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Jeffrey Siger

Forfatter af Murder in Mykonos

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Værker af Jeffrey Siger

Murder in Mykonos (2009) 231 eksemplarer
Assassins of Athens (2010) 90 eksemplarer
Prey on Patmos (2011) — Forfatter — 77 eksemplarer
Target: Tinos (2012) 41 eksemplarer
Mykonos After Midnight (2013) 31 eksemplarer
Devil of Delphi (2015) 21 eksemplarer
An Aegean April (2018) 21 eksemplarer
Santorini Caesars (2016) 19 eksemplarer
Sons of Sparta (2014) 18 eksemplarer
Readers Digest Select Edition: — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar

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Shaken: Stories for Japan (2011) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
Making Story: Twenty-One Writers on How They Plot (2012) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Reader's Digest Select Editions 2023 v02 #391 — Forfatter — 3 eksemplarer

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The first Kaldis mystery without significant time devoted to the antagonists until the very end (post-solution). Target: Tinos brings us to a less known island, similarly religious and mystical in the vein of Prey on Patmos. Again, the Kaldis team is together (Maggie, Yianni, and Tassos) to help the Chief Inspector solve the tricky homicides while getting to the church on time to get married. This one benefits from being tough to solve until the two-thirds of the way through point while offering interesting insights on Tinos, a mystery of sorts all on its own. The only complaint is that we now have three in a row where the antagonists' motives are Blofeldian in scope--if only in terms of international or universal ambition. Whatever the quibbles, an enjoyable case!… (mere)
 
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JohnLocke84 | Mar 27, 2024 |
Promoted from Mykonos to Athens, Andreas Kaldis is introduced to two new essential characters in the Kaldis universe--Maggie, the wizened girl Friday; and Lila, the widowed lover of Chief Inspector Kaldis. This second installment finds our hero confronting a murder connected to the modern application of an ancient Athenian ritual. A commentary on Greek society, politics, and modern Athenian life, you won't be kept guessing too much in this one, except for how exactly Kaldis will get vengeance. Happy to see a reconciliation with Tassos--too good a character from Murder in Mykonos to leave behind.… (mere)
 
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JohnLocke84 | 4 andre anmeldelser | Mar 15, 2024 |
We have the gang back together to solve a bizarre and brutal murder of a beloved Orthodox monk on the island of revelations--Patmos--heading into Easter. While Kaldis is trying to ruin his perfect life relationship with a rich, beautiful, and very pregnant Lila, his gang of regulars, Kouros, Tassos, and Maggie are aiding him from all sides in hunting down the criminal. As is customary with a Kaldis mystery, a substantial portion of the narration comes from the murderer's perspective. A pleasant trip to another Greek locale as if one were actually there.… (mere)
 
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JohnLocke84 | 7 andre anmeldelser | Mar 15, 2024 |
I always look forward to a new Andreas Kaldis mystery from Jeffrey Siger. I can rely on him for a fast-paced thrill ride of a story steeped in the culture of ancient and present-day Greece. By the time of this, his thirteenth Kaldis novel, his characters had become part of my fictional family, and in At Any Cost, I became much better acquainted with Andreas' sister, Gavi, and her daughter, Anna.

Although the premise of building a mega-internet presence that could take over the digital world was a bit difficult for me to wrap my head around, I've come to trust this author's prescience. I just sank into the story and enjoyed the ride. While I did that, I was in for a pleasant surprise. Greek food has been mentioned here and there throughout the series, but in At Any Cost, the author took a page from Martin Walker's Bruno Chief of Police series and sat me down right in the middle of a Greek feast. Yum!

Story... check. Food... check. But what keeps me coming back for more are the characters. As I said before, Andreas Kaldis, his family, and his team have become part of my fictional family. They make me laugh, they make me cry, they take me in and make me feel welcome among them. I feel that I know them very well-- so much so that when a member of his family was in danger, I smiled and thought, "Those bad guys aren't going to know what hit them."

Even though you can pick this book up, not having read any of the others in the series, and not feel lost, it would be a shame to miss everything that has gone before. (The first book is Murder in Mykonos.) Now I find myself in the familiar position of being forced to wait for the next book. Ah well.

(Review copy courtesy of Net Galley)
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cathyskye | Feb 3, 2024 |

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