Deadline in Athens

Recommended by Christos Chomenidis, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #58 in Athens

The open-and-shut case of a murdered Albanian couple does not at first preoccupy Inspector Costas Haritos, a veteran junta-trained homicide detective on the Athens police force. Βut when the country's young and ambitious celebrity news reporter, Janna Karayoryi, insists that the case was closed too early, Haritos becomes unnerved. Before Karayoryi's claims can be substantiated, however, she is murdered suddenly and chillingly, moments before she is to go on the air with a startling newsbreak. Did her mysterious report have something to do with the murdered Albanians? Who wanted her silenced?... more

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Christos Chomenidis Really the main character of Markaris’s novel is Athens, the city itself. It’s the city liberated from its myths (Source)


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