The death of the world’s most prominent antiquities dealer under suspicious circumstances touches off a fierce battle among his heirs for the ownership of thousands of illicit antiquities stashed in warehouses in the UK and Switzerland. Alexis Karras, a discredited journalist battling depression, is suddenly thrust into the middle of the clash between the dealer’s powerful shipping family and his business/life partner. The quest for a gold Macedonian wreath and an Archaic kore will also put Karras in the crosshairs of the incorruptible chief of the police’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit. Operation Nostos is a political and crime thriller about the illicit trade in antiquities as well as corruption in politics and the media.

Topos Books, 2023, 432 pp