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    The Marathon Conspiracy

    Written by Gary Corby

    Narrated by Erik Davies

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    Nicolaos and his partner in investigation Diotima have taken time out of their assignments to come home to get married. But if Nico was hoping they'd be able to get hitched without a hitch, he was overly optimistic. When they arrive in Athens, there's a problem waiting for them. The Sanctuary of Artemis is the ancient world's most famous school for girls. When one of the children is killed, apparently by a bear, and another girl disappears, Diotima's childhood teacher asks her former pupil to help them. Meanwhile a skull discovered in a cave not far from the sanctuary has proven to be the remains of the last tyrant to rule Athens. What are his remains doing outside the city walls?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateMay 13, 2014
    ISBN9781629235639
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    Gary Corby

    Gary Corby has long been fascinated by ancient history, finding it more exciting and bizarre than any modern thriller. He's combined the ancient world with his love of whodunits, to create an historical mystery series set in classical Greece. Gary lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and two daughters. He blogs at A Dead Man Fell from the Sky, on all things ancient, Athenian, and mysterious.

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    • 5/5
      Escaping their wedding preparations, Nicolaos and Diotima investigate the death of a schoolgirl and the disappearance of another girl at the Temple of Artemis at Brauron. The Temple serves as a finishing school for the best families in Athens. The two girls had discovered a skeleton and thirty-year old scrolls in a nearby cave shortly before their death/disappearance. Nicolaos and Diotima must figure out the connection, if any, between the thirty-year old skeleton and the modern mystery.
    • 3/5
      Another good one, although not as many weird Athenian customs.
    • 3/5
      Another enjoyable light and frothy mystery set in ancient Periclean Greece. This time out, from a young ladies' academy at a temple complex one girl is killed, another has disappeared; later on the fiancé of one of them is found dead in a Sacred Pool on the premises. An unsolved conspiracy of 30 years before involving Hippias, Tyrant of Athens and the Battle of Marathon is involved: who participated, how and why? Partners Nico and ex-priestess Diotima aided by Nico's pesky brother Socrates, set out to solve these mysteries and answer any questions. Delightful!! I like so much how Corby painlessly works in Greek history. Supplementary material at the end is most valuable, only *don't* read until you've read the novel first. Corby treats us to his gentle humor.