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Now on Bluesky...
Like lots of other people I've grown disheartened by the state of Twitter (not calling it X). I've been there since 2007 and made lots of interesting contacts and read many fascinating posts. But... well, we all know what's happening. I won't
The story behind When The Germans Come
My latest tale may come as a bit of surprise to readers. It’s set not in Italy but a few miles from my home in England. In the town of Dover, a funny place that’s always sat at the edge of the country it seems to me, misunderstood,
When The Germans Come
Dover, 1940 and as well as awaiting the seemingly inevitable invasion by the Nazis, police inspector Louis Renard is also having to deal with murder and treachery amongst his fellow countrymen. Murky and frightening, this book will take you to the dark heart of a wartime Britain we rarely see.
Baptiste
The official prequel to the hit television show France, 1976. Baptiste is an intelligent but somewhat naive detective, sent to work in Clermiers, a town filled with corruption. A girl goes missing, presumed dead after bloody clothes are found close to an illicit party near an abandoned chateau. Baptiste believes
The Borgia Portrait
Book Two in the Venice Mysteries series A noble family, a legendary painting, a cursed palazzo. When Arnold Clover is recruited by Lizzie Hawker to help her look into her family inheritance, he cannot begin to guess the journey he is about to embark on. Lizzie's mother, an
The Medici Murders
Book One in the Venice Mysteries series Venice is a city full of secrets. For hundreds of years it has been the scene of scandal, intrigue and murderous rivalries. And it remains so today. 1548, Lorenzino de Medici, himself a murderer and a man few will miss, is assassinated by
The Garden of Angels
A TIMES BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR 2022 When a Jewish classmate is attacked by bullies, fifteen-year-old Nico just watches - earning him a week's suspension and a typed, yellowing manuscript from his frail Nonno Paolo. A history lesson, his grandfather says, and a secret he must keep
The Amsterdam series
Four crime mysteries set in the canals and dark alleys of one of the world's most fascinating cities. Now available as Kindle exclusives in ebook and print worldwide. Praise for the Pieter Vos series... ‘It is rare to find an author whose works seem entirely original. Hewson’s
The Nic Costa series
Ten books over almost two decades about a young Roman detective and the people around him. Now all rereleased in new editions.
The Killing
“This must have been a daunting task, especially since Hewson had never even visited Denmark before embarking on this Herculean task. The result is a very fine novel, which is more of a re-imagining of the original story than a carbon copy – and with the bonus of a brand new
