Book description
It is winter in the mountains of Greece and as the snow melts in the
tiny village of Vrisi a body is discovered lying by the side of the
road.
In the same village, watched over by the shrine
of St Fanourios (the patron saint of lost things) a coffin is unearthed
and broken open, revealing some very unexpected remains to the
astonished mourners.
Hermes Diaktoros, drawn to Vrisi
on an affair of the heart, finds himself embroiled in the mysteries of
both the dead body and the coffin, as well as the enigmatic last will
and testament of Greece's most admired modern
poet.
The Whispers of Nemesis
is a
story of desperate measures and dark secrets, of murder and immortality
and of pride coming before the steepest of falls. Anne Zouroudi
writes beautifully - her books have all the sparkle and light of the
island landscapes in which she sets them. The Lady of Sorrows, her
latest, is a gorgeous treat ... Lovely, delicious prose and plot - as
tasty as one of those irresistible honey-soaked Greek confections
Alexander McCall Smith A cracking plot, colourful local characters and
descriptions of the hot, dry countryside so strong that you can almost
see the heat haze and hear the cicadas - the perfect read to curl up
with Guardian Absorbing and beautifully written and reveals the savage,
superstitious reality behind the pretty facade that is all that most of
us know of any Greek island Literary Review Diaktoros is a delight. Half
Poirot, half deus ex machina, but far more earth-bound than his first
name suggests, the portly detective has an other-worldly, Marlowesque
incorruptibility as he waddles through the mean olive groves Guardian
Anne Zouroudi was born in England and has lived in the Greek islands.
Her attachment to Greece remains strong, and the country is the
inspiration for much of her writing. She now lives in the Derbyshire
Peak District with her son. She is the author of four other Mysteries of
the Greek Detective: The Messenger of Athens
(shortlisted for the ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Breakthrough Authors
and longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize), The Taint of
Midas
, The Doctor of Thessaly
and
The Lady of Sorrows
.
