chopin Manuscript as he’s drawn into an international terror plot that threatens to send India and Pakistan into full-scale nuclear war.Note: Print edition of the two original audio serialized novels,The Chopin Manuscript and The Copper Bracelet.

A noble family, a legendary painting, a cursed palazzo. When Arnold Clover is recruited by Lizzie Hawker to help her look into her family inheritance, he cannot begin to guess the journey he is about to embark on. Lizzie's mother, an Italian countess, disappeared thirty years ago, presumed dead. Her father has just died and now the family home, a leaning palazzo in Dorsoduro that is full of secrets, has fallen to her. When her mother vanished so too did a priceless painting - but it quickly becomes apparent that Lizzie and Arnold are not the only ones interested in finding it. The search for the lost Lucrezia quickly becomes a race through the secret history of Venice, one with potentially deadly consequences.

When a former archaeology professor is released from jail bent upon revenge, Detective Nic Costa of the Rome Questura faces the revival of a cold case which his colleague Inspector Leo Falcone first tackled as a mid-ranking officer years before

When Detective Nic Costa arrives on a murder scene, he isn't prepared for what he finds--nor for the ambush that causes his only witness to vanish. As the first murder leads to more grisly slayings, he uncovers a trail of deception that might lead to the U.S. government. Original.

"Her death will haunt us forever. Now the price must be paid."Kim and Mia Timmers were just eleven years old when their family was killed. The sisters were accused of murdering the lead singer of a world-famous pop band in the Dutch fishing village of Volendam, believing him to be responsible for their family's deaths. The evidence seemed irrefutable at the time and the sisters were imprisoned in Marken, a local psychiatric institution. Now, ten years later, they are due for release.Pieter Vos, a detective with the Amsterdam police, is given cause to re-open the case when the girls disappear along with the nurse responsible for escorting them to a halfway house. When the nurse's corpse washes up on the beach at Marken, it becomes apparent that the institution holds the key to the investigation. And it seems that Vos's boss, De Groot, has something to hide which is relevant to the case.Then, the case takes an unexpected turn when it becomes clear that someone is posing as Little Jo - Kim and Mia's other sister - who was supposedly murdered along with their parents ten years ago...

On an August night near Venice, a fire erupts in a glassmaking shop, resulting in two deaths and implicating a wealthy Englishman. Investigators from Rome are assigned to a case that few want solved. In this captivating novel featuring Detective Nic Costa, the author intricately weaves the enchanting essence of Venice with a story of passion, corruption, and betrayal. The Arcangelo family lives on their private island, surrounded by decay and an archaic glass furnace, while their exhibition hall falls into disrepair. As the world encroaches on their isolated life, police boats and vaporetti bring investigators and curious onlookers, including a man intent on acquiring the property. With two family members lost to the fire, the scene is ripe for both mystery and opportunity. Detective Nic Costa, along with his partner, his superior, and a determined pathologist named Teresa Lupo, is determined to uncover the truth. They suspect that Uriel Arcangelo and his wife were murdered, with the predatory Englishman and the family of the murdered woman as potential suspects. Despite pressure to abandon the case, the Roman detectives persist, as a web of desire, death, and deception unfolds, leading to a shocking revelation. This tale is a mesmerizing blend of exquisite writing, vibrant atmosphere, and gripping suspense.

The death mask of the poet Dante is to be exhibited at the premiere of a controversial new film, Inferno. But at the grand unveiling this priceless artifact is replaced by a macabre death mask of the film's star, Allan Prime. Nic Costa and his team follow the movie to its next showing in San Francisco where confusing new clues suggest that there is more behind the killing than a crazed Dante fan.

Daniel Forster arrives in Venice to work in the library of a private collector. When his employer sends him to buy a violin from a petty thief, he ignites a chain of violence, intrigue and murder, and he is also drawn into a police investigation surrounding a beautiful woman, a mysterious palazzo and a lost musical masterpiece.

As the millennium approaches, the climate on Earth is getting progressively hotter, a phenomenon which makes scientists and others extremely nervous. Unease quickly turns to panic when Air Force One is successfully downed, key communications networks are disrupted, and the world's financial institutions are pushed to the brink of collapse. CIA science chief Helen Wagner and Michael Lieberman, a brilliant designer of a giant space-based solar array, must contend with techno-savvy activists who plan to use the array to cut modern society off at the knees...and start civilization over from scratch.

Bierce was a happily married cop with a bright future. Then on one sunny day in July his wife and their young son were savagely beaten to death and Bierce was convicted of their murders.

Set against the backdrop of a transforming Denmark on the brink of war with Norway, the story explores themes of ghosts, madness, and revenge. Hamlet, the son of the former king and nephew to the new ruler, finds himself ensnared in a complex web of deception and murder, as old alliances crumble and new intrigues emerge. The narrative delves into the psychological turmoil and moral dilemmas faced by Hamlet as he navigates this treacherous landscape.

