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    The Doctor of Thessaly: A Seven Deadly Sins Mystery
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    The Doctor of Thessaly: A Seven Deadly Sins Mystery

    Written by Anne Zouroudi

    Narrated by Gildart Jackson

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    About this audiobook

    A jilted bride weeps on an empty beach. A local doctor is attacked in an isolated churchyard. Trouble arrives at a bad time to the backwater village of Morfi, just as the community is making headlines with a visit from a high-ranking government minister.

    Fortunately, where there's trouble, there's Hermes Diaktoros, the mysterious fat man whose tennis shoes are always pristine and whose investigative methods are always unorthodox. Hermes must investigate a brutal crime, thwart the petty machinations of the town's ex-mayor and his cronies, and try to settle the troubled waters of two sisters' relationship.

    But how can he unravel a mystery that not even the victim wants solved? Set against a radiant Mediterranean backdrop, The Doctor of Thessaly is a spellbinding mystery about the dark consequences of envy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateFeb 25, 2014
    ISBN9781629232317
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    The Doctor of Thessaly: A Seven Deadly Sins Mystery
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    Anne Zouroudi

    Anne Zouroudi was born in England and has lived in the Greek islands. Her attachment to Greece remains strong, and the country is the inspiration for much of her writing. She now lives in the Derbyshire Peak District. She is the author of six Mysteries of the Greek Detective: The Messenger of Athens (shortlisted for the ITV3 Crime Thriller Award for Breakthrough Authors and longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize), The Taint of Midas, The Doctor of Thessaly, The Lady of Sorrows, The Whispers of Nemesis and The Bull of Mithros.

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    • 4/5
      Book three in this fine series, notable for the main character who is mysterious, gentle and maybe magical. The author writes with a strong sense of place and character.
    • 4/5
      Another interesting instalment in this atmospheric series. A bride sobs on a beach after seemingly being jilted at the altar, but later her groom, the local doctor, is found mutilated. Hermes Diaktoros's car breaks down in the village and he decides to investigate the crime, even though the doctor is unwilling. We still just don't quite know who Hermes is, or who his mysteriously employers are, although there are a few hints scattered through this book. This feels like a story of Greece that the tourists don't see.
    • 5/5
      (Fiction, Mystery, Series #3)I wasn’t sure what to expect of my first meeting with Hermes Diaktoros, but I was eager to make his acquaintance so when Netgalley offered these first three in the series, I jumped.The series is set in Greece at an undetermined time – but in very real settings that make little or no use of modern technology. That could be mid-20th century, or it could be present day in an isolated rural area that is not up to date. To further confuse things, Hermes’ methods are very old-fashioned and a little bit unorthodox, and there is the tiniest bit of magical realism.This series has everything: a setting that the reader longs to be part of, a likeable inscrutable protagonist, and good mysteries. There are seven books in this series, each dealing with one of the traditional seven deadly sins.All of these books were excellent, although it is the story in this third one that has stayed with me three years later. There’s always justice in Zouroudi’s books although not always in the form you might expect.I’m glad to be reminded to return to this series.5 stars
    • 5/5
      I'm still as intrigued by the character and origins of the central character in this series, Hermes Diaktoros as I was when I read the first in this series a couple of years ago. He introduces himself as coming from Athens, not a policeman, but responsible to "higher authorities". He shares characteristics with Agatha Christie's Mr Harley Quin as he seems to mysteriously appear from nowhere to see that justice is done. But he also reminds me both of Hercule Poirot of the immaculate patent leather shoes, and Shamini Flint's Inspector Singh who also wears rather incongruous white sandshoes.It is easy to accept Hermes Diaktoros, always referred to as "the fat man", as a messenger of the gods. He arrives on Thessaly driving his cousin's immaculately kept vintage car, and he interferes willy nilly in the machinations of local politicians who want to bring the downfall of the newly elected young Mayor. The sort of justice he brings to bear would not be found acceptable by the police and yet it seems what the perpetrators deserve. His methods of investigation involve him listening and observing the locals.If you are looking for a cosy that is just a little different this may be just the trick. It may also set you hunting for others in the series.
    • 4/5
      Third outing for Hermes Diaktoros - Anne Zouroudi's Greek detective. Gentle & observant story telling & good read for Grecophiles