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In a deserted artist’s studio in the heart of Rome, detectives stumble upon a scene of shocking brutality: two bodies, freshly killed. Looming over them is a painting that bears all the hallmarks of a Caravaggio: a brilliantly colored canvas depicting a shocking tableau of beauty and depravity. . . .
This grisly discovery sends Detective Nic Costa on a desperate chase through the streets of his city. For Costa, finding the killer who escaped him is intensely personal…Teaming with an art expert, Costa follows clues hidden in the mysterious Caravaggio canvas. As he moves through a maze of history, he begins to make stunning connections to the present case. And each discovery brings him closer and closer to a secret buried in a priceless work of art, a conspiracy dating back four hundred years—and men who will stop at nothing to protect their own private garden of evil….
- Sales Rank: #1592684 in Books
- Brand: Hewson, David
- Published on: 2009-02-24
- Released on: 2009-02-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.90" h x .95" w x 4.17" l, .63 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 608 pages
From Booklist
*Starred Review* Hewson’s latest Nic Costa thriller opens with a shocker that will have series fans reeling, just as it does the principal players: Rome police detectives Costa and Gianni Peroni and their boss, the brooding Leo Falcone. What follows is another gritty, compelling mix of mean streets and ancient history, as the detectives attempt to unravel an appalling series of murders that seems to connect to an unknown Caravaggio painting depicting a tableau of startling depravity. With the help of lay sister and Caravaggio expert Agata Graziano, the detectives quickly determine that a group of wealthy Roman aristocrats, impervious to the law, are re-creating the violent, orgiastic lifestyle enjoyed centuries earlier by Caravaggio and his circle, who called themselves the “Ekstasists”—and if a few prostitutes die in support of the hedonists’ revels, what of it? As usual, Hewson mixes art history and contemporary crime perfectly, but this time he digs deeper, finding connections between art and life that go to the very heart of humanity’s conflicted cravings for the sensual and the spiritual. And emerging from the complex, masterful plot, its sinews intertwined between past and present, is the towering, tragic figure of Caravaggio, whose still-unsolved murder in Rome in 1606 holds the key to bringing the modern-day Ekstasists to justice. Arturo Pérez-Reverte has long set the gold standard for mixing history, mystery, and modern life into literary stews of mouthwatering flavor and incredible subtlety, but it’s time to agree that Hewson now shares that position—and is on the verge of claiming it outright. --Bill Ott
Review
“A thought-provoking blend of art history and mystery, The Garden of Evil is … a treat for readers who like their entertainment literate.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
"A plot as serpentine—and suspense-filled—as the ancient Roman byways through which Costa stalks his prey."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Impossible to put down."—Daily Express
"Opens with a shocker that will have series fans reeling...Arturo Pérez-Reverte has long set the gold standard for mixing history, mystery, and modern life into literary stews of mouthwatering flavor and incredible subtlety, but it's time to agree that Hewson now shares that position—and is on the verge of claiming it outright."—Booklist, starred review
About the Author
David Hewson is the author of nine novels. Formerly a weekly columnist for the Sunday Times, he lives in Kent, England, where he is at work on his next crime novel, Dante’s Numbers, which Delacorte will publish in 2009.
From the Hardcover edition.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
In the garden of good and evil
By Linda Pagliuco
Just as his protagonist, Nic Costa, has grown and developed as a policeman, so has David Hewson grown and developed as a writer. At the start of this engaging series, Hewson introduced a group of dedicated law enforcement pros based in Rome, and with each succeeding entry, these individuals have coalesced into a team, becoming friends along the way. Hewson's characters are living, fallible human beings, and he doesn't flinch from depicting their weaknesses and mistakes as well as their strengths and successes. Supporting characters are equally well done. Hewson's understanding of Italian society and his knowledge of the Eternal City are prodigious. Each of these novels has approached crime and justice from a different slant. In The Garden of Evil, the author pits an arrogant, powerful, aristocratic serial killer against the Italian legal system. Along the way, he explores the nature of good and evil, the impact of grief, the bonds of friendship, and value of pain and struggle in the lives of us all. The only other writer in this genre who can match Hewson for depth is Donna Leon, who has created another Italian inspector with true humanity.
The icing on the cake in Garden is the art history and Christmas tradition that Hewson has seamlessly woven into his tale. I, for one, will never again regard a nun or a cup of cappuccino in the same way! 5 stars, highly recommended for readers who enjoy a dose of intellectual stimulation injected into their adventures.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
DAVID HEWSON BREAKS NEW GROUND
By BARBARA GERSHENABUM
REVIEWED BY BARBARA LIPKIEN GERSHENBAUM (See all my reviews)
THE GARDEN OF EVIL starring David Hewson's ensemble cast propels readers into a mystery that turns into a riddle, wrapped in a secret, and becomes an almost unsolvable conundrum. The story is rooted in the life, paintings, dark secrets and rumors about the painter Caravaggio and his fellows. Two bodies discovered in an old ruin seemed to reflect the pure evil in one of the painter's "hidden" works. Newly promoted Detective Nic Costa has to connect hidden symbols and messages in the art work to what is going on right in the middle of Rome. When more bodies are found buried under the cobblestones the cops realize that someone or a group of someones is acting out pieces of Caravaggio's art to feed their inhuman need for watching the faces of the women they torture.
With the help of a Sister from a nearby convent the team burrows through art history and the impact that muse had on ancient Rome. They also realize that the passion from the past has not been tamed by eons of time.
Hewson is a master storyteller and THE GARDEN EVIL is his best endeavor so far. This is definitely a winner and should not be missed.
REVIEWED BY BARBARA LIPKIEN GERSHENBAUM
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Good, but could have been better...
By Joseph Devita
This is my second Hewson book, and I must admit I do enjoy reading them. The problem is I don't really know why.
This admission is not easy to make for a book lover, and I have always considered myself an omnivorous one who sometimes enjoys reading just for the process itself. The solitude and retreat into my own mind has been a comforting and reassuring feeling as long as I can remember, and certain books really resonate because the author effectively creates an alternate reality for me to reside in. Hewson's Rome, the setting of his novels, is just such a place.
The problem is that while I am effectively transported, once there I am never sure what is really happening. That is, is this a mystery, for if so, its not very effective since the murderers are known almost from the beginning. And while the historical thread which weaves through the story about Caravaggio is interesting, it , too, is never really surprising or suspenseful. Perhaps the artist just isn't well known enough to elicit the interest that Dan Brown so ably tapped into.
Even as far as suspense is concerned, while there are high points, most of the novel does not come close to the kind of action one expects, or gets, from a Ludlum or James Rollins.
So why did I enjoy reading this book? The characters are very well drawn, and since this is the seventh of a series, they have begun to have the kind of histories that is achieved only over the course of several books, or by great authors in a single one. I've always felt characters are the key to successful novels, with plot lines being secondary. Anyone who has read Sherlock Holmes will understand what I mean by this. While the sixty original stories may blend together with time, the glimpses of Holmes and Watson as they lounge around Baker Street are treasured forever.
And here is my biggest complaint, or perhaps constructive criticism, regarding The Garden of Evil. The main villain should have, and could have, really been an interesting character, with multiple facets and layers for us to discover and examine. However, Hewson fell short here, and instead we never really get a three dimensional figure, who really could have raised this novel to another level.
But for all its missed potential, I do recommend this book for those who enjoy the thrill of being transported to another place for a brief time, in this case Rome at Christmas, with its serpentine Renaissance streets, majestic Churches, and palatial homes, as a band of detectives and forensic scientists work to defeat Age old evil clothed in modernity but nonetheless redolent of the carnage and perversion seen so often in our history.
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