Reviews

Murder in Mykonos by Jeffrey Siger

bfls's review against another edition

2.0

This story did a very good job of representing the culture and politics of the island, but it was just too grim a story for my taste.

library_mortician's review against another edition

4.0

I really like this book. I had no idea who had done it until the very end. Once I knew everything just hit me and I felt like I should have known that! Needless to say I will be picking up another book by Jeffrey Siger.

cmaranski's review against another edition

4.0

So I chose this because it was set in Greece on an island I knew pretty well. I mean, at least I'd know the places they were talking about right?

What a surprise to find a well written novel with a great cast and well rounded characters. I enjoyed this far more than I thought I would when I first bought the book. Now I'm hooked for the rest of the series!

racqnroll9's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

racqnroll9's review against another edition

3.0

Slow start. I think it jumped around perspectives more than it needed to, but picked up towards the end.

cooperca's review against another edition

4.0

This mystery was a delightful find. The duel storyline provided a great deal of tension by letting the reader feel Annika's struggle to survive her abduction by a serial killer along side Andreas' (Mykonos new and reluctant police chief) drive to find Annika before she's killed. Throw in local and federal politics obstructing Andreas' investigation, well-developed characters (including the villainous unknown serial killer), with a sense of urgency, and you get a mystery that delivers.

Although the author doesn't bring Mykonos alive like Donna Leon does for Venice, I look forward to continuing with the series.

karenkirk25's review

Read half. The main female character was a male fantasy—young, beautiful, smart, sexy, but looking for men to bail her out when she does what she knows she shouldn’t. I didn’t buy her as a character. 

flierofpages's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.25

elsiemookow's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

If you can tell anything by the month plus it took me to read this mystery, you can tell it was exceptionally mediocre. I cared absolutely nothing for any character, the plot was meh, and the murderer reveal was, well it's this person... because it was. Not because of anything anyone figured out... really it was quite terrible. 

bkdrgn303's review against another edition

3.0

This book is the first in a series that is set in Greece featuring police chief Andreas Kaldis. Overall, it is not a bad little mystery and I was actually surprised that it was a gritty as it was. I was expecting something a little more cozy and this was definitely not cozy. Basically, a body is found in a small church on the island of Mykonos and on investigation, the remains of 17 other bodies are found and then another young tourist disappears. The book was a little uneven and the author withheld the identity of the killer way too long but if you're a mystery fan, this one is probably worth your time.