• The Black Monastery

  • By: Stav Sherez
  • Narrated by: Chris Pavlo
  • Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
  • 3.4 out of 5 stars (35 ratings)

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The Black Monastery

By: Stav Sherez
Narrated by: Chris Pavlo
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Publisher's summary

People used to come to the small Greek island of Palassos for the historic ruins. Now they come to take drugs and party all night. But the horrific ritual murder of a boy in the grounds of an old monastery brings back memories of two similar deaths in the mid-1970s, and of a mysterious cult who once dwelt in the island's interior, memories the island has tried hard to forget.

As Nikos, the police chief who has been persuaded back to his home island for the final years of his career, begins his investigation, two Brits arrive on the island: the best-selling crime writer Kitty Carson, on a break from the pressures of work and her strained marriage, and Jason, an aspiring writer with a secret of his own. When a second body is discovered - further endangering the island's lucrative tourist trade - these three characters are thrown together, as the gruesome secrets of the past begin to emerge.

Brilliantly paced, and featuring a memorable cast of characters, The Black Monastery is a blistering portrait of paradise gone wrong.

Stav Sherez is a freelance journalist and music critic.

©2009 Stav Sherez (P)2013 Audible Ltd

Critic reviews

"A complex tale of greed, guilt and lust" ( Sunday Telegraph)
"A dark, disgusting, disquieting tale" ( Literary Review)

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I wanted to like this book but I didn't

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I liked A DARK REDEMPTION, but I couldn't get through this book...I gave it 3.5 hours before I gave up. I might try the next book in series but I'll have to think about given how dreadful THE BLACK MONESTRY

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Cobra by Deon Meyer

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Accent....awful

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Disappointment. I'm going to return it

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Beware of the violence on children

I wish I had known this book contained violence against children as I would not have read it. I had the misfortune of reading this book (bust stopped due to the violence) before I was a parent. Now that I’m a parent I’m even more appalled that books with this content and/or storyline aren’t readily available to unassuming readers. This book has haunted me for the terrible things in it. I would not willingly read something with this content as it included extreme violence against children.

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Engrossing story !

Well written and narrated. Great mystery, police procedural novel. With more than a hint of crazy monks.

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