The ninth case for Siger’s Greek detective (Santorini Caesars, 2016, etc.), brimming with suspense and a distinct sense of...
Brutal murder stains the idyllic Greek island of Lesvos. Is organized crime attempting to gain a foothold in paradise, or is this the work of refugees?
After a brief period of rampant tourism, the Aegean island of Lesvos has settled back into a sleepy, idyllic existence except for the droves of refugees, now unemployed, who came to serve the visitors. When influential Mihalis Volandes is violently killed, cut literally in half, local police arrest refugee Ali Sera, who’s been found spattered with blood, and workers’ advocate Dana McLaughlin comes forward to ask Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis, based in Athens, to intervene. As Andreas shrewdly observes, the blood found on Sera is far less than it should be given the crime’s brutality. Sending his longtime sidekick, Yianni, to Lesvos to examine the crime scene, Andreas determines that this was a professional hit, staged to incriminate the young immigrant. Meanwhile, the powerful man who ordered the murder, presented to the reader anonymously, plots to derail this probe, with force if necessary, via Aryan, his hired assassin. Andreas and his team investigate methodically; his supersized detective Tassos, whose relationship with police secretary Maggie is blossoming, gains evidence by busting heads. When the trail leads to local government officials, the risk factor amps up considerably and the assassin on the loose becomes an unpredictable wild card.
The ninth case for Siger’s Greek detective (Santorini Caesars, 2016, etc.), brimming with suspense and a distinct sense of place, continues to deepen the back story of its band of heroes.Pub Date: Jan. 2, 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4642-0945-1
Page Count: 318
Publisher: Poisoned Pen
Review Posted Online: Oct. 1, 2017
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 15, 2017
An anodyne visit with Tricia and her friends and enemies hung on a thin mystery.
Too much free time leads a New Hampshire bookseller into yet another case of murder.
Now that Tricia Miles has Pixie Poe and Mr. Everett practically running her bookstore, Haven’t Got a Clue, she finds herself at loose ends. Her wealthy sister, Angelica, who in the guise of Nigela Ricita has invested heavily in making Stoneham a bookish tourist attraction, is entering the amateur competition for the Great Booktown Bake-Off. So Tricia, who’s recently taken up baking as a hobby, decides to join her and spends a lot of time looking for the perfect cupcake recipe. A visit to another bookstore leaves Tricia witnessing a nasty argument between owner Joyce Widman and next-door neighbor Vera Olson over the trimming of tree branches that hang over Joyce’s yard—also overheard by new town police officer Cindy Pearson. After Tricia accepts Joyce’s offer of some produce from her garden, they find Vera skewered by a pitchfork, and when Police Chief Grant Baker arrives, Joyce is his obvious suspect. Ever since Tricia moved to Stoneham, the homicide rate has skyrocketed (Poisoned Pages, 2018, etc.), and her history with Baker is fraught. She’s also become suspicious about the activities at Pets-A-Plenty, the animal shelter where Vera was a dedicated volunteer. Tricia’s offered her expertise to the board, but president Toby Kingston has been less than welcoming. With nothing but baking on her calendar, Tricia has plenty of time to investigate both the murder and her vague suspicions about the shelter. Plenty of small-town friendships and rivalries emerge in her quest for the truth.
An anodyne visit with Tricia and her friends and enemies hung on a thin mystery.Pub Date: Aug. 13, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-9848-0272-9
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Berkley
Review Posted Online: May 26, 2019
Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 2019
A murder is committed in a stalled transcontinental train in the Balkans, and every passenger has a watertight alibi. But Hercule Poirot finds a way.
**Note: This classic Agatha Christie mystery was originally published in England as Murder on the Orient Express, but in the United States as Murder in the Calais Coach. Kirkus reviewed the book in 1934 under the original US title, but we changed the title in our database to the now recognizable title Murder on the Orient Express. This is the only name now known for the book. The reason the US publisher, Dodd Mead, did not use the UK title in 1934 was to avoid confusion with the 1932 Graham Greene novel, Orient Express.
Pub Date: Feb. 28, 1934
ISBN: 978-0062073495
Page Count: -
Publisher: Dodd, Mead
Review Posted Online: Sept. 20, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1934
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