Death Ex Machina (The Athenian Mysteries Book 5) (English Edition)

A theatrical murder sends classical Athens into an uproar Athens, 459 BC: Its the time of the Great Dionysia, the largest arts festival of the ancient world, held each year in honor of Dionysos, the god of wine. But theres a problem: A ghost is haunting Athenss grand theater. Nicolaos and the priestess Diotima, his clever partner in sleuthing (and now in matrimony), are hired to exorcise the ghost, but secretly suspect that a human saboteur is operating behind the scenes. Then one of the actors is found hanged from the machine used to carry actors through the air when they play the part of gods. Its quite a theatrical murder. As Nico and Diotima dig into the actors past, they discover enough suspects to fill a theater. As the festival approaches and pressure mounts on all sides, can they hunt down the killer in time? Or will they simply have to hope for a deus ex machina? From the Hardcover edition.