Assassins of Athens (Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis Series Book 2)
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0042FZPV8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 225 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Top notch mystery When I read the first book in this series, "Murder in Mykonos," last year, I enjoyed it so much that I was eager to see what the author would do next. He doesn't disappoint! "Assassins of Athens" has chief inspector Kaldis back again, this time transferred back to Athens. The story opens with the discovery of a young man's body in a dumpster -- turns out the young man has a rather unexpected. just so so Redwoods Reader First I have to say I read this book because I enjoyed the first book in the series so much. This one is just ok. I like the characters of the inspector and his underlings including his secretary. The plot was fine but what really put me off is this typical scenario in the average 3 star book: Handsome police detective(as usual) meets beautiful heiress who falls madly in love with him (as us. A mini-trip to Greece minus the glamour If you have been to Greece these books are a fun way to recall conversations you had with locals about the government and other observations of real life.
It is a journey amid ruthless, powerful adversaries that brings Andreas face-to-face with old grudges, new emotions, ancient Athenian practices, and modern political realities once thought unimaginable.. When the body of a boy from one of Greece’s most prominent families turns up in a dumpster in one of Athens’ worst neighborhoods, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis of the Greek Police’s Special Crimes Division is certain there’s a message in the murder. But who sent it and why? Andreas’ politically incorrect search for answers takes him deep into the sordid, criminal side of Athens nightlife and then to the glittering world of Athens society where age-old frictions between old money and new breed jealousy, murder, revenge, revolutionaries, and some very dangerous truths
Readers may not totally buy the book's audacious premise or the spontaneous combustion between the straight-arrow inspector and a wealthy socialite, but that shouldn't spoil this suspenseful trip through the rarely seen darker strata of complex, contemporary Greece. . (Jan.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. The case detonates with a sensational discovery: the body of golden boy Sotiris Kostopoulos, the teenage son of one of Greece's wealthiest wheeler-dealers, dumped behind a seedy gay bar. From Publishers Weekly Beware of Greeks bearin