The Marathon Conspiracy, Gary Corby
The Marathon Conspiracy, Gary Corby
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The Marathon Conspiracy

Author: Gary Corby

Narrator: Erik Davies

Unabridged: 12 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/13/2014

Synopsis

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?

About 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lia on January 25, 2020

I'm already half way through the next book (#5), clearly I'm devouring this like a starved lioness. With that said, the formulaic setup is getting really old. I know, it's my fault I'm trying to read the whole series in a week. But do we really need to shoehorn a battle into every unlikely setting in......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on September 22, 2021

Read this book in 2014, and its the 4th volume of the great "Athenian" mystery series set in Classical Athens, from Aussie author, Gary Corby. The real historical Diotima, now ex-Priestess of Artemis, and now becoming wife of the fictional, Nicolaos, while in full preparations for their wedding they......more

Goodreads review by Lance on January 29, 2015

Well I have to say, this book is the best in the series so far. Corby is really getting the hang of writing these murder mysteries. He neatly combines: the development of young, aristocratic girls to adulthood; the social workings of marriage and divorce; and the battle of Marathon, all within a cla......more

Goodreads review by Claire on September 07, 2016

I received The Marathon Conspiracy as part of a Goodreads giveaway. Nicolaos, happily engaged to his partner Diotima, finds himself in the midst of another mystery when his patron, Pericles, presents him with the decades-old remains of Hippias, Athens' hated last tyrant. Given his lack of popularity,......more

Goodreads review by Karen on April 15, 2017

I'm rounding up a bit, but this is my favorite book so far in one of my favorite series of historical fiction. Our young detective Nico is still learning, but may be slowly beginning to make fewer mistakes. He and his partner in investigation, priestess Diotima, make an impressive team -- though who......more

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