The Mourning Woman

In the gripping follow-up to MANDARIN YELLOW