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|pages=352
|publisher=Harvill Secker
|date=5 Nov November 2006
|isbn=1843431688
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Inspector Costas Haritos of the Athens Homicide Division found that there was no such thing as a holiday when an earthquake revealed a body on the beach of the Greek island. Back in Athens he's given another murder to investigate - that of a local nightclub owner, who has been gunned down in the street. The family of the dead man seem unwilling to give much help and pressure is put on Haritos to file the murder as unsolved. On top of all this it seems that the Inspector's health is about to let him down.
Translation from the original Greek is by David Connolly and he's produced a very readable text. On occasions he had to translate from the Greek what Haritos said in bad English - and he managed to do it with skill.
I'll be looking out for the two booksin books in the series - ''Deadline in Athens''/ ''The Late-Night News''. I hope too that there will be a follow-up to this book.
My thanks to the publishers, Harvill Secker, for sending this book.
If this type of book appeals to you then you might also enjoy Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels. [[Faceless Killers]] would be a good starting point. You might also enjoy [[Rotten to the Core by Rob Murphy]].,
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