Costas Haritos, a CID chief in central Athens, is uncomfortably married, aggressive and pessimistic, and only manages to relax when he is at home reading his English dictionaries. A veteran of the force, he is only now coming to terms with the pervasive corruption in public and private life since the fall of the military dictatorship and the advent of democratic government. When an Albanian couple is found brutally slaughtered, it looks like an open and shut crime of passion. But when Yanna, a TV journalist investigating the same case, is murdered in a broadcasting studio just before going on air, Haritos begins to think he's missing something crucial in this seemingly simple case. Why was she so interested in whether the police had found evidence of the presence of children at the Albanians' home? When Yanna's successor at the TV station is also murdered, Haritos finds himself sucked ever deeper into the grubby world of the Greek media and the shadowy underworld of international child trafficking.
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Petros Markaris was born in Istanbul in 1937. Having studied Economics, he made his literary debut in Greece in 1965 with a theatrical work, The Tale of All Retzo. This was followed by several other plays and by film scripts. Markaris recently published a Greek translation of Goethe's Faust to critical acclaim.
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This was my first book by Petros Markaris as I wanted to start from the beginning. Some readers have already suggested, and I will agree with them, that this book shows its age. However, I find this particular aspect a strength rather than a weakness. I must admit though that I read it in the original which might make a huge difference despite its simple and clear writing. There is also a very strong Greek context that is mostly of interest to Greek readers which is part of the joy of reading this book. The plot keeps you going and Haritos is a very real character. I am definitely going to buy more of Markaris' books.
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