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The Seventh Sacrament

By: David Hewson
Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
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Back in Rome after their dramatic adventures in Venice, Detectives Costa, Peroni and Leo Falcone are rebuilding their lives. But they team up once again when faced with the sudden appearance of fresh bloodstains on a missing young boy's T-shirt in a small museum exhibit displaying supposed evidence of communication from souls in Purgatory. Soon they find themselves embroiled in a mystery involving both the ancient cult of Mithras and the sinister House of Bones... Crime Crime Thrillers Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Mystery Thriller Exciting Revenge Cold Case Rome
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As with other books by the same author, I loved the mix of mythology, traditions and the present. A couple of things which didn't feel quite right to me: the many references to what had happened in Venice were anomalous if you hadn't read the relevant book, and I felt the Mithraism could have been cut slightly as it didn't seem pertinent every single time it appeared. As ever, the pronunciation removed a star. Reichlin is a great narrator; I do not understand why the producers or the narrator couldn't be bothered to learn how to pronounce the Italian words - it would have made the final product so much better. I know that not all listeners speak Italian, but I'd bet that a fair few do, so why not make it perfect?

A very good "read"

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If a story can grow on you, this one surely does. Just when you think it is coming to a conclusion, off it goes in another direction.

Slow to develop, but a great plot

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This was my first David Hewson and I thank Audible for recommending his work. 14 wonderful hours of listening and so very well read. Even the difficult names of the characters, being Italian, became easy to remember because of the superb characterisation of the narrator. Beautifully crafted book and now I am about to download the next. Many many thanks.

The Seventh Sacrement

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I 'sort of' listened to almost half the book and finally realised that I didn't really know what was going on.
Having not listened to any of the books in the series before I found it very confusing knowing who was who. There are a lot of characters, all with Italian names- and there is no background or anything on any of them.
Still, something about the story intrigued me enough to start to listen again from the beginning. Finally I understood that the story skips from past to present constantly and I got to know the main characters.
After that it became a pleasure to listen to this book - in fact I couldn't stop listening...
As others have already commented: the narration is excellent. I will now look for more books in the series, it should be easier now to get into the story-lines.

Concentrate!! Then enjoy...

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This is an audiobook that grips from the outset, and having taken hold, doesn't let go. Very hard to stop listening towards the end. The author's in depth knowledge of Rome and its past shines through, and the complex plot is pretty convincing, though some of the timejumps in the narrative are disconcerting. Very well read and well worth listening to!

Mesmerising

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