Conspiracy
Band 14
A Case for Costas Haritos
Band 14
Published by Diogenes as Verschwörung
Original Title: To kinima tis aftoktonias

Athens during the pandemic. The shops are shut and many people have been pushed to the brink, so it’s hardly surprising that even the elderly are taking their own lives. Yet when Costas Haritos hears that a ninety-year-old has written ›Long live the Suicide Movement!‹ in his note, his ears prick up. Is there more to his actions than just despair? Haritos investigates – and gets to know the city of Athens and its inhabitants’ spirit of resistance in a whole new light.

Crime Fiction, Contemporary Literature
288 pages
2022

978-3-257-07212-9
Petros
Markaris

Petros Markaris, born in Istanbul in 1937, is a playwright and creator of a TV series who worked as an author with Theo Angelopoulos, and translated the works of German dramatists like Brecht and Goethe. He began writing crime novels in the mid-1990s, and became an international success. His accolades include the ›Pepe Carvalho Prize‹, the ›Goethe Medal‹ and an honorary doctorate from the University of Thessaloniki. Petros Markaris lives in Athens.

Photo: © Regine Mosimann / Diogenes Verlag

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Frank Dietschreit
rbb Kultur, Berlin

»The novel has its finger on the pulse of the times, but is also filled with warmth and humanity.«

Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf

»As always, Petros Markaris, who is truly one of Europe's greatest crime novelists, writes in a straightforward and linear way; his commissioner speaks in the first person.«