Check out our list of thriller books set in Greece and the Greek Islands! With a summary of each for inspiration, your next escapism novel is just round the corner!
There’s something very special about the Greek Islands. These books will take you there and keep you turning the pages as the suspense builds.
Some of the novels are part of a series, so don’t worry if you find one you can’t put down! Read on for some of the best thriller books set in Greece.
Top thriller novels set in Greece and the Greek Islands
One Of The Girls by Lucy Clarke
Six friends arrive on a beautiful Greek island, dreaming of sun-soaked beaches and blood orange sunsets.
This was supposed to be a wild and free weekend away.
Swimming under the stars, drinks on the clifftop terrace…
But when the idyll cracks, secrets and lies begin whispering on the breeze and by the final night there is a body on the rocks below.
They were dying for this holiday – but who would kill for it?
The Two Faces of January by Patricia Highsmith
In the picturesque backstreets of Athens, Chester MacFarlane – a conman with multiple false identities – is on the run with his young wife Colette.
Rydal Keener is a young drifter, looking for adventure.
When the law catches up with Chester and his wife, Rydal gets what he’s looking for.. and the fates of all three people become fatally entwined.
This gripping and suspenseful cross-European game of cat and mouse was written by the bestselling author of The Talented Mr Ripley.
Beautiful Animals by Lawrence Osborne
On the idyllic Greek island of Hydra in the heat of summer, two girls lives intertwine to devastating effect.
Samantha, a young, impressionable American meets Naomi, a British girl with a taste for danger.
Their relationship quickly takes on a special intensity, amid the sun, sea and opulence of high society island life.
When they find a young Arab man washed up on shore one day – a casualty of the crisis raging across the Aegean – their imaginations are sparked.
But when their seemingly straightforward plan to help the stranger goes wrong, they all must face the horrific consequences that have been set in motion.
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Susan Ryeland is a retired publisher, running a small hotel on a Greek island.
But life isn’t as idyllic as it is supposed to be, and Susan is beginning to miss her life in London.. even though her former career once entangled her in a lethal literary murder plot.
So when an English couple come to visit and tell Susan about a murder that took place in a hotel the same day their daughter Cecily was married there, she can’t help but find herself being drawn in.
The plot thickens when they tell her that Cecily has gone missing a few hours after reading a crime novel that Susan edited some years previously.
She knows she must return to London to find out what has happened, as the clues to the murder and to Cecily’s disappearance must lie within the pages of this novel.
Is Susan willing to put her own life in mortal danger, in order to save Cecily?
The Other Guest by Heide Perks
When Laila and her husband arrive for a week’s holiday in Greece, their thoughts are on rest and relaxation.
But by the pool, Laila finds herself mysteriously drawn to the other family staying at their resort.
Em doesn’t know who Laila is – or that she has been watching her, her husband and teenage sons so attentively.
In five days time, Em’s world is blown apart by a horrifying event.
Laila believes she knows the truth of what happened. But in telling Em what she’s seen, she stands to lose everything she holds dear.
And what if she’s got it wrong?
Mykonos After Midnight by Jeffrey Siger
When a legendary nightclub owner is found savagely bludgeoned in his home, the evidence points to thugs.
But this murder brings long hidden, politically explosive secrets into play and draws a dangerous foreign investor to the island paradise of Mykonos.
Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis is the feared head of Greece’s special crimes division. And he’s certain there’s a more complex solution to the murder than just robbery.
To find answers, he must navigate the entrenched cultural contradictions of the island, and battle ruthless opportunists preying on his country’s weakened financial condition.
Kaldis learns there is a high price to pay for his curiosity, as he locks horns with a powerful, clandestine international force willing to do whatever it takes to gain control of Mykonos, no matter the collateral damage.
Mykonos After Midnight is book five in the Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis series.
We’ll update our list of thriller books set in Greece when there’s more to add. So make sure you drop by again soon!
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