The Marathon conspiracy / Nicolaos (Fictitious character : Corby) Private investigators Girls Missing children
Corby, Gary,
The Marathon conspiracy / Gary Corby. - 330 pages : map ; 24 cm. - The Athenian mysteries ; 4. . - Corby, Gary. Athenian mysteries ; 4. .
Contains factual information.
Nicolaos, Classical Athens's favorite sleuth, and his partner in investigation, the clever ex-priestess Diotima, have taken time out of their assignments to come home to get married. But 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 in the night, 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. The Athenians fought the Battle Marathon to keep this man out of power. He was supposed to have died thirty years ago, in faraway Persia. What are his remains doing outside the city walls? Nico's boss, the great Athenian statesman Pericles, wants answers, and he wants Nico to find them. What makes it all so ominous is that the skull was discovered by the two students of the Sanctuary of Artemis who are dead and missing.
9781616953874 9781616953881
Diotima (Legendary character)--Fiction.
Hippias, -490 B.C. --Fiction.
Nicolaos (Fictitious character : Corby)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Greece--Athens--Fiction.
Girls--Crimes against--Fiction.
Missing children--Fiction.
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
823.92
The Marathon conspiracy / Gary Corby. - 330 pages : map ; 24 cm. - The Athenian mysteries ; 4. . - Corby, Gary. Athenian mysteries ; 4. .
Contains factual information.
Nicolaos, Classical Athens's favorite sleuth, and his partner in investigation, the clever ex-priestess Diotima, have taken time out of their assignments to come home to get married. But 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 in the night, 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. The Athenians fought the Battle Marathon to keep this man out of power. He was supposed to have died thirty years ago, in faraway Persia. What are his remains doing outside the city walls? Nico's boss, the great Athenian statesman Pericles, wants answers, and he wants Nico to find them. What makes it all so ominous is that the skull was discovered by the two students of the Sanctuary of Artemis who are dead and missing.
9781616953874 9781616953881
Diotima (Legendary character)--Fiction.
Hippias, -490 B.C. --Fiction.
Nicolaos (Fictitious character : Corby)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Greece--Athens--Fiction.
Girls--Crimes against--Fiction.
Missing children--Fiction.
Greece--History--Athenian supremacy, 479-431 B.C--Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.
823.92