Na de verwijding van zijn dochter heeft een rechercheur de Amsterdamse politie de rug toegekeerd, maar als drie jaar later een gelijksoortige verdwijning plaatsvindt, laat hij zich overhalen om het onderzoek op zich te nemen.

The mysteries of internationally best-selling author David Hewson are renowned for deft plotting and skillful accumulation of detail and atmosphere. Semana Santa finds Hewson in fine form, delivering a compelling novel infused with the sights and sounds of southern Spain. Semana Santa (Holy Week) fills the streets with gawking tourists and thousands upon thousands of hooded penitents. The week gets off to a grisly start, though, with the most unholy discovery of a double murder. Visiting academic Maria Gutierrez is only supposed to observe the subsequent investigation, but the police are stretched way too thin, and Maria is soon following a trail of clues that may lead to her own demise. (from the audiobook cover)

Das Erntedankfest im September ist einer der Höhepunkte im Kalender des Dorfes. Es steigt eine ausschweifende Sause um den Scheiterhaufen, auf dem nachts nach altem Brauch eine Strohpuppe verbrannt wird. Alison, die erst vor kurzem ins Dorf gezogen ist, hat dem Alkohol ebenso reichlich zugesprochen wie ihre Nachbarn. Trotzdem ist sie plötzlich hellwach, als sie das grauenhafte Gefühl hat, in der Strohpuppe einen Menschen zu entdecken. Die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Einbildung verwischen - war es eine Illusion, oder hat sie einem Menschenopfer beigewohnt? Alison muss herausfinden, was sich hinter der Fassade des netten englischen Dorfes abspielt.§

Weihnachten 1975 geschieht im Drogenrausch ein Mord, den nur einer begeht, während die anderen zuschauen. Zwanzig Jahre später werden die damaligen Freunde mit der vergessenen Geschichte konfrontiert, als eine mysteriöse Frau das Geheimnis ans Licht bringt und das Grauen die Gegenwart einholt.

Harold Middleton, un ex investigatore di crimini di guerra, entra in possesso di una partitura di Chopin. Ciò che non sa, però, è che tra quelle note scritte a mano si nasconde un segreto che potrebbe minacciare la vita di milioni di americani. Middleton viaggia dalla Polonia agli Stati Uniti per sciogliere il mistero del manoscritto, viene accusato di omicidio, inseguito dai federali e si trasforma ben presto nell'obiettivo di un temibile assassino. Ma la minaccia più letale proviene dal suo passato: un uomo ritorna nella sua vita, come un'ombra. Un uomo che tutti chiamano Faust. Un libro in cui i più grandi autori di thriller si alternano in un turbine di azione e suspense, ognuno firmando un diverso capitolo.

Vor der einzigartigen Kulisse Venedigs erzählt David Hewson eine mitreißende Geschichte von Widerstand, Liebe und Zivilcourage. Als der fünfzehnjährige Nico Uccello seinen Großvater Paolo im Krankenhaus besucht, vertraut ihm der todkranke Mann ein Manuskript an, das Nicos Leben und seinen Blick auf den geliebten „Nonno“ radikal verändern wird. Im Herbst 1943 ist Venedig von deutschen Truppen besetzt. Der junge Paolo Uccello kämpft nach dem Tod seiner Eltern um den Erhalt des Familienunternehmens, einer traditionsreichen Seidenweberei. Nur widerwillig bietet er im heruntergekommenen Palazzo der Familie dem jüdischen Geschwisterpaar Mika und Giovanni Unterschlupf. Beide gehören dem italienischen Widerstand an und sind auf der Flucht vor den Nazischergen. Bald aber droht die Deportation der gesamten jüdischen Gemeinde Venedigs und Paolo muss eine Entscheidung treffen. Wird er den Mut aufbringen, das Richtige zu tun? Könnten wir es? Vom Autor der Bücher zur TV-Serie „Kommissarin Lund – Das Verbrechen“. „Eine der Fragen, die ich beantworten wollte, war: Was bringt einen ganz normalen, nicht besonders heldenhaften Bürger dazu, sein Leben und das seiner Familie zu riskieren, um sich dem Terror entgegenzustellen? Woher kommt dieser Mut?“ (David Hewson)

In den Docks von Kopenhagen wird eine zerstückelte Leiche gefunden. Als Ministerpräsident Hartmann und der Inlandsgeheimdienst auftauchen, ahnt Kommissarin Lund, dass es sich um kein gewöhnliches Verbrechen handelt. Schnell rücken die international operierende Reederei Zeeland und ihr Vorstandsvorsitzender Zeuthen ins Zentrum der Ermittlungen. Doch dann wird Zeuthens Tochter Emilie entführt. Ihr Verschwinden, stellt sich heraus, steht in Zusammenhang mit der Ermordung eines Mädchens in Jütland. Lund versucht die Spuren der unterschiedlichen Fälle zu deuten und gerät dabei immer tiefer in die Verstrickungen zwischen Wirtschaft und Politik. Ein Wettlauf um das Leben des Kindes beginnt.