Blood & Gold

'Those of us who are both Graecophiles and lovers of good thrillers have been a little short of material since Paul Johnston called time on his Anglo-Greek private eye Alex Mavros and the Inspector Haritos policiers of Petros Markaris ceased to enjoy English translations. Now, however, Anglo-Greek Leo Kanaris who writes in Engish but lives in Greece, has filled the void. Cops rather than private eyes are the norm these days, at least in Europe, but Kanaris has reverted to the Chandleresque ...