“PREY ON PATMOS, An Aegean Prophecy” by Jeffrey Siger

By Marianna Kourti
Jeffrey Siger’s third Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis mystery-thriller has been released this month by Poisoned Pen Press, under the title “PREY ON PATMOS, An Aegean Prophecy”. The story is about a monk who was murdered in the holy island of Patmos, where John wrote the Book of Revelation. Kaldis must find the killer and his investigation takes him far away from Patmos to the isolated Aegean peninsula of Mount Athos, where twenty monasteries sit protecting the secrets of Byzantium amid a way of life virtually unchanged for 1500 years in the world’s oldest surviving monastic community. The book received the praise of journalists in the U.S.A. and Greece for the author’s look at some of the most profound problems faced by society now and his respect to the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Christian faith. Journalists also appreciated the choice of Greece as a location for his mystery, considering it an exotic place with a fascinating culture. Moreover, Siger is attuned to the ways and concerns of everyday Greeks and aware of the Eastern Orthodox history and politics background, which makes his writing more vivid and interesting.