A Season for the Dead

from rosomalley

A serial killing priest commits murders by re-enacting the martyrdoms of early catholic saints with his victims. Why ?Because of their connection to a beautiful antiquities professor and a disgraced cardinal. A young idealistic detective and his jaded partner are charged with catching the killer....

from jenngv

I liked the book, it was a quick read. His writing is not that great, but I was able to get past that. This type of story seems to be done a lot, think Angels and Demons. I may read another in the series to see if he finds a little more original case.

from denmoir

I was riveted by the TV drama "The Killing" and found that David Hewson had written the book. That led me to buy another of his books. It turned out that he hadn't actually written "The Killing" but had adapted the screenplay (written in Danish) to novel form. Anyway, Hewson is not a brilliant wr...

from vuurziel

Wel spannende detective, Nic Costa is de belangrijkste politieman, er moorden gruwelijk bloederige en werd moorden gepleegd in allerlei Romeinse kerken, steeds verwijzend naar de marteldood van llheiligen. Een corrupte kardinaal blijkt de vader van de moordenaar en van een vrouw, zijn tweelingzus...

from allthesedarnbooks

There's gruesome death. Intrigue in the Vatican. Crazy priests. No, it's not The Da Vinci Code. And, while this book is moderately better written than Dan Brown's best-selling tome, it plods along and becomes quite boring. Just not a very enjoyable novel. I slogged through it.