Ashes

(Paperback)

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When Sonia Varika is pulled from the fire, her body is burned almost beyond recognition.

For her ex-lovers, Police Colonel Chronis Halkidis and Simeon Piertzovanis, the landlord of the gutted property, her fate is a heavy reckoning. Fuelled by their twin addictions to cocaine and alcohol, they are gripped by a fanatical desire to uncover the truth behind the blaze and hold those responsible to account.

A classic noir thriller, unflinching in its examination of violence and corruption, but tender in its treatment of human weakness.

Reviews

'A gripping, gritty tale of love and loss and revenge ... I look forward to the next book from Sergios Gakas' Karen Meek, Eurocrime. * Euro crime *
'Really dirty, really noir. Noir is misused but this is really noir' Jeff Park, Radio 4. * Radio 4 *

Author Bio

Sergios Gakas, born in Athens in 1957, studied drama in Paris and has been working as a theatre director in Greece since 1979. Ashes is his first novel to be translated into English.

Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife's translations (from Norwegian and Greek) include an acclaimed biography of Vidkun Quisling by Hans Fredrik Dahl and Les Liaisons Culinaires by Andreas Staikos.