Books by Anne Zouroudi
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review 1: Messenger of Athens is a perfectly competent mystery, but not compelling enough for me to look for more from the author. On a small Greek island, a young woman falls to her death in an apparent suicide. Of course it's not one, and a detective--named for the Greek god Hermes and...
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review 1: I've started out reading these in the wrong order and while each story does stand alone, it would be better to read them in order to see the development of the detective, Hermes Diaktoros, who is an interesting character. I'm still waiting to find out what they deal is with his ...
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review 1: I really like this series, which I believe this is the 3rd installment in. Hermes is a large man who is not at all what you see when you go to Greece and see statues of him, but in this book that is what he is. He is not so much a detective as someone who investigates the motiv...
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review 1: Hermes Diaktoros goes to a remote Greek island where it's most famous thing is an icon, which thought to occasionally cause miracles. It was first found on the island after guiding men from a shipwreck to shore many years ago. Hermes suspects the icon is a forgery and calls in...
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review 1: The old man Gabrilis Kaloyeros was a bee keeper and grew watermelons on the slopes near the temple ruins. An unscrupulous man was trying to get his property to build villas. Hermes Diaktoros, who has his villa on the island, is on his way visit Gabrilis, when he sees the famili...