Greek Detective: The Messenger of Athens (Audiobook)

from Limelite

Hermes Diaktoros, toting his holdall, travels to the remote and idyllic island of Thiminos to investigate the murder of Irini Asimskopolous. Did she fall, or jump, or was she pushed from the cliff? The fat investigator from Athens, a Greek Hercule Poirot, begins to dig. Who might have wanted Irin...

from teckelvik

First, this was a very strange book. I read about the series in Whatever, and came away thinking that this was a supernatural mystery series, with cameo appearances by various Greek gods - sort of urban fantasy sent in Greece. This may be that, or maybe not. It was really hard to tell. It is defi...

from Olivermagnus

I was looking for a mystery by an author whose last name started with a Z and found the first book in a series featuring investigator, Hermes Diaktoros. His name, of course, is that of the messenger of the Greek gods, and he often refers to his white tennis shoes as his wings. He is usually refer...

from AltheaAnn

The author's bio speaks glowingly of her love for the Greek Islands; so I was rather expecting a light and sun-drenched mystery designed for vacation reading. What I got was better - but much darker. This story is more of an expose of all that's wrong with island life, rather than an ode to its j...

from abbottthomas

A detective story with a difference set on an imaginary Greek island a bit off the tourist trail and out of season. It begins with the finding of the broken body of one of the island women and the arrival, soon after, of the improbably well-dressed visitor from Athens with a mission to determine ...