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There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood
  • Author(s): Jonas Saul, Rania Stone
  • Location(s): Rhodes
  • Genre(s): Thriller, Suspense
  • Era(s): Current

The mafia never forgets an enemy. And Darwin Kostas can’t allow them to remember. Ten years ago, Darwin Kostas narrowly escaped the clutches of multiple mafia families. Living off the grid in Europe, he has remained hidden from those...

Things Can Only Get Feta

Things Can Only Get Feta
  • Author(s): Marjory McGinn
  • Location(s): The Peloponnese
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Contemporary

After an Arctic winter, a British recession, and a downturn in the newspaper industry, two journalists and their dog embark on an adventure in the wild and beautiful southern Peloponnese. A perfect plan, except for one thing – Greece...

Those Summer Nights

Those Summer Nights
  • Author(s): Mandy Baggot
  • Location(s): Corfu
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Imogen Charlton is sorted. Dead-beat husband? History. Dream job? Application sent. But then her impulsive brother, Harry, spends every last penny on a Greek restaurant in Corfu, and is determined to run it himself. It’s up to Imogen to bring...

Those Who Are Loved

Those Who Are Loved
  • Author(s): Victoria Hislop
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

The gripping new novel by Sunday Times Number One bestseller Victoria Hislop is set against the backdrop of the German occupation of Greece, the subsequent civil war and a military dictatorship, all of which left deep scars. Athens 1941....

Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture

Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture
  • Author(s): Apostolos Doxiadis
  • Location(s): Greece, Athens
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 20th century

Uncle Petros is a family joke. An ageing recluse, he lives alone in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and tending to his garden. If you didn’t know better, you’d surely think he was one of life’s failures. But...

Under a Greek Moon

Under a Greek Moon
  • Author(s): Carol Kirkwood
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary, looking back 20 years

She can escape Hollywood, but can she escape her past? A-list actress Shauna Jackson has the perfect life. Fame, fortune, marriage. Or so it seems. Running from a scandal, Shauna must return to the place that changed her life...

Village View

Village View
  • Author(s): James Collins
  • Location(s): Symi
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): 2013

A year living on Symi, a Greek island. James’ blog posts from 2013, edited and set out in printed form with images by Neil Gosling, take us through one whole year living on a small Greek island in southwest...

Watching the Wind Blow

Watching the Wind Blow
  • Author(s): Sara Alexi
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This story is based on true events that happened to a family member of Sara Alexi in the year 2000. Set in the Aegean sea, under the Mediterranean sun, Watching the Wind Blow is a tale of a girl...

We All Fall Down

We All Fall Down
  • Author(s): Various
  • Location(s): Venice, Edinburgh, Greece, Ireland, Italy, London, Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Medieval, Renaissance

Plague has no favorites. In this anthology, USA Today, international bestselling, and award-winning authors imagine a world where anyone—rich, poor, young, old—might be well in the morning and dead by sundown. Readers will follow in the footsteps of those...

What Happened to Greece… And Now What?

What Happened to Greece… And Now What?
  • Author(s): Panayiotis Katsaros
  • Location(s): Greece
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): contemporary

To outsiders, the collapse of the Greek economy in 2009 seems to have come out of nowhere. This succinct book, however, proves that it was the inevitable result of decades of political conflict, mismanagement, and greed at the domestic...

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