tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661087.post3981173754376334877..comments2023-08-08T04:01:03.781-04:00Comments on Kingdom Books, Mysteries - Reviews: ASSASSINS OF ATHENS: Jeffrey Siger Spins Modern Greek MysteriesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661087.post-78399167406621472232014-04-05T18:46:31.661-04:002014-04-05T18:46:31.661-04:00I think we've entered the era when internation...I think we've entered the era when international mysteries are both engrossing and important -- through intense fiction, we have a chance to experience something of other cultures and to put the differences among us into perspective. Jeffrey Siger, so glad you are providing this for us in terms of Greece and its culture and heritage, as well as its crime fiction!<br />Beth Kanellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08108922407270772577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661087.post-42826338237337840152014-04-04T23:43:31.870-04:002014-04-04T23:43:31.870-04:00I have been for many years a great fan of Robin Co...I have been for many years a great fan of Robin Cook who has written many medical thriller genre including 'COMA'.<br />My nephew who fell in love with a beautiful girl born and grew up in Athens is getting married in Athens later this year. I have been reading on Greek history and culture, etc. I have tumbled across Jeffrey Siger's 'Assassins of Athens' novel and bought a copy.<br />It was a bit of slow start for me to get into it initially but I have to admit that I could not put it down because the beautiful flow of the story (easy to read with a great sense of suspension)and references to Athens society and one of more prominent Agean Mykonos Island made it exceptionally interesting.<br />I will certainly get copies of his 'Murder in Mykonos' and 'An Aegean Prophecy' and get into it.<br />Well done Mr.J Siger<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661087.post-46607251782064549192014-04-04T23:42:33.058-04:002014-04-04T23:42:33.058-04:00I have been for many years a great fan of Robin Co...I have been for many years a great fan of Robin Cook who has written many medical thriller genre including 'COMA'.<br />My nephew who fell in love with a beautiful girl born and grew up in Athens is getting married in Athens later this year. I have been reading on Greek history and culture, etc. I have tumbled across Jeffrey Siger's 'Assassins of Athens' novel and bought a copy.<br />It was a bit of slow start for me to get into it initially but I have to admit that I could not put it down because the beautiful flow of the story (easy to read with a great sense of suspension)and references to Athens society and one of more prominent Agean Mykonos Island made it exceptionally interesting.<br />I will certainly get copies of his 'Murder in Mykonos' and 'An Aegean Prophecy' and get into it.<br />Well done Mr.J Siger<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661087.post-83992979514090485082010-09-03T12:29:01.937-04:002010-09-03T12:29:01.937-04:00Not only am I honored by the kind words and deligh...Not only am I honored by the kind words and delightful insights of Beth Kanell, but to be mentioned in the same piece as the inimitable Leighton Gage, flattered by the literary delight J. Sydney Jones, and praised by the one and only Book Bird Dog, takes me so far beyond bashful that I think I've finally achieved a zen state of awkward in matters of love:)) Thank you, thank all you, but especially Beth.Jeffrey Sigerhttp://www.jeffreysiger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661087.post-83251344537634428082010-09-03T11:14:04.560-04:002010-09-03T11:14:04.560-04:00It was a real pleasure interviewing Jeff for Scene...It was a real pleasure interviewing Jeff for Scene of the Crime. I caught him on his American tour this spring and the interview lasted from New York to Arizona and back again. Great series he has.J. Sydney Joneshttp://www.jsydneyjones.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29661087.post-74989374584422015772010-09-03T10:02:07.986-04:002010-09-03T10:02:07.986-04:00I enjoyed Assassins of Athens as well and would lo...I enjoyed Assassins of Athens as well and would love to read his new one as well as the others I missed.Harveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03490108303790217277noreply@blogger.com