Like the Spartans of legend, the Mani's families hold a strict code of honor and have a history of endless vendettas. When Special Crimes Division Detective Yiannis Kouros is summoned from Athens to the Mani by his uncle, Kouros fears his loyalty to his boss, Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis, is about be to be tested by family pressure on the detective to act in some new vendetta. Instead, Kouros learns the family is about to become rich through the sale of its property-until the uncle is killed, and thus the deal. Acting swiftly to head off a new cycle of violence, Kouros satisfactorily solves the murder. Or so it seems until, back in Athens, Kaldis' probe into deeply entrenched government corruption leads straight back to the Mani. Both cops now confront a host of unexpected twists, unanticipated players, unanswered questions-and people yet to die. The New York Times described Jeffrey Siger's novels as 'thoughtful police procedurals set in picturesque but not untroubled Greek locales.' Sons of Sparta is the sixth novel in his highly praised Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis series. www.jeffreysiger.com