Dead Philadelphians

All the fun and excitment of an Elmore Leonard novel, with the added flavors of mordern day Greece. This one sucks you in on page one and leaves you disapointed that it's over.

This fast-paced international yarn follows a vivid cast from California to the Mediterranean and back to a fine ending, and is hard to put down. But the special treat is the author's intimate knowledge of Greece, where this international chase pivots. Frost knows the food, wine, women, sunsets, villages, local phrases, even the bad manners of the tourists, by nationality. If you can't visit Greece, read DEAD PHILADELPHIANS.

This is a thriller that leaves you with good feelings. A young Greek American commits the almost perfect crime, leading to many trials, adventures, the discovery of his heritage and ethnicity, steamy sex, and a very satisfying conclusion. The portrait of Greek village life is very warm and sympathetic (in contrast to Kazantzakis'). The dialogue is perfect.I look forward to the movie. I might even look up the author's scholarly work.

Peter Green, in the Los Angeles Times Book Review (July 18), said "'Dead Philadelphians' is written in wonderfully taut, flexible, evocative prose: fast-moving, not a word wasted, always conscious of rhythm...Contributing to the remarkable success of this first novel is the gritty and physical accuracy of detail on everything from prison life to Greek honor feuds, Berlin skinheads, and the polite hypocrisies of Zurich bankers. The net result is a compulsive page-turner that kept me up till the small hours. Welcome to an exciting new thriller writer."