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Old 07-22-2021, 02:58 PM   #5498
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Aristotle Detective is the first in Margaret Doody's series set in ancient Athens, and featuring (big surprise!) Aristotle as the detective, along with his young former student, Stephanos. I read and enjoyed the first three books in this series shortly before a trip to Athens, and the background I had soaked up from reading them definitely enhanced my enjoyment of my visit there. And the mysteries were fun too! Sadly, however, books four and five, from a different publisher, don't seem to be available in e-book. And it actually appears there are even more titles in Italian, not yet translated into English. Maybe someday…

In any case, Aristotle Detective is now on sale in the UK for £1.99, which is kind of unusual. The first three books go on sale in the US pretty often, but I haven't noticed them on sale in the UK much, if at all.

Kindle UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I1D9XNI
Kindle UK/Smile: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00I1D9XNI

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In ancient Athens, the great philosopher applies logic to a lethal crime—in the “eminently enjoyable” first novel in a historical mystery series (Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse Mysteries).

Young Stephanos is desperate to save his family’s honor by proving in the Athenian court that his exiled cousin is not guilty of shooting an arrow into a prominent patrician. For help, he turns to his old teacher—the cunning and clever thinker known as Aristotle.

It will all lead up to a tense public trial in which Stephanos must draw on the rhetorical skills he’s learned from his eccentric, brilliant mentor, in this novel filled with suspense, humor, and historical detail—the first in a series of “witty, elegant whodunits” (Times Literary Supplement).

“[An] unusually authentic Ancient-Greece murder tale.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Doody brings the Athens of 322 BC to life with skill and verve…wonderfully plotted.”—Publishers Weekly
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