Anne Zouroudi Libri

The olive harvest is drawing to a close in the town of Dendra, and when Hermes Diaktoros arrives for the celebratory festival he expects an indulgent day of food and wine. But as young men leap a blazing bonfire in feats of daring, one of them is badly burned. Did he fall, or was he pushed? Then, as Hermes learns of a deep-running feud between two families, one of their patriarchs dies. Determined to find out why, Hermes follows a bitter trail through the olive groves to reveal a motive for murder, and uncovers a dark deed brought to light by the sin of gluttony.

From the real life Shirley Valentine, Anne Zouroudi's first Greek mystery with the popular detective, Hermes Diaktoros. 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?

A jilted bride weeps on an empty beach. A local doctor is attacked in an isolated churchyard. Trouble arrives at a bad time to the backwater village of Morfi, just as the community is making headlines with a visit from a high-ranking government minister. Fortunately, where there's trouble, there's Hermes Diaktoros, the mysterious fat man whose tennis shoes are always pristine and whose investigative methods are always unorthodox. Hermes must investigate a brutal crime, thwart the petty machinations of the town's ex-mayor and his cronies, and try to settle the troubled waters of two sisters' relationship. But how can he unravel a mystery that not even the victim wants solved? Set against a radiant Mediterranean backdrop, THE DOCTOR OF THESSALY is a spellbinding mystery about the dark consequences of envy.

Durante más de medio siglo, el viejo apicultor Gabrilis Kaloyeros ha custodiado las hermosas ruinas del Templo de Apolo. Pero la especulación inmobiliaria incrementa el valor de la tierra y alguien lo convence -a través de medios poco honrados- para que renuncie a su propiedad. Pocas horas después muere de manera violenta. Cuando Hermes Diaktoros encuentra el cuerpo maltrecho de su amigo en una cuneta, la policía lo considera el principal sospechoso. Sin embargo, son los promotores más codiciosos que amenazan los antiguos yacimientos de la isla de Arcadia quienes resultarían más beneficiados con la muerte de Gabrilis. Hermes decide vengar a su viejo amigo y encontrar al verdadero culpable, aunque sus métodos son, como siempre, poco ortodoxos...

Ein psychologischer Kriminalroman um den Tod einer jungen Frau und eine tragische Liebe Als die schöne Irini tot aufgefunden wird, sehen die Bewohner der kleinen griechischen Insel Thiminos in dem Unglück eine große Tragödie. Doch an ein Verbrechen will niemand glauben. Nur Hermes Diaktoros, ein älterer Herr aus Athen, spricht lautstark von einem Mord, als er plötzlich auf der Insel auftaucht. Schon bald fühlen sich die Inselbewohner von dem seltsamen Fremden bedroht, denn seine unnachgiebigen Fragen zerren dunkle, lang verborgene Geheimnisse an die Oberfläche und nähren den Verdacht, dass sie alle Schuld an Irinis Tod tragen …