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Inspector Costas Haritos: Dictionary Addict

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When, on the very first page of Zone Defence an earthquake rocks the island where Inspector Haritos and his wife are holidaying, cracking walls and causing the house to ‘leap off its foundation’ as Haritos lies reading his Dimitrakos dictionary, it certainly brings our grumpy Greek protagonist’s singular eccentricity to the … [Read more...]

Inspector Costas Haritos in Deadline in Athens

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Inspector Costas Haritos in Deadline in Athens

Deadline in Athens by Petros Markaris   As promised in my previous post, I’ve finished reading Deadline in Athens, the first of Greek writer Petros Markaris’ mystery novels featuring Athens police Inspector Costas Haritos, and can confirm that Haritos lives up to earlier reviewers’ descriptions as cynical and … [Read more...]

Inspector Costas Haritos

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Petros  Markaris:  Inspector Costas Haritos I’ve discovered a new series detective: Athens police inspector Costas Haritos. Caught Writers & Company on CBC Radio a couple of Sundays ago, part their series “Greece: The Unfolding Drama” with Eleanor Wachtel interviewing a Greek mystery writer I’d never heard of before, Petros … [Read more...]

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