Product Description

Iraklis is a mysterious Greek terrorist group - A rogue offshoot of the communist party. At its head is a man with many names - an elusive master assassin who has been in exile for ten years. Alex Mavros is a half-Greek, half-Scottish investigator - a man driven by the desire to find his missing brother, last heard of at an underground resistance meeting during the dictatorship. Grace Helmer is an American who saw her father murdered when she was a child. Iraklis was responsible. Two businessmen are murdered in Athens. The trademark piece of olive wood is found with the victims' bodies. Iraklis is back. And Grace Helmer employs Mavros to track down her father's killer.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #609405 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Review
'THE LAST RED DEATH is a compelling, carefully crafted, top-notch thriller. Paul Johnston is playing at the top of his game' GEORGE PELECANOS 'The character of Mavros and the portrait of Greece make THE LAST RED DEATH stand out from the crowd' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'I loved Paul Johnston's Quint Dalrymple series, and Alex Mavros is shaping up to be just as good, if not better' PETER ROBINSON 'A new departure for an immensely talented author, and the change of scene from the Scotland of the earlier books to the author's new home of Greece pays great dividends' Barry Forshaw, Publishing News on A DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE 'A sensual portrait of modern Greece, as well as a great page-turner: taste the salt, feel the heat as you follow the dramatic story!offers much more than the crime fiction genre usually encompasses: a rich and intelligent story, with fascinating characters' Scotland on Sunday on A DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE 'First-rate crime fiction with an original twist' - Sunday Telegraph on THE BONE YARD

About the Author
Paul Johnston was born in 1957 in Edinburgh, where he lived before going to Oxford University. He made his home on a small Greek island for several years and now divides his time between the UK and Greece. He is the author of six highly-acclaimed previous novels: BODY POLITIC, won the CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger for best first crime novel, THE BONE YARD, WATER OF DEATH, THE BLOOD TREE, THE HOUSE OF DUST and featuring PI Alex Mavros, A DEEPER SHADE OF BLUE.

Customer Reviews

The past is always with us.
I haven't read any of Paul Johnstons scottish novels as they don't really appeal to me, I only picked this one up because I'm greek and greek fictions a little thin on the ground. Therefore I wasn't actually expecting it to be really very good, excellent in fact. The characters are absolutely believable and the plot fantastic.
I read parts to my rather ancient greek father (who doesn't read books) about the past; and he said how much it reminded him of all his old hopes and dreams of a better future from those times. He remembered all his old heroes from the second world war and after.
If I got nothing else from this book than my old Pa happily recanting his & his friends tales of heroism against the dictatorship then I must thank the author for the best book I've read all year.
Read this book I guarantee you'll not be able to put it down.