David Hewson

-1 -The garden of the Quirinale felt like a suntrap as the man in the silver armour strode down the shingle path. He was sweating profusely inside the ceremonial breastplate and woollen uniform.Tight in his right hand he held the long, bloodied sword that had just taken the life of a man. In a few...

-1 -The boy stood where he usually did at that time of the morning. In the Piazza dei Cavalieri di Malta, on the summit of the Aventino hiU, not far from home. Alessio Bramante was wearing the novelty glasses from his birthday party the day before, peering through them into the secret keyhole,...

Bierce was a happily married cop with a bright future. Then on one sunny day in July his wife and their young son were savagely beaten to death and Bierce was convicted of their murders. Languishing on death row a long 23 years later, he still has no memory of the incident. Unexpectedly,...

Bierce was a happily married cop with a bright future. Then on one sunny day in July his wife and their young son were savagely beaten to death and Bierce was convicted of their murders. Languishing on death row a long 23 years later, he still has no memory of the incident. Unexpectedly,...

"Allan Prime looked ready to die of fright, even before the bright, shining spear with the blood-soaked tip reached his head . . ." The death mask of the poet Dante is to be exhibited at the premiere of a controversial new film, Inferno. But at the grand unveiling this priceless artefact is...

Gerinc megtört. As the millennium approaches, the climate on Earth is getting progressively hotter, a phenomenon which makes scientists and others extremely nervous. Unease quickly turns to panic when Air Force One is successfully downed, key communications networks are disrupted, and the world's...