<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-6426" title="Dead Men's Socks" src="http://vir.liquidweb.com/~davidhe4/davidhewson.com//wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dead-mens-socks1.jpg" alt="" width="176" height="266" />Gianni Peroni is feeling at a loose end. Mooching around with no boss at hand he wanders into the Questura morgue and sees Teresa’s deputy staring at two newly-arrived corpses. One is the body of a wealthy psychiatrist recovered from the river, apparently after committing suicide. The second is that of a young Roma petty criminal, seemingly beaten to death in a different part of the city, perhaps as some gang vendetta.

Peroni watches the pathologist start to work with the corpses and notices something extraordinary. Both are wearing odd socks. <em>Identical</em> odd socks.

So begins <em><a title="Dead Men’s Socks — a Roman short story" href="http://davidhewson.com/books/the-nic-costa-series/dead-mens-socks-a-roman-short-story/">Dead Men's Socks</a>, </em>a brand new 10,000-word Rome short story featuring one of the series' most popular characters. Out now with instant download as part of the new Pan Macmillan Short Reads initiative.

<strong>Get </strong><strong><em>Dead Men’s Socks </em>for 99p now</strong>

<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Mens-Socks-Short-Reads/dp/B004FV4RWC" target="_blank"><strong>Kindle UK</strong></a> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/dead-mens-socks-short-reads/id409366072?mt=11" target="_blank"><strong>iTunes</strong></a> <strong>Waterstones (link coming shortly) </strong><strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Mens-Socks-Short-Reads/dp/B004FV4RWC" target="_blank">Kindle non-UK </a>(including US sales)</strong>

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<a href="http://davidhewson.com/books/standalones/death-in-seville/" target="_self"><em>Death in Seville</em></a>, now available in trade paperback from Pan, is a fully revised version of David's first novel, <em>Semana Santa, </em>a murder tale set against the background of Easter in Spain. It's Holy Week, with tourists pouring into the city for the religious festivities followed by a fiesta of bullfighting and street parties. It couldn't be a worse time for Detective Felipe Torrillo to be faced with what seems to be the work of a vicious serial killer.

But academic Maria Gutierrez can see more in this case than the cops around her. And soon she finds herself caught up in an investigation of corruption, revenge and twisted sexuality that reached back into the bloody history of Andalucia itself.

<strong>The latest Costa on the shelves</strong>

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<img class="alignright" title="Blue Demon" src="http://davidhewson.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/the-blue-demon-n7005b1005d-2.jpg?w=201" alt="" width="201" height="299" />The  eighth novel in the best-selling Nic Costa series takes a  thrilling  journey into the world of real-life international politics. <em>The Blue  Demon </em>(in the US <em>City of Fear) </em>is now available in the UK  from Pan Macmillan and in the US from Bantam  Dell.

The book tells the story of a terrorist attack on a Rome already  crippled by  a G8 summit. The Italian president, locked in a political battle with  his bitter enemy, the prime minister, enlists Costa and his colleagues  to get to the bottom of a mystery that has dogged the nation for a  quarter of a century.
<blockquote>Hewson at the top of his form -- Yorkshire Evening Post

Well-drawn characters, a brisk pace, and some unexpected plot twists provide a satisfying read -- Publishers Weekly

Another of Hewson's impeccably written thrillers with (once again)  perfect balance between the exigencies of the thriller plot and the  carefully conjured locales -- Good Book Guide

In past reviews, we’ve called  this series a “superb mix of history,   mystery, and humanity.” That  assessment is further reaffirmed with  each  new entry -- Booklist, Starred Review</blockquote>