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All at Sea: Sailing to Symi
If there’s one thing better than people-watching, it’s boat-watching, and the island of Symi’s a great place for indulging in that pastime. It’s also a place where anybody can play the sea-dog – in...
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Hermes at the Police Station: A Symi Setting
My return to Symi was interesting from a new point of view. Last time I was there, I wasn’t here, so to speak – I didn’t blog (well, very rarely), or Tweet, or Facebook. In the three or four years of...
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Time to Reflect – A Guest Blog on Crete
I’m delighted this month to be a guest-blogger for fellow Bloomsbury author Jane Rusbridge, who has a passion for Crete and all things Cretan. Jane invited me to do a piece on place, so I took the...
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Summer Reading Bargains – Get ‘em while it’s hot…
If you’re looking to load up your Kindle with summer reading – especially if you’re travelling to Greece or the Greek islands – all the Greek Detective books are currently available at the very special...
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Greek Christmas – Kala Kristouyenna!
Season’s Greetings & Kala Kristouyenna! It’s amazing to me the festive season has rolled around so fast – it seems such a short time since I was blogging about my visit to Crete, back in March....
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Is Greece in Crisis?
I haven’t been blogging for a while. With all Greece’s problems, it seemed somehow fatuous to me, writing pretty pieces about a country going through such tough times and turmoil. Yet so much of what...
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Alonissos, Greek Island of Grapes
When you think of the Greek islands, Alonissos doesn’t come immediately to mind, which suits me just fine. I love Greece somewhat off-the-beaten-track, and Alonissos certainly takes a proper journey to...
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Alonissos: The Best of Greek Island Food
It’s no surprise to any reader of this blog (or to any reader of the Greek Detective books) that I’m a huge fan of Greek island food. A large part of the pleasure of travel in Greece – as Rick Stein...
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Bitter Oranges
Oranges growing in a garden on the Mani peninsular It’s the season, in Greece, for oranges, and oranges are everywhere you look, splattered on the pavements of city streets, heaped up for sale at the...
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Win a Bag of Hermes Goodies!
In Greece, there’s a heatwave. If you’re lucky enough to be spending time there, you’ll no doubt be looking forward to finding a place in the shade with a cold drink, venturing out from time to time to...
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Avrio, or maybe the day after
Avrio – everyone who’s spent time in Greece has heard the word for tomorrow, but like mañana, sometimes it seems avrio never comes. This can be very annoying if you need someone like a plumber or...
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The Nekromanteion: A Journey to the Underworld
The Entrance to Hades? The Oracle of the Dead The Nekromanteion is a dark and disturbing place, set on a windy hillside, surrounded by a landscape unchanged across centuries. If you understand basic...
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Six Greek Crime Novels for Your Holiday Reading
If you’re looking for Greek Crime Novels for your holiday reading, search no further! I’m delighted to say The Gifts of Poseidon has received an endorsement from Greece’s Secretariat for Media &...
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