Renowned for her crime novels featuring enigmatic Greek detective Hermes Diaktoros, here award-winning author Anne Zouroudi finds inspiration in Greece's people and landscapes for three very different short stories.
In The Honey Trap, ten years have gone by since a young child went missing. The Greek island where she disappeared is still haunted by her loss, and the weight of suspicion hangs heavy over old Nikolas, the last known person to have seen little Flora alive. But then Nikolas meets a foreigner who was last on the island a decade before. Might this stranger hold the key to solving the mystery of little Flora's fate? This short story originally appeared in Oxcrimes, an anthology from the creme de la creme of international crime writers in support of Oxfam.
The Laughter of the Gods tells of a widow attempting to recapture the magic of Greece she remembers visiting with her husband, but her sister-in-law makes a difficult travelling companion. High Flier recounts the visit of a Greek-American to the island of his birth, where he begins to reassess what truly matters in life.
"Anne Zouroudi writes beautifully - her books have all the sparkle and light of the island landscapes in which she sets them. Lovely, delicious prose and plot - as tasty as one of those irresistible honey-soaked Greek confections." - Alexander McCall-Smith.
In The Honey Trap, ten years have gone by since a young child went missing. The Greek island where she disappeared is still haunted by her loss, and the weight of suspicion hangs heavy over old Nikolas, the last known person to have seen little Flora alive. But then Nikolas meets a foreigner who was last on the island a decade before. Might this stranger hold the key to solving the mystery of little Flora's fate? This short story originally appeared in Oxcrimes, an anthology from the creme de la creme of international crime writers in support of Oxfam.
The Laughter of the Gods tells of a widow attempting to recapture the magic of Greece she remembers visiting with her husband, but her sister-in-law makes a difficult travelling companion. High Flier recounts the visit of a Greek-American to the island of his birth, where he begins to reassess what truly matters in life.
"Anne Zouroudi writes beautifully - her books have all the sparkle and light of the island landscapes in which she sets them. Lovely, delicious prose and plot - as tasty as one of those irresistible honey-soaked Greek confections." - Alexander McCall-Smith.
