The Messenger of Athens
When the battered body of a young woman is discovered on a remote Greek island, the local police are quick to dismiss her death as an accident. Then a stranger arrives, uninvited, from Athens, announcing his intention to investigate further. His methods are unorthodox, and he brings his own mystery into the web of dark secrets and lies. Who has sent him, on whose authority is he acting, and how does he know of dramas played out decades ago?
The first book in the Mysteries of the Greek Detective series, The Messenger of Athens has at its heart the sin of lust.
Praise for The Messenger of Athens
‘Diaktoros is a delight There is also a cracking plot, colourful local characters and descriptions of the hot, dry countryside so strong that you can almost see the heat haze and hear the cicadas - the perfect read to curl up with as the nights draw in’ Guardian
‘Evocative and tantalizing it stars a mysterious but very likeable protagonist, the Fat Man. Stylishly repackaged for the paperback, I’ve a hunch they could do very well indeed’ Bookseller
Jessica Mann, Literary Review
‘Absorbing and beautifully written and reveals the savage, superstitious reality behind the pretty façade that is all that most of us know of any Greek island’
Breakthrough Author of the Year Nominee
Susan Hill
‘Gripping and tense with an atmosphere which holds you in thrall’
Independent
‘This powerfully atmospheric mystery embraces Mediterranean passion, mythic meddling and patriarchal persecution. First-time novelist Anne Zouroudi proves a natural at the dark arts of writing Euro-crime’
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