The Messenger of Athens, Anne Zouroudi
The Messenger of Athens, Anne Zouroudi
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The Messenger of Athens
A Seven Deadly Sins Mystery

Author: Anne Zouroudi

Narrator: Gildart Jackson

Unabridged: 10 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/31/2013

Synopsis

Idyllic but remote, the Greek island of Thiminos seems untouched by the modern world. So when the battered body of a young woman is discovered at the foot of a cliff, the local police - governed more by archaic rules of honor than by the law - are quick to close the case, dismissing her death as an accident. Then a stranger arrives, uninvited, from Athens, announcing his intention to investigate further. Hermes's methods of investigation are unorthodox, and his message to the islanders is plain - tell the truth or face the consequences. But Hermes brings his own mystery into the web of dark secrets and lies. Who has sent him to Thiminos, and on whose authority is he acting?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tea on June 30, 2013

This series of mystery/crime novels set on the Greek islands is my cup of tea... a bit of exotic settings, not ordinary detective... For those that enjoyed Barbara Cleverly (set in India), or those who like Shamini Flint (set on the East)... You will learn about Greeks and Greece as much as you will......more

Goodreads review by Annie on July 28, 2024

If it weren’t for the helicopter in the book’s prologue, I would have thought that Anne Zouroudi’s The Messenger of Athens took place decades or even a century ago. The attitudes of the people of the fictional (I think) Greek island of Thiminos are very…conservative about gender roles, is probably t......more

Goodreads review by Keith on December 05, 2017

The Conductor of Souls I enjoyed this rather unusual mystery. Set in a tiny Greek island sometime in the late 1980s, I guess, (the drachma is still used, there are no mobile phones), the mysterious 'Fat Man' arrives off a ferry from Athens to investigate the apparent suicide of a young woman. What he......more

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