Audiobook14 hours
The Garden of Evil
Written by David Hewson
Narrated by Saul Reichlin
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
In a hidden studio in Rome, an art expert is found dead in front of one of the most beautiful paintings Nic Costa has ever seen - an unknown Caravaggio masterpiece. But before long, tragedy will strike Nic far closer to home. The main suspect's identity is known, but he remains untouchable protected by a fleet of lawyers and a sinister cult known as the Ekstasists. If Costa can crack the reasons for the cult's existence, he may well stand a chance of nailing his wife's killer. But the mystery will take him right back to Caravaggio himself and the reasons he had to flee Rome, all those centuries before...
Author
David Hewson
Former Features Editor of The Independent, now freelance for a variety of international newspapers, including the Sunday Times and The Times. A licensed aircraft pilot, he has flown throughout Europe and America, and was the founder and first editor of the aviation magazine Flyer. He is the author of three travel books on the sights, history and culture of southern Spain. He is married, with children.
More audiobooks from David Hewson
The Medici Murders Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Borgia Portrait: 2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lucifer's Shadow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil's Fjord Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wrong Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Judith and the Holy Ferns Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Semana Santa Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Promised Land Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Dolls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Carnival for the Dead Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sleep Baby Sleep: Pieter Vos, Book 4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDead Men's Socks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Epiphany Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Little Sister Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Realer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Garden of Evil
Related audiobooks
A Season for the Dead: Nic Costa, Book 1 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Fallen Angel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Seventh Sacrament Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lizard's Bite Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Blue Demon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Villa of Mysteries Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Sacred Cut Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dead Men's Socks Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Savage Shore Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Carnival for the Dead Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Sleep Baby Sleep: Pieter Vos, Book 4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJudith and the Holy Ferns Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Forgery of Venus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Closer Than Blood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Promised Land Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Realer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWasted Years Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good Bait Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Thunder Bay Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLittle Sister Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dead Letter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Riot Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The House of Dolls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hell To Pay: A Detective Loxley Nottinghamshire Crime Thriller Book 2 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Detective Up Late Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Chill Factor: Suspense and Espionage in Cold War Iceland Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlood Innocents Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Convictions of John Delahunt: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnglesey Blue Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Crime Thriller For You
And Then There Were None Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Godfather: 50th Anniversary Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Razorblade Tears: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Finn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Colorado Kid Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Notes on an Execution: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fury Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fractured: A Will Trent Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hit and Run Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Stillwater Girls Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Win Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Woman in the Library, The Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murderer's Maid: A Lizzie Borden Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Two for the Dough Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Thriller: Stories to Keep You Up All Night Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Club: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mystic River Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Song Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cleaning the Gold: A Jack Reacher and Will Trent Short Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hallowe'en Party: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5River Wild: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crooked House Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5These Silent Woods: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fifth Suspect Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Orphan X Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Garden of Evil
Rating: 3.682539577777778 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
63 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Een goede mix van feiten en fantasie. Vol met informatie over het oude Rome, Caravaggio, de De' Medici en meer.
Raakte wel eens de 'weg' kwijt met al de kunstwerken die genoemd werden, en de personages.
Op een dag, een paar maanden na zijn huwelijk met Emily, raakt Nic Costa betrokken bij een moordonderzoek. Een man en een vrouw werden dood gevonden bij een onbekend schilderij van Caravaggio. Tijdens de achtervolging van de gemaskerde dader, komt Emily om het leven.
Een zuster die kunstgeschiedenis kent helpt Nic Costa en zijn team met het verklaren van het kunstwerk. Het team doet, onder leiding van Falcone, verder onderzoek.
Een nader onderzoek levert nog meer lichamen van dode vrouwen op. Allemaal zwarte vrouwen die illegaal in het land waren.
In dit boek was de dader al bekend, maar viel het moeilijk om de bewijzen aan hem te koppelen. De dader was namelijk een zeer invloedrijke man in Rome, en had al met succes eerdere pogingen tot vervolgen tegen gehouden. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Garden of Evil is the 6th of 9 in David Hewson's Nic Costa series about a police inspector in Rome. It is long, just under 600 pages, perhaps too long by at least 150 pages, and there are sections which bordered unfortunately on Keystone Cop funny, but substitute sisters for cops. Also the dialogue gets a little schmaltzy bot only occasionally does it ring false. I had read only the most current book in the series and when I read a synopsis of TGOE mentioning its ties to Caravaggio and his works I became interested; I also knew I would get another enjoyable tour of Rome, and would learn more about Nic's family and friends - all pluses. This begins with the abrupt end of Nic and Emily's marriage, and only a day or so later he meets Sr. Agata for the first time, a character who also appears prominently in book 9. I will give this series a rest for a few months but will read more, probably not the whole thing. I enjoyed putting my Kindle down often to find a referenced location on Google maps or to look up the real history of an historic figure in the plot. If you also enjoy those kind of "interruptions" this book will have appeal for you. Rated 3.5 stars.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Although it's not my personal favorite of Hewson's Nic Costa series, The Garden of Evil is a good read all the same, and this was one I did not stop reading until I had finished it completely. As the story opens, a man who picks pockets for a living develops a bit of conscience after he realizes he has picked up among his takings someone's medicine. He traces her to the place he remembers her saying she was going, and finds her in a most bizarre situation; sadly for him. Fast forward a bit to the scene of a homicide, where Nic Costa and his team are working the scene. It seems the murderer hasn't quite gotten away, and as he tries to take him, Nic finds himself at the losing end of some tragic consequences. Thus develops a quest to get to the root of the mystery of a strange group known as The Ekstasists, a ruthless group of men whose leader is technically above the law, a rich and powerful man with roots going back centuries. But this is one man that the police really want and the chase is on.This is another one that is probably not geared to the mainstream reading public. There is a lot of art history here which is woven into the case so if this isn't your cup of tea, move along. However, if you're patient enough and if you enjoy something above average, then you might want to give this book a try. I would suggest that you begin with the 1st in the series, because by this one, #6, the characters have become more developed and you won't really have a handle on them unless you start from the beginning. I have really enjoyed this entire series and I'm not waiting for the US release of #7, Dante's Numbers, but rather I'm purchasing one from the UK. Overall, a good read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is the first of the Detective Nic Costa crime series I have read and I enjoyed it very much. The setting is contemporary Rome. What added to my pleasure was the intimate knowledge of the city of Rome, the knowledge of Renaissance Roman history and the work of Caravaggio. It made me want to look up all the paintings and look more closely at them!