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Author
Series
Athenian mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Dissatisfied with her life, Puff the cat leaves home and becomes a rich and glamorous model, but eventually returns having found out that it's better to be who you are.
Author
Series
Athenian mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Hired by Pericles to investigate the murder of a proxenos to Ephesus, private investigator Nicolaus discovers a sobering plot to invade and destroy Athens and rescues the enslaved daughter of a powerful diplomat and infamous traitor.
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When the body of a boy from one of Greece's prominent families turns up in a dumpster in one of Athens' worst neighborhoods, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis of the special crimes division is certain there's a message in the murder. Who sent it and why?
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
It is 1956 and Bernie Gunther has a new name (Christoph Ganz), a clean passport, a chip on his shoulder, and a menial low-paying job in Munich. And then an old friend arrives to repay a debt. He encourages Bernie to take a job as a claims adjuster in a major German insurance company. When Bernie tries to confront Siegfried Witzel, a brutish former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war, he finds that somebody else has gotten to him...
Author
Series
Athenian mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"It's the time of the Great Dionysia, the largest arts festival of the ancient world, held each year in honor of Dionysos, the god of wine. But there's a problem: A ghost is haunting Athens's grand theater. Nicolaos and his clever partner in sleuthing (and now in matrimony), the priestess Diotima, are hired to rid the theater of the ghost so that the festival can begin. With the help of Theokritos, the High Priest of Dionysos, they exorcise the ghost...
8) Sacred games
Author
Series
Athenian mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Soho Crime, an imprint of Soho Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
It is the Olympics of 460 B.C. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is the hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Arakos from Sparta. When Arakos is found beaten to death, it is obvious Timodemus must be the killer. Who else could have killed the second-best fighter in all Hellas but the very best? The Judges of the Games sentence Timodemus to be executed in four days'...
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