
The Athenian Murders
In a dual story set in ancient Greece and modern times, the idealistic Diagoras teams up with Heracles Pontor to solve the murders of young Pluto's Academy students, and the present-day translator of the ancient text pursues what he believes to be a hidden meaning in the words of the writer.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN-13
- 9780374106775
- Genre
- Crime & ThrillerFiction
- Topics
- Murder investigationAncient GreeceHidden meaning in textTranslation and interpretationDual timeline narrative
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