Photos of Italy taken during research for the Nic Costa novels. There are more photos for the later books - and better quality. Please click on them to see them at their best.
 
The Blue Demon/City of Fear : These are some of my research photos taken in Rome and Etruscan Italy for the eighth Nic Costa book, The Blue Demon (UK), City of Fear (US)

The Blue Demon/City of Fear

These are some of my research photos taken in Rome and Etruscan Italy ...

updated: Nov 01, 2009 7:57am PST

Dante's Numbers : Dante's Numbers is the seventh Nic Costa novel, and the first to set foot outside Italy. It begins in the park of the Villa Borghese but then moves to San Francisco and the area of the Marina and Cow Hollow. Try the full screen slideshow!

Dante's Numbers

Dante's Numbers is the seventh Nic Costa novel, and the first to set f ...

updated: Sep 06, 2009 8:05am PST

The Garden of Evil : The sixth Nic Costa book takes place around Christmas mostly in a very small area between the Pantheon and the Piazza del Popolo. The legacy of the great painter Caravaggio, who lived, worked and killed a man, is key to the book. Try the full screen slideshow!

The Garden of Evil

The sixth Nic Costa book takes place around Christmas mostly in a very ...

updated: Sep 06, 2009 7:45am PST

The Seventh Sacrament : The fifth Costa novel, The Seventh Sacrament, takes place largely on the Aventino hill and tells the story of Giorgio Bramante, a renowned archaeologist obsessed with the Mithraic cults of ancient Rome.

The Seventh Sacrament

The fifth Costa novel, The Seventh Sacrament, takes place largely on t ...

updated: Sep 06, 2009 7:04am PST

Rome : These are several years of photos assembled on research trips to Rome. They are largely uncaptioned and unexplained. Some refer to books which have yet to appear.

Rome

These are several years of photos assembled on research trips to Rome. ...

updated: Sep 06, 2009 8:26am PST

The Villa of Mysteries : Photos taken during research for the second Nic Costa novel, The Villa of Mysteries

The Villa of Mysteries

Photos taken during research for the second Nic Costa novel, The Villa ...

updated: Sep 06, 2009 7:39am PST

The Lizard's Bite : The fourth Nic Costa book takes place in Venice. It is a companion piece to the standalone novel known in the US as Lucifer's Shadow and the UK as The Cemetery of Secrets which contains some of the same locations and characters.

The Lizard's Bite

The fourth Nic Costa book takes place in Venice. It is a companion pie ...

updated: Sep 06, 2009 6:46am PST

A Season for the Dead : The first Nic Costa book is set in largely fictional locations, inspired by real places.

A Season for the Dead

The first Nic Costa book is set in largely fictional locations, inspir ...

updated: Sep 06, 2009 7:25am PST

The Sacred Cut : The third book in the series is the one where I start to feel I know Rome sufficiently well to use real locations in some detail. In this case the principal location is the Pantheon, a pagan temple built by Hadrian but preserved over the centuries by its conversion to a Catholic church.

The Sacred Cut

The third book in the series is the one where I start to feel I know R ...

updated: Sep 06, 2009 7:43am PST