The Mystery Of The Semi-carved Figure

In 1989, the nearly centenarian Yakovakis, an artist of shadow puppetry, is murdered in his artist's haunt. At the same time, a bas-relief depicting a demon disappears from his collection. The search for suspects begins with his circle of friends. But after his funeral, members of this circle, his friends and colleagues, are murdered, one by one. Who, then, is responsible for these murders? Investigators connect the stolen bas-relief to the murders, but what did this figure represent to have become the apple of discord between collectors, adventurers and artists? Could it be that this frightening leather shadow hides unexplored secrets that had disappeared in the depths of the centuries?

An original detective novel, Ex Oriente Lux (out of the East, light).
For the first time, the art of modern Greek shadow puppetry, at once timeless and ancient, is the protagonist in a detective novel that develops over a series of short, distilled narrations. On a first level, the reader will encounter the puzzle of the murderer's identity. On a second, the sanctum of Eastern mysticism... A seemingly lifeless, reddish figure gathers its vitality from the artist to come to life at the time of the performance. But could it now have the power to live forever?