Detective Kouros is from Mani, Greece, a small area where it is believed the Spartans moved to near the entrance to Hades at the tip of the mountainous Peloponnese. His family is very powerful and all the families of the area not only believe in vendettas but enforce them. Detective Kouros has lived in Athens most of his life because his mother and father were sent there so they were not murdered in the ongoing vendettas. His uncle though retired is extremely powerful in the underworld running Mani though now his cousin is in charge. His family name invokes fear and brings cooperation from almost anyone. When his uncle is murdered Kouros must discover who did this before the vendetta that has been under control for decades rises up again and lives are lost.
SONS OF SPARTA goes in depth into the crime and ways of life in rural Greece. It is very similar to the ways of Sicily and interesting to read about. Not only is the way of rural life explored, but the corruption that runs rampant in Greece is talked about. The problems in the country are right out in the open and you begin to understand more about what went wrong and is still going on in Greece.
Chief Inspector Kaldis and Detective Kouros are good cops fighting a corrupt system. They work hard to put a stop to the corruption that runs ramped and is destroying their country. Jeffery Singer has a hit with SONS OF SPRATA, a great story and mystery that keeps you guessing till the end. SONS OF SPARTA doesn't stop there, it adds history, and shares an intriguing way of life with the reader.
Don't miss Chief Inspector Kaldis and his protégée Detective Kouros as they fight to do the right thing which is a constant uphill battle.
Did the warriors of ancient Sparta simply vanish without a trace along with their city, or did they find sanctuary at the tip of the mountainous Peloponnese? That stark, unforgiving region’s roots today run deep with a history of pirates, highwaymen, and neighbors ferociously repelling any foreigner foolishly bent on occupying this part of Greece. Less well-recorded are the Mani’s families’ strict code of honor and their history of endless vendettas with neighbors and with their own relatives. No wonder their farms look like fortresses. When Special Crimes Division Detective Yiannis Kouros is summoned from Athens to the Mani by his uncle, Kouros fears his loyalty to his boss, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis, is about be to be tested by family pressure on the detective to act in some new vendetta, for this uncle once headed the Mani’s most significant criminal enterprise. Instead, Kouros learns the family is about to become rich through the sale of its property—until the uncle is killed, and thus the deal. Acting swiftly to head off a new cycle of violence, Kouros satisfactorily solves the murder. Or so it seems until, back in Athens, Kaldis’ probe into deeply entrenched government corruption leads straight back to the Mani. Both cops now confront a host of unexpected twists, unanticipated players, unanswered questions—and people yet to die.
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