Sons of Sparta: A Chief Inspector
Andreas Kaldis Mystery
Jeffrey
Siger
Poisoned
Pen, Oct 7 2014, $24.95
ISBN
9781464203169
When
his father’s brother asks Special Crimes Division Detective Yianni Kouros to
come home to Mani in the Peloponnese, he does so
immediately. The family greets him as
“Athens Yianni” except Uncle who hugs him warmly. Soon after Yianni’s return, his Uncle informs
him he has a land deal to end a long standing feud and make everyone rich. However, instead of a glorious
reconciliation, Uncle drives his car off the mountainous road. Stunned like the rest of the family, Yianni
cannot believe Uncle lost control as he witnessed the euphoric energy of his
elderly relative just before the crash.
As the family feud’s cease fire is on the verge of exploding
into a deadly war, Yianni investigates what he believes was a homicide with he assumes
the motive being to end the land deal from happening. His inquiry leads back to high level
government corruption in Athens and a nebulous connection to mob chieftain
Orestes, a personal friend of Yianni’s supervisor Chief Inspector
Andreas Kaldis.
The
sixth Chief
Inspector Andreas Kaldis Greek police procedural (see Assassins
Of Athens and Mykonos After Midnight) is a fabulous mystery enhanced by a
picaresque tour of the ancient historical Peloponnese
region and freshened by Yianni’s overall lead. Mindful of Scottish clan wars and Mafia
battles, the Greek family feud intensifies a tremendous whodunit.
Harriet
Klausner
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