omnibozo22's review
4.0
This series of police mysteries takes place in Greece, my home of five years back in the 60s.While Siger's premises are improbable, he does a pretty good job of capturing some of the essence of Greece that I remember. He well understands the deep nature of officialdom's corruption there, which still bedevils Greece. In the story he describes a wedding, including the quaint practice where the bride stomps on the groom's foot to show who will actually be boss in the family. I had made the mistake of telling my future wife about that... and got my foot stomped during the ceremony. I attended many weddings back then, and remember one where the priest paused the ceremony to separate the wedding couple, who were engaged in a foot-stomping contest! I'll continue with the series.
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