Target: Tinos

An Inspector Kaldis Mystery, Book 4

By: Jeffrey Siger

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

In an isolated olive grove on the idyllic Aegean island of Tinos, revered by religious pilgrims around the world as the Lourdes of Greece, two bodies charred beyond recognition are discovered, chained together amid bits and pieces of an incinerated Greek flag. An enraged press screams for justice for the unknown victims, until the dead are identified as gypsies, after which the story simply fades away.

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.

However, Inspector 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 reveals even more dead, uncovers a modern secret society rooted in two-hundred-year-old traditions, and spawns a nagging suspicion that the answers lie in the sudden influx of non-Greeks and gypsies to Tinos.

It is there, on Tinos, that Kaldis 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 temptation 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.

Jeffrey Siger was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He practiced law until giving it up to write full time in Mykonos, Greece. His other home is a farm outside of New York City.

©2012 Jeffrey Siger (P)2012 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Siger’s superb fourth procedural featuring Chief Insp. Andreas Kaldis…. A likable, compassionate lead; appealing Greek atmosphere; and a well-crafted plot help make this a winner.” ( Publishers Weekly)

Intrigue in the Greek Islands

When Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis is called upon by his superior to close a murder case rather than let it gain traction in the foreign press, he can't let it go unsolved. Only days before his wedding, Andreas locks horns with an unknown murderer whose motives seem to have roots in an independence movement founded two hundred years ago.
This is an excellent series of character driven police procedural.

R rated scenes

Constant use of “F” bomb!! many times this invective was completely unnecessary and other times it was simply gratuitous