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|title=The Marathon Conspiracy

|sort=Marathon Conspiracy, The

|publisher=Soho Crime

|date=April 2014

|website=http://www.garycorby.com/

|summary=A young investigator and his bride-to-be go searching for a child murderer in ancient Athens.

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Nicolaos has a lot on his mind. His wedding is only a few weeks away and he still has no real means of supporting a wife and family. The investigating game, it seems, doesn't pay too well. So when his patron Pericles asks him to investigate the murder of a young child, Nico is a little reticent, especially since he is still waiting to be paid for his previous assignment. Deciding that he can't afford to be picky, Nico accepts a case which will see him, amongst other things, fending off street thugs, diving for treasure in a sacred spring, going on a bear hunt, rescuing a pair of fighting cocks and consulting a strange priestess who has a habit of running around the woods naked...At least he can't complain that his work is boring.