Dionysosritualet (2004)

Dit boek las niet echt lekker. De vele hoofdpersonen waren mij te vlak en clichématig. Geen van de hoofdpersonen hadden een echt leidende rol.

Verwarrend en teleurstellend. ( )

I found the writing style a little odd, but overall a good read. Plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing. ( )

In spite of knowing that the series continues, I found my heart pounding in several places in this police procedural (ha - what a genre name), worrying about the protagonist. Nic Costa is wondering if he really wants to come back to police work, or crawl back into the bottle he's so painfully climbed out of. His new partner is flawed but experienced, and is keeping watch on him. Then a girl goes missing, some very odd pictures and rituals begin to surface, along with a body in a peat bog, and some nasty criminals are of course involved. I should have spotted the real culprits much sooner, but it was so intricate and fast-paced, I decided to give myself a break. Recommended to all fans of the genre, especially fans of the genre set in Rome. ( )

This is the second book of the Nic Costa series. I love this series and have most of the books already read, I did not start at the beginning. In this case, Nic Costa and his team have to solve the mystery of a young dead who was murdered sixteen years ago and a young girl who recently disappeared. He is on the track of the dark machinations of the Roman mob as well as their pathological sex drive by young girls are are stoned with drugs and raped. All this hidden under the slogan of an ancient ritual under Dyonisos.
It is exciting and the pathologist can not be determining. ( )

I liked this book. I liked the fact that it was set in Rome with echoes of the past. The characters of the police and pathologists differed, although they all wanted to catch the criminal. I did not guess the ending until it was almost spelled out for me. ( )