Kolonaki silence

The news of the robbery in Kolonaki spread through Kaisariani like smoke from a cheap grill, everyone got a whiff, and it left a bitter taste.

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Kaisariani codex

The Athenian sun, aged and weary as the concrete it beat upon, filtered through the lace curtain of Myrto Zervou’s small balcony

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Blood on the hill

The cicadas screamed in the pines of Kaisariani Hill, a sound like a frying pan left too long on the stove.

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Stop for a widow

The Athenian sun hung heavy over the Kaisariani square, a bleached bone in the sky.

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The forged will

Her son, Aris, was hammering away in his workshop downstairs, the rhythmic thud-thud-thud blending with the cicadas’ buzz.

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Kaisariani knife

Myrto Zervou fanned herself with yesterday’s newspaper, perched on her balcony, watching the neighborhood simmer.

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Shadows on two wheels

The summer heat clung to Kaisariani like a sweaty shirt.

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Juror's fear

Katerina, the quiet woman who had just been selected as a juror in the high-profile trial of a notorious loan shark.

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Black widow, red hands

The summer heat clung to Kaisariani like a sweaty shirt. Myrto sat on her balcony, fanning herself with an old newspaper, watching the street below.

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Blood on the projector glass

The summer heat clung to Kaisariani like a sweaty shirt.

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