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I'm the author of the Athenian Mysteries.

Nicolaos, the ambitious son of a minor sculptor, walks the mean streets of Classical Athens as an agent for the promising young politician Pericles.

Murder and mayhem don't faze Nico; what's really on his mind is how to get closer (much closer) to Diotima, the intelligent and annoyingly virgin priestess of Artemis, and how to shake off his irritating 12 year old brother Socrates.
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Average rating: 3.81 · 5,192 ratings · 935 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers by Peter Lovesey (Contributor/Foreword), Helene Tursten, Mick Herron 3.22 avg rating — 1,501 ratings — published 2016 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pericles Commission (The Athenian Mysteries, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ionia Sanction (The Athenian Mysteries, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 714 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacred Games (The Athenian Mysteries, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marathon Conspiracy (The Athenian Mysteries, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 525 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Ex Machina (The Athenian Mysteries, #5) 4.02 avg rating — 463 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Singer from Memphis (The Athenian Mysteries, #6) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 414 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death on Delos (The Athenian Mysteries, #7) 4.05 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 2017 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sea of Sorrow: A Novel of Odysseus by David Blixt (Goodreads Author), Amalia Carosella (Goodreads Author), Libbie Hawker (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marathon Conspiracy: The Athenian Mysteries, Book 4 by Gary Corby (Goodreads Author), Erik Davies (Narrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Janet Reid, best literary agent ever, RIP

Janet Reid has passed away. She was my literary agent and the reason I was ever published.

Janet’s official obit is being written elsewhere. I couldn’t hope to write such a thing, there were so many facets to her life, and I knew only a small part of the whole.

People reading this will probably know her best for her literary agent blog, and for the famous (in literary circles) Query Shark. Indeed J

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“Writing is to copyediting what swimming is to pool maintenance.”
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“Back in the days when gladiators hacked away at each other, there was always the man who decided whether the defeated should live or die. The job is usually given to the Emperor in movies, but in fact any senior man could have been the designated thumbs-up-thumbs-down guy.
The official title for this fellow was...the editor. (evil laughter in background)”
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“A dead man fell from the sky, landing at my feet with a thud.”
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“A dead man fell from the sky, landing at my feet with a thud.”
― Gary Corby, The Pericles Commission

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