by Anne Zouroudi (Author)
A jilted bride weeps on an empty beach, a local doctor is attacked in an isolated churchyard - trouble has come at a bad time to Morfi, just as the backwater village is making headlines with a visit from a national 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. In the latest instalment of the Mysteries of the Greek Detective, Hermes must solve a brutal crime that the victim does not seem to want solving, thwart the petty machinations of the town's ex-mayor and his cronies and pour oil on the troubled waters of a sisters' relationship. The Doctor of Thessaly is a gripping, darkly enchanting tale of envy, revenge and retribution, set against a sparkling Mediterranean backdrop and served up with a splash of ouzo.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 06 Jul 2009
ISBN 10: 0747598827
ISBN 13: 9780747598824
Book Overview: The first Mystery of the Greek Detective, The Messenger of Athens, was longlisted for the Desmond Elliot prize and shortlisted for the ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Breakthrough Authors For fans of Agatha Christie, Alexander McCall Smith and Andrea Camilleri - and for anyone who loves the Greek islands The first chapter of The Doctor of Thessaly is included in the new paperback of The Taint of Midas, launching with a major consumer campaign in summer 2009