A Darker God (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780385339919)

Award-winning author Barbara Cleverly returns with this spellbinding new mystery featuring aspiring archaeologist Laetitia Talbot. In Athens in 1928, Letty begins a perilous race to unearth a plot steeped in betrayal, seething with retribution, and about to explode in a wave of lethal violence.

In the open-air theatre of the dark god Dionysos, Letty watches a performance of an ancient Greek tragedy. But the revenge that is exacted onstage, the dagger that is wielded, and the blood that flows in full view of the audience are not theatrical effects. As Letty digs for clues, she unearths disturbing secrets and dark animosities with catastrophic implications worthy of a Sophocles--but of far more recent vintage.

Now, as a killer cuts a merciless swath across a country in the throes of political instability, Letty herself steps unawares into the murderer's savage spotlight--a light so bright she may not be able to see the dark figure behind it until it's too late.

Author: Barbara Cleverly
ISBN-10: 0385339917
ISBN-13: 9780385339919
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 03/23/2010
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.22w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/01/2009 pg. 46
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2009
Publishers Weekly 01/11/2010 pg. 33
Library Journal 01/15/2010 pg. 75
Booklist 02/01/2010 pg. 31