Murder in Athens

Athens 1953. Financier Kostas Floràs is accused of the murder of painter Nassos Karnezis, found dead in his apartment in the exclusive area of Kolonaki. Floràs’s son from his first marriage, Dimitris, convinced of his father’s innocence, together with two friends, a journalist and the other a former member of parliament, try to discover who the real murderer is. In the beginning they suspect Mirtò, the daughter of an admiral that Karnezis had handed over to the Germans during the Nazi occupation and who was subsequently killed. However Dimitris and Mirtò, who proves to be innocent, fall in love while the darker side of Karnezis, involved in a smuggling ring is revealed. Juliette, Karnezis’s lover is found murdered. Dimitris and Mirtò likewise face death but are saved as a result of the intervention of Inspector Giorgos Bekas.

Γιάννης Μαρής (Συγγραφέας)