A season for the dead
Subtitle: and the villa of mysteries
By: David Hewson
Publisher: Pan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780330507950
Subjects: English fiction; Detective and mystery stories
Other titles: Villa of mysteries.
Description: While Sara Farnese pours over ancient texts in the silent Vatican reading room, a brutal murder takes place in a nearby church. Suddenly a crazed man enters the Vatican carrying a bloodied bag and walks up to Sara's desk. Soon she is inextricably linked to a series of horrific and cunning murders, each one representative of the death of a martyr of the Church.