Archaeologist Martin Day is invited to visit a site that is being excavating by his old university friend, Tim Lovejoy. Tim is working on Stelida, Naxos's double-peaked hill, which has been a prehistoric workshop since the Stone Age; on its southern peak, however, is a Bronze Age sanctuary that is revealing extraordinary secrets. This is Day's area of expertise and he enthusiastically joins the excavation, but between enjoying the traditional music of the Cyclades and rescuing a victim of ...

Archaeologist Martin Day returns home to Naxos from a filming job in the Peloponnese to find that the Naxos Literary Festival has begun. One of the visiting writers is renowned novelist Ricky Somerset whose husband, Ben Lear, is the son of a woman Day’s widowed father once seemed about to marry. Day has something on his conscience and decides to talk to Ben, but before he can do so Ricky is killed. His body is burned in a fire at a ruined Venetian tower and it is Day who finds him. A small...

A body from the 1940s is found in an abandoned house in Apíranthos on Naxos. Archaeologist Martin Day is called to examine the ancient artefacts buried with it. Soon he is deeply involved, especially when more antiquities are found hidden in the old house. As he takes ferries round the Cyclades, flirts with the mystery of the Phaistos Disc, and surprises his wife with a romantic break on Santorini, the questions hanging over the unidentified skeleton are never far from his mind. He begins ...

Archaeologist Martin Day thinks he has escaped from real life when he buys a house on the Greek island of Naxos. Events prove him mistaken. He plans to write a book about a local historian called Nikos Elias and quickly realises that Elias had secrets which might lead to an exciting discovery. Then a man is murdered in a Naxos hotel, a mild-mannered American called Michael Moralis whom Day once met. Inspector Andreas Nomikos suspects that Moralis was connected to antiquities smuggling, but...

Archaeologist Martin Day has always hated the illegal trade in Greek antiquities, and now he has a chance to make a difference. By working for Chief Inspector Andreas Nomikos on a case of suspected trafficking, he will not only be well paid to give lectures at the beautiful Villa Myrsini; he will also be distracted from the problems in his personal life. He allows himself to become involved with a privileged set of people, one of whom is financing the new Naxos Festival of Cycladic Wine, a...

Archaeologist Martin Day has given no thought to Ophelia Blue since the end of their affair twenty years ago. He now owns a house on the beautiful island of Naxos, relishing the cuisine and wine of the Cyclades and working just enough to fund his lifestyle. Then a call arrives from Ophelia. She will be arriving very soon to consult him about something important which she will explain in detail when she sees him. Day is excited, but his pleasure is short-lived.Ophelia disappears after their...

Archaeologist Martin Day, who lives on the Greek island of Naxos, receives a visit from Edward Childe, an old Englishman with a passion for ancient Greek marble and an energetic love of life. Edward tells the story of a beautiful Greek girl called Artemis who was his first love. He has never forgotten her and is very excited that he is about to meet a young woman who says she is her granddaughter. The old man is full of happy anticipation, so when he appears to have committed suicide Day r...

Archaeologist Martin Day had an affair with Ophelia Blue twenty years ago, and suddenly she is on her way to Naxos because she needs his help. He is excited to see her again, but also wary as his life now revolves around Helen. Ophelia, however, behaves perfectly - until she disappears after their first evening together without revealing why she had come. The police refuse to regard Ophelia as a missing person, nor is the difficult new Chief of Police, Inspector Kyriakos Tsountas, the kind...

Free yourself from chronic pain with this powerful, evidence-based workbook.Do you suffer from back, knee, or neck pain, migraines, arthritis, fibromyalgia, or any other condition that causes chronic discomfort? Have you searched far and wide for answers, hoping against hope to find lasting relief—only to find yourself disappointed and in pain again? This discouraging cycle can be as damaging to your quality of life as the pain itself, especially if your pain has b...

Do you suffer from back, knee, or neck pain, migraines arthritis, fibromyalgia, or any other condition that causes chronic discomfort? Have you searched far and wide for answers only to find yourself disappointed and in pain again? This discouraging cycle can be as damaging to your quality of life as the pain itself. If you're tired of running into roadblocks, it might be time for a new approach. It's time to leverage the natural power and flexibility of your brain, so you can finally free...

A biography of Bunny Mellon, the style icon and American aristocrat who designed the White House Rose Garden for her friend JFK and served as a living witness to 20th Century American history, operating in the high-level arenas of politics, diplomacy, art and fashion.Bunny Mellon, who died in 2014 at age 103, was press-shy during her lifetime. With the co-operation of Bunny Mellon's family, author Meryl Gordon received access to thousands of pages of her letters, d...

Eine mysteriöse Mordserie stellt den jungen Sheriff einer Kleinstadt im Süden der USA vor ein schier unlösbares Rätsel. Nicht die geringsten Spuren von dem oder den Tätern sind zu finden und obwohl alle Opfer erschossen wurden, findet man nicht ein einziges Projektil in den Körpern der Toten. Auch Ermittlungen im Umfeld der Opfer verlaufen im Sand, denn diese scheinen in keinster Weise etwas miteinander zu tun gehabt zu haben. Harry Walsh, ein befreundeter Polizist des Sheriffs, empfiehlt ...