Target: Tinos(Inspector Kaldis Mystery)

Description In an isolated olive grove on the idyllic Aegean island of Tinos, revered by pilgrims around the world as the Lourdes of Greece, the remains of two bodies charred beyond recognition are discovered chained together amid bits and pieces of an incinerated Greek flag. An enraged press screams out for justice for the unknown victims, until the dead are identified as gypsies and the story simply falls off the face of the earth. Is it a gypsy clan war, a hate crime, or something else? With no one seeming to care, the government has no interest in resurrecting unwanted media attention by a search for answers to such ethnically charged questions and orders the investigation closed. But Andreas Kaldis, feared head of Greece's special crimes division, has other plans. He presses on in his inimitable, impolitic style to unravel a mystery that yields more dead, a modern secret society rooted in two-hundred-year-old ways, and a nagging suspicion that his answers lay in the sudden influx of non-Greeks and gypsies to Tinos. It is there, on Tinos, Andreas learns of priceless hoards of gold, silver, art, and precious gems quietly amassed over centuries out of the offerings of grateful pilgrims. He has found a motive for murder and an irresistible inspiration for robbery. All that is left for Andreas to do is find the killers before more die, stop the robbery of the century, and get married in the process.

About the Author :
Jeffrey Siger is an internationally best selling American author living on the Greek Aegean island of Mykonos. He gave up his career as a name partner in a New York City law firm to write fast-paced mystery thrillers aimed at exploring serious societal issues confronting modern day Greece while touching upon its ancient past. Eurocrime described him as a "very gifted American author...on a par with other American authors such as Joseph Wambaugh or Ed McBain," the City of San Francisco awarded him its Certificate of Honor citing that his "acclaimed books have not only explored modern Greek society and its ancient roots but have inspired political change in Greece," and the Greek press called his work "prophetic." His stories spring to life through the investigative efforts of Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis, a politically incorrect, honest observer of his times who endures and grows despite all that life and the powerful throw at him and his beloved country. Murder in Mykonos, the first in the series, was Greece's #1 best selling English-language novel, a best seller in several U.S. markets, and picked by some reviewers as among the "best of 2009." His second novel in the series, Assassins of Athens, instantly became a top ten best seller in Greece, received critical acclaim as "international police procedural writing at its best" (Booklist, starred review), and gained best seller status in several U.S markets. Prey on Patmos: An Aegean Prophecy is the latest in the series to "immerse readers in a fascinating culture" (Kirkus Reviews) that "proves that Greece is fertile new ground for the mystery genre" (Library Journal). Jeffrey also is one of seven renowned crime writers from around the world who blog weekly on Murder is Everywhere, and his articles about Greece appear there on Saturdays at http: //murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/.