The Seventh Sacrament by David Hewson

The Seventh Sacrament by David Hewson

In the heat of a Rome summer, a seven-year-old boy vanishes in the dank catacombs beneath the city. Now fourteen years have passed, and in acclaimed author David Hewson's stunning new crime novel the heart-wrenching case has come back to life as Detective Nic Costa and his fellow investigators search through layers of their city's history-for a killer leaving a trail of bodies, lust, and revenge.

When young Alessio Bramante vanished, there was plenty of blame to go around. His father, a
charismatic professor of archaeology, inexplicably left Alessio alone near a labyrinth of ancient
tunnels and excavations. Six of the professor's university students, fueled by booze and bravado, involved the boy in their own bizarre ritual at an altar of the ancient warrior god Mithras. And then there were the police: a commanding officer left Giorgio Bramante alone with the prime
suspect, allowing Alessio's father to beat the man to death.

After years in prison, Giorgio has been set free and, one by one, those connected to the boy's
disappearance are dying. As Costa and his fellow detectives scramble to find Giorgio, they are thrust into a darkening web of hidden perversions and secret passions past and present.
Because at the heart of this case-as close and as far away as Rome's underground treasures-is the unanswered question: what really happened to little Alessio Bramante fourteen years ago-and why was his body never found?

From the Hardcover edition.

Former journalist David Hewson worked for The Times, The Sunday Times, and The Independent. He is the author of almost twenty-five novels, notably the Nic Costa series set in Rome, which has been translated into fifteen languages. He's also authored three critically lauded adaptations of The Killing, a Danish television series. He lives in Kent, near Canterbury.

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ISBN 13	9780440242994
ISBN 10	0440242991
Title	The Seventh Sacrament
Author	David Hewson
Series	Nic Costa
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2008-06-24
Number of pages	552
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