Kittling: Books

  First Line: The media had declared him dead a week ago, yet there he was, battered, bruised, tattered-clothed, and shoeless, plodding bear...

  First Line: He regarded himself as a swashbuckling pirate awash in Mediterranean adventures .   Expecting a political trick to shift blame...

  First Line: Magdalena Zaoutis knew every pebble, rut, root, and pothole on the mountain path from her ancestral cottage down to the local ...

First Lines: " The key to getting away with what I do is lacking any possible motive. Motive's the first thing cops look for. ...

First Line: Blind eyes bear no witness . Gabrilis Kaloyeros is an old man with lots to do. He's a beekeeper on the beautiful Greek ...

First Line: He never wondered about the purpose of life or how he turned out the way he had . When a corrupt former police colonel is g...

First Line: Every morning at nine, we stared at each other . When an Albanian husband and wife are found dead in their home, it seems t...

First Line: Few people would look kindly on my reasons for marrying Philip; neither love nor money nor his title induced me to accept his...

First Line: The northeastern Aegean island of Lesvos, a place of quiet beauty, storied history, and sacred shrines, had long drawn the at...

First Lines: It is illegal to die on the sacred isle of Delos. It is also illegal to give birth there . As the birthplace of the divine...

First Line: Santorini stands as the southernmost of Greece's Aegean Cycladic islands, one hundred forty-five miles southeast of Athen...

First Line: " Master, there's a man at the door who wants to see you. He says his name is Herodotus. " Nicolaos believed ...