‘Taint of Midas’ by Anne Zouroudi; ‘Bali Conspiracy Most Foul’ by Shamini Flint

What are the odds that two mysteries should come out in the same month set in romantic locales — one in Bali, one in Arcadia — featuring fat detectives who are serious foodies, smoke cigarettes and wear white shoes?

With profiles like these, life-expectancy statistics seem as likely to come into play as criminal elements. But Athenian sleuth Hermes Diaktoros and Inspector Singh of the Singaporean national police — on assignment in Bali — both outsmart statistical probability as energetically as they go around combating crime and complaining about Americanized bad food.

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Zachary A. Goldfarb 08 Aug, 2011

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