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Original Title:	Lucifer's Shadow
ISBN:	0385338058 (ISBN13: 9780385338059)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Venice(Italy)

Lucifer's Shadow

David Hewson

Paperback | Pages: 369 pages

Rating: 3.57 | 809 Users | 71 Reviews

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Title	:	Lucifer's Shadow
Author	:	David Hewson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 369 pages
Published	:	July 26th 2005 by Delta (first published June 18th 2001)
Categories	:	Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Cultural. Italy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Crime

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In an ancient burial ground on an island off Venice, a young woman's casket is pried open, an object is wrenched from her hands, and an extraordinary adventure begins.

From the moment he arrives in Venice, Daniel Forster is seduced by the city's mystery and eroticism. An earnest young academic, Daniel has come for a summer job cataloguing a private collector's library. But when Daniel's employer sends him to buy a stolen violin from a petty thief, a chain reaction of violence and deception ignites. Suddenly Daniel is drawn into a police investigation and a tempest swirling around a beautiful woman, a mysterious palazzo, and a lost musical masterpiece dating back centuries. With each step he takes, Daniel unwittingly retraces a journey that began in 1733, when another young man came to Venice. And when, in this realm of intrigue and beauty, two lovers came face-to-face with a killer and a mystery was born. Separated by centuries, two tales of passion, betrayal, and danger collide in David Hewson's dazzling novel. Sweeping us from the intrigue of Vivaldi's Venice to the gritty world of a modern cop, from the genius of a prodigy to the greed of a killer, Lucifer's Shadow builds to a shattering crescendo and one last, breathtaking surprise.


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Ratings: 3.57 From 809 Users | 71 Reviews

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It was a super slow start, to the point where I nearly abandoned it, but wound up picking up toward the end. Overall, I liked it more than I didn't.

I seldom find a book that captures my imagination as this one did. It has a superb balance between past and present, evil and good, survival and defeat. After reading it, I went on to buy several books by David Hewson and I was amazed to see that none of them lived up to the expectations ;-)

I spent a day, a single day, in Venice a few years ago. I loved how well this book described the city, it felt like I was back there walking the narrow streets and winding passageways. The story and characters were well written and I enjoyed how everything tied together in the end.

Not read - given up. Too bleak and depressing.. at least right now..



It was OK, but I like this author's Nic Costa mysteries better. If you're looking for a well-written suspense story, check those out instead. While this tried to be suspenseful and historical, it missed it's mark and wasn't really either.

It is especcially the atmosphere of Venice, both now and a few century's ago that is so gripping in this 'adventure'. Of course there are enough mysteries and even a murder or two on the shelf, but it is the elegance and the beauty of the city that makes you wanna go back there every time you lay your book aside. The two parralel stories eventually come together and the end is rather surprising. Whilst you read, put on some soft Vivaldi concerto in the background and behold... you're there and