ATHENIAN BLUES and BABY BLUE, the first two novels

featuring the conscientious caretaker (i.e., hitman)

Stratos Gazis have been published

by Bitter Lemon Press UK, USA and Australia to fantastic acclaim

 

 

 

 

                               

 

BABY BLUE

He'll do anything to save her. Even if he has to lose everything

"The streets of Athens prove as mean as those of Raymond Chandler's L.A. in Koutsakis's brilliant second noir

featuring Stratos Gazis. While the plotting matches James Ellroy's best work, Koutsakis does a better job

of making the twists flow organically from the characters" - Publishers Weekly, starred review

 

"An absorbing entry in this must-read hard-boiled series, which offers thoughtful characterization

and a noir take on Athens' postcrisis underbelly"-  Booklist

great, unique writer. His most important book" -  Eleni Gika, Fractal Magazine

 

ATHENIAN BLUES

The first in the Stratos Gazis Series

So sweet, so calm, so natural... I'd nearly forgotten that she had invited me there to discuss

how I would kill her husband.

 

"A hugely enjoyable, captivating read" - Sharon Bolton, winner of the CWA Dagger in the Library Award

"It's hard to resist Stratos Gazis, a freelance killer who describes himself as 'a kind of social worker,

except I get properly paid' " - Kirkus Reviews

"Noir fans will look forward to the next installment" - Publishers Weekly
"A terrific writer" - Max Easterman, European Literature Network
"A fascinating storyteller" - Manhattan Book Reviews

 

INFLUENCER

A pair of teenagers decide to rob the wrong store, the most beautiful girl in school acquires fierce competition,

a young water polo player falls hopelessly in love with his much older teacher, a dwarf student becomes a sex symbol,

a boy and a girl simultaneously run away from their troubled homes one night trying to find a way to cope with their lives.

A seventeen-year-old girl enters a reality show and is accused of murdering another contestant, while the only one

who can help her is her ex-best friend, with whom she no longer speaks.  Love, revenge, mystery, murders and social media, twenty-three stories of young people trying to cope in extreme situations in Greece, Europe and America, discovering

who they really are.

 

 

 

 SOMETHING LIKE LOVE

A 17-year old tennis prodigy, with a terrible character

Her very beautiful sisters, who is climbing too fast the politics ladder

Their father, who keeps many secrets

And someone waiting, invisible, ready to kill

 

 

THE ODYSSEY THEY ARE HIDING FROM US

Odysseus and Penelope - two parents in their fifties,

living life like there is no tomorrow without caring about each other

or anyone else

Telemachus, a son at a loss about how to cope with all the crazy events in his life

  A madcap comedy retelling Homer's Odyssey

 

FIRE

  A boy and a girl, against the world

There are some fights worth giving, regardless of the result

 

 

SHOW BUSINESS

A has-been Hollywood actor. An ingenious plan to make him a star again

What could go wrong?

 

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL END IN THE WORLD

     Ten years ago he lost her. Today he will discover she is alive

Her husband will ask him to find her.

 

THE REPLACEMENT SANTA CLAUS

     A reclusive black man is summoned to replace Santa Claus

and fight Santa's biggest enemy.

 

TIME ACROBATS

Two people, madly in love, are responsible for the whole 20th century

                                                

 "An explosive, eternal love story" -  Ethnos newspaper

he masterpiece of the year" -  Fractal Magazine

 

"Brilliant, delightful, filled with humour" -  matia.gr

 

"A masterpiece" - Downtown

 

WITH YOU GONE

The final battle - the "Trilogy of Crete" ends

 

JUST ONE BREATH

No one you love is safe

National Award 2016 for best YA novel in Greece

 

A TIME FOR HEROES

What are you prepared to do for her?

 

 

WHEN HE WAS HAPPY

The fate of the country hanging by a thread as thin as that on which one man's mind is trying to balance

 

 

THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY

Between the two people you love the most, whom would you choose to destroy?

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NOT THIS TIME, BABY

Peter Geranis is eccentric, rather unsuccessful and very much dumped by the woman of his dreams. Trying to cope with this unbearable thing called life, he finds that he has to confront PIs, relentless tabloid journalists, moms, stepdads, charming architects, good drug dealers, bad drug dealers, unbelievably beautiful call-girls, fashion photographers, pop singers, TV stars, Russian mobsters, and…God.

 

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TO BURN A FLAG

Extremists find shelter in the National Technical University of Athens and burn the greek flag live on TV. The greek society is divided in those considering this a symbolic act of young people protesting against the government, and those who are enraged by the act. But one student is among those burning the flag for entirely different reasons: his vengeance against those responsible for the death of his girlfriend is just starting…

 

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