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<h3>The ninth Nic Costa novel is here</h3>
When British academic Malise Gabriel falls to his death from a Rome apartment, detective Nic Costa rapidly comes to realise that there is much more to the accident than he first thought. It also becomes apparent that Malise's family -- mysterious and tragic daughter Mina, stoic wife Cecilia and troubled son Robert -- may be keeping vital information hidden.

Costa becomes obsessed with the case, intrigued by Mina's story which seems to be linked to the sixteenth-century real-life tragedy of a young Italian noblewoman, Beatrice Cenci.

As the investigation deepens, Rome's dark and seedy side is uncovered, revealing a tangle of deceit, treachery and corruption. Costa realises that the key to the truth lies with the Gabriels. Why are they so unwilling to co-operate, and who, or what, is the reason for their silence? <em>The ninth novel in the Costa series is available from Macmillan in the UK and will be published by Delacorte in the US on April 26, 2011.</em>
<blockquote>Intricately plotted and gorgeously written, THE FALLEN ANGEL weaves a spell that will entrap you until the final page. David Hewson's Rome is dark and tantalizing, seductive and dangerous, a place where present-day crimes ring with the echoes of history.

Tess Gerritsen, author of THE KILLING PLACE</blockquote>
<a title="The Fallen Angel" href="http://davidhewson.com/books/the-nic-costa-series/the-fallen-angel/">Read more about the new book and see some of David's research photos for the novel taken in Rome. </a>
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<strong>A new Roman tale for download</strong>

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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> </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>