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Home / Authors / David Hewson David Hewson British author David Hewson is best known for his crime fiction series featuring Detective Nic Costa, set in Rome. His books have sold over two million copies worldwide. This page provides the David Hewson books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.
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1986 Shanghai Thunder POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1988 Introduction to Desk Top Publishing POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1988 The Quark XPress companion POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1990 Granada And Eastern Andalucia POoTiSNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1990 Seville and Western Andalusia POoTiSNB · 2 Buy ↗ 1990 East Anglia: Travels and Short Breaks POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1990 Mallorca POoTiSNB · 3 Buy ↗ 1990 Setting Up in Spain POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 1990 Wessex: Travels and Short Breaks POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 1996 Semana Santa / Death in Seville POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1996 Epiphany POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1999 Solstice POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2000 Native Rites POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 2001 Lucifer's Shadow / The Cemetery of Secrets POoSN · 6 Buy ↗ 2003 A Season for the Dead POoNCB · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 The Villa of Mysteries POoNCB · 2 Buy ↗ 2005 The Sacred Cut POoNCB · 3 Buy ↗ 2006 The Lizard's Bite POoNCB · 4 Buy ↗ 2007 The Chopin Manuscript POoHMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2007 The Seventh Sacrament POoNCB · 5 Buy ↗ 2007 The Garden of Evil POoNCB · 6 Buy ↗ 2007 The Promised Land POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 2008 Dante's Numbers / The Dante Killings POoNCB · 7 Buy ↗ 2009 The Copper Bracelet POoHMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2010 The Blue Demon / City of Fear POoNCB · 8 Buy ↗ 2011 Judith and the Holy Ferns POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 Saved: How an English Village Fought for Its Future... and Won POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ 2011 Writing a Novel with Scrivener POoNB · 7 Buy ↗ 2011 Carnival for the Dead POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 2011 The Fallen Angel POoNCB · 9 Buy ↗ 2011 Macbeth(With: A.J. Hartley) POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 2012 The Killing POoTKB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 Dead Men's Socks POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 2012 Writing: A User Manual POoNB · 8 Buy ↗ 2013 The Killing II POoTKB · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 The Flood POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 2014 The House of Dolls POoPVB · 1 Buy ↗ 2014 The Killing III POoTKB · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 The Starling Project: An Audible Drama POoHMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark(With: A.J. Hartley) POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 2015 The Wrong Girl POoPVB · 2 Buy ↗ 2016 Little Sister POoPVB · 3 Buy ↗ 2016 Juliet and Romeo POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 2017 Sleep Baby Sleep POoPVB · 4 Buy ↗ 2018 The Circle POoSS · 3 Buy ↗ 2018 The Savage Shore POoNCB · 10 Buy ↗ 2019 Devil's Fjord POoFIB · 1 Buy ↗ 2020 Shoother in the Shadows POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 2021 The Garden of Angels POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 2022 The Medici Murders POoVMB · 1 Buy ↗ 2023 The Borgia Portrait POoVMB · 2 Buy ↗ 2024 Baptiste: The Blade Must Fall POoSN · 15 Buy ↗ 2024 When the Germans Come POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 2025 The Four Deadly Seasons POoVMB · 3 Buy ↗ 2026 The Devil in Dorsoduro POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Standalone Novels 17 books · 1986–2026
01 Shanghai Thunder 1986 Buy ↗ 02 Semana Santa / Death in Seville 1996 Buy ↗ 06 Lucifer's Shadow / The Cemetery of Secrets 2001 Buy ↗ 07 The Promised Land 2007 Buy ↗ 08 Carnival for the Dead 2011 Buy ↗ 09 Macbeth(With: A.J. Hartley) 2011 Buy ↗ 11 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark(With: A.J. Hartley) 2014 Buy ↗ 12 Juliet and Romeo 2016 Buy ↗ 13 Shoother in the Shadows 2020 Buy ↗ 14 The Garden of Angels 2021 Buy ↗ 15 Baptiste: The Blade Must Fall 2024 Buy ↗ 16 When the Germans Come 2024 Buy ↗ 17 The Devil in Dorsoduro 2026 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Nic Costa Books 10 books · 2003–2018
01 A Season for the Dead 2003 Buy ↗ 02 The Villa of Mysteries 2003 Buy ↗ 03 The Sacred Cut 2005 Buy ↗ 04 The Lizard's Bite 2006 Buy ↗ 05 The Seventh Sacrament 2007 Buy ↗ 06 The Garden of Evil 2007 Buy ↗ 07 Dante's Numbers / The Dante Killings 2008 Buy ↗ 08 The Blue Demon / City of Fear 2010 Buy ↗ 09 The Fallen Angel 2011 Buy ↗ 10 The Savage Shore 2018 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Travels in Spain Non-Fiction Books 3 books · 1990–1990
01 Granada And Eastern Andalucia 1990 Buy ↗ 02 Seville and Western Andalusia 1990 Buy ↗ Publication Order of The Killing Books 3 books · 2012–2014
02 The Killing II 2013 Buy ↗ 03 The Killing III 2014 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Pieter Vos Books 4 books · 2014–2017
01 The House of Dolls 2014 Buy ↗ 02 The Wrong Girl 2015 Buy ↗ 04 Sleep Baby Sleep 2017 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Harold Middleton Books 3 books · 2007–2014
01 The Chopin Manuscript 2007 Buy ↗ 02 The Copper Bracelet 2009 Buy ↗ 03 The Starling Project: An Audible Drama 2014 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Faroe Islands Books 1 book · 2019
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 8 books · 1988–2012
01 Introduction to Desk Top Publishing 1988 Buy ↗ 02 The Quark XPress companion 1988 Buy ↗ 03 East Anglia: Travels and Short Breaks 1990 Buy ↗ 04 Setting Up in Spain 1990 Buy ↗ 05 Wessex: Travels and Short Breaks 1990 Buy ↗ 06 Saved: How an English Village Fought for Its Future... and Won 2011 Buy ↗ 07 Writing a Novel with Scrivener 2011 Buy ↗ 08 Writing: A User Manual 2012 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 3 books · 2011–2018
01 Judith and the Holy Ferns 2011 Buy ↗ 02 Dead Men's Socks 2012 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Venetian Mystery Books 3 books · 2022–2025
01 The Medici Murders 2022 Buy ↗ 02 The Borgia Portrait 2023 Buy ↗ 03 The Four Deadly Seasons 2025 Buy ↗