- Title:
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The Bull of Mithros
- Series:
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The Mysteries of the Greek Detective #6
- Written by:
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Anne Zouroudi
- Read by:
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Sean Barrett
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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8
- Duration:
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8 hours 39 minutes
- Published:
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January 28 2018
- Available Date:
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January 28 2018
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489424426
- Genres:
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Fiction; Detective
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Format
Price
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Hermes Diaktoros, the inimitable Greek Detective, returns in a tale of shipwrecks and sloth, sun-drenched islands and slow-burning revenge.
It is summer, and as tourists, drawn by the legend of a priceless missing artefact, disembark on the sun-drenched quay of Mithros, the languid calm of the island is broken by the unorthodox arrival of a stranger who has been thrown overboard in the bay. Lacking money or identification, he is forced to remain on Mithros. But is he truly a stranger? To some, his face seems familiar.
The arrival of the investigator Hermes Diaktoros, intrigued by the island's fabled bull, coincides with a violent and mysterious death. This violence has an echo in Mithros's recent past: in a brutal unsolved crime committed several years before, which, although apparently forgotten, may not yet have been forgiven.
As Hermes sets about solving the complex puzzle of who is guilty and who is innocent, he discovers a web of secrets and unspoken loyalties, and it soon becomes clear that the bull of Mithros may only be the least of the island's shadowy mysteries.
'Greece has never appeared more beautiful or damaged, and secrets lurk behind every ruin. Fortunately, Zouroudi's masterfully compelling detective Hermes Diaktoros is on hand to sort the facts from the myths surrounding the violent death of a mysterious stranger.'
Daily Mirror
'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.'
The Guardian