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Prey on Patmos

by Jeffrey Siger
Poisoned Pen. Jan. 2011. c.237p. ISBN 9781590587669. $24.95; pap. ISBN 9781590587683. $14.95. M
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When a monk from a 1000-year-old monastery is murdered in a town square on the Aegean island of Patmos, Andreas Kaldis (Murder in Mykonos), the head of Greece's Special Crimes Division, is sent to investigate. It is Easter week, and the monasteries (there are 20 of them on the island) are very busy and inaccessible. Kaldis, dealing with the imminent birth of his first child and the vagaries of Greek politics, must solve the crime to avert an international incident.
VERDICT Using the Greek Orthodox Church as the linchpin for his story, Siger proves that Greece is fertile new ground for the mystery genre. Sure to appeal to fans of mysteries with exotic locations.
Reviewed by Jo Ann Vicarel , Dec 01, 2010
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