Aristotle and Poetic Justice: An Aristotle Detective Novel (The Aristotle Detective Novels)

The great Greek philosopher heads to Delphi on the hunt for a kidnapped heiress in this series of "witty, elegant whodunits" ( Times Literary Supplement ). 330BC: Alexander the Great has sacked Persepolis and won the greatest fortune the world has ever known. The night of the Silent Dinner, when Athens placates the spirits of the dead, passes with a creeping mist accompanied by eerie portents and a strange disappearance. Stephanos and his teacher, the philosopher Aristotle, are about to be drawn into solving the perplexing abduction case of Anthia, the heiress of a prominent silver merchant. All that is known is that the abductor and the heiress are on the road to Delphi and its ancient oracle—whose help may be needed when a murder complicates the case in this follow-up to the "eminently enjoyable" Aristotle Detective (Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse Mysteries). "Why did no one think of this before?"— The Times (UK) "This sequel to Aristotle Detective is both a detective novel and a work of historical fiction. In 330 BC a party being given by wealthy Athenian silver miners is followed by a kidnapping and more than one grisly murder, bur these are backed by discussions of Athenian social events, the economics of mining, politics, and more as Doody develops her characters further."--Publisher info