Devil of Delphi: A Chief Inspector
Andreas Kaldis Mystery
Jeffrey Siger
Poisoned Pen, Oct 6 2015, $26.95
ISBN 9781464204326
Some containing poisons like bleach, counterfeit booze with
perfect labels of name brand liquors overwhelm Greece and end up threatening
the lives of people and the legitimate of the industry. While Greek Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis
and his team confiscate a lot of the illegal alcohol, places as far away as
Russia and Britain does likewise; but the police know they barely skimmed the
surface.
When a Greek dies from drinking the bad booze, Kaldis and his team
investigate the homicide hoping to prevent more, but fearing an epidemic of
poisoned alcoholic deaths. At the same
time, the Teacher employs hitman Kharon to add needed muscle to insure her
hostile takeover of the lucrative wine smuggling industry.
The seventh Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis Greek police procedural (see
Sons of Sparta
and Mykonos after Midnight) is an engaging cautionary whodunit due almost
entirely to the macabrely captivating lead villains; their vastly different
moral code makes for a tenuous relationship.
Only the hero matches them in depth as his unit members comes across
somewhat interchangeable.
Harriet Klausner
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