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The Marathon Conspiracy
Gary Corby
Soho Crime
May 2014
On Sale: April 29, 2014
352 pages
ISBN: 161695387X
EAN: 9781616953874
Kindle: B00GEYKWPE
Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery
Nicolaos, Classical Athens's favorite sleuth, and his
partner in investigation, the clever ex-priestess Diotima,
have taken time out of their assignments to come home to get
married. But if Nico was hoping they'd be able to get
hitched without a hitch, he was overly optimistic. When they
arrive in Athens, there's a problem waiting for them. The Sanctuary of Artemis is the ancient world's most famous
school for girls. When one of the children is killed,
apparently by a bear, and another girl disappears in the
night, Diotima's childhood teacher asks her former pupil to
help them. Diotima is honor-bound to help her old school. Meanwhile a skull discovered in a cave not far from the
sanctuary has proven to be the remains of the last tyrant to
rule Athens. The Athenians fought the Battle Marathon to
keep this man out of power. He was supposed to have died
thirty years ago, in faraway Persia. What are his remains
doing outside the city walls? Nico's boss, the great Athenian statesman Pericles, wants
answers, and he wants Nico to find them. What makes it all so ominous is that the skull was
discovered by the two students of the Sanctuary of Artemis
who are dead and missing. What does a decades-dead tyrant have to do with two young
girls? Where is the missing child? Is a killer bear really
lurking beyond the walls of Athens? And who is the
mysterious stranger who's trying to kill Nico and Diotima?
Can the sleuths solve the interlocked crimes and save a
child before their wedding?
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