The Ionia Sanction: A Mystery of Ancient Greece Audiobook

Athens, 460 B.C. Life's tough for Nicolaos, sole investigating agent in Athens. His girlfriend's left him and his boss wants to fire him. But when an Athenian official is murdered, Pericles has no choice but to put Nico on the job. The case takes Nico, with a beautiful slave girl, to the land of Ionia within the Persian Empire. The Persians will execute him on the spot if they think he's a spy. Beyond that, there are only a few minor problems: He's being chased by brigands who are only waiting for the right price before they kill him. He must meet Themistocles, the military genius who saved Greece during the Persian Wars, and then defected to the hated enemy. And to solve the crime, Nico must uncover a secret that could not only destroy Athens, but will force him to choose between love, ambition, and his own life.

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"This is the second in a mystery series set in the world of ancient Greece. The "detective" is Nicolaos, the older brother of 12-year old Socrates. He has helped Pericles before with a mystery and is now asked to solve another murder. In order to do this, he travels to Ionia, a Greek colony on the western edge of modern Turkey. He takes a young female slave with him. She claims to be the daughter of an important man, and indeed, her father is Themistocles, an exiled Greek general, who is ruling over the city of Magnesia for the king of Persia. The plot is pretty complicated (and gruesome in spots) but it all works out in the end. I'm hoping the next one takes place back in Greece."

— Vicki (4 out of 5 stars)