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David Hewson Books in Order

Find every David Hewson book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 55 books / 10 series

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.

All David Hewson Books in Chronological Order

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 Mallorca POoTiSNB / 3 Buy
1990 East Anglia: Travels and Short Breaks POoNB / 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 Macbeth(With: A.J. Hartley) POoSN / 9 Buy
2011 The Fallen Angel POoNCB / 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 Starling Project: An Audible Drama POoHMB / 3 Buy
2014 The Killing III POoTKB / 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

David Hewson Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

Standalone Books in Reading Order 17 books / 1986-2026
01 Shanghai Thunder 1986 Buy
02 Semana Santa / Death in Seville 1996 Buy
03 Epiphany 1996 Buy
04 Solstice 1999 Buy
05 Native Rites 2000 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
10 The Flood 2013 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
Nic Costa Books in Reading Order 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
01 Granada And Eastern Andalucia 1990 Buy
02 Seville and Western Andalusia 1990 Buy
03 Mallorca 1990 Buy
01 The Killing 2012 Buy
02 The Killing II 2013 Buy
03 The Killing III 2014 Buy
Pieter Vos Books in Reading Order 4 books / 2014-2017
01 The House of Dolls 2014 Buy
02 The Wrong Girl 2015 Buy
03 Little Sister 2016 Buy
04 Sleep Baby Sleep 2017 Buy
01 The Chopin Manuscript 2007 Buy
02 The Copper Bracelet 2009 Buy
03 The Starling Project: An Audible Drama 2014 Buy
01 Devil's Fjord 2019 Buy
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
01 Judith and the Holy Ferns 2011 Buy
02 Dead Men's Socks 2012 Buy
03 The Circle 2018 Buy
01 The Medici Murders 2022 Buy
02 The Borgia Portrait 2023 Buy
03 The Four Deadly Seasons 2025 Buy

Where to start with David Hewson

What is the best order to read David Hewson books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

Are standalone books and series both included?

Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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