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The Athenian Murders by José Carlos Somoza is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Athenian Murders about?
THE ATHENIAN MURDERS is a brilliant, very entertaining and absolutely original literary mystery, revolving round two intertwined riddles. In classical Athens, one of the pupils of Plato's Academy is found dead. His idealistic teacher suspects that this wasn't an accident and asks Herakles, known as the 'Decipherer of Enigmas', to investigate the death and ultimately a dark, irrational and subversive cult. The second plot unfolds in parallel through the footnotes of the translator of the text. As
Who reads The Athenian Murders?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- José Carlos Somoza
- Publisher
- ABACUS (LITT)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780349116181
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Thriller, Romance
- Rating
- 3.85 / 5 (808 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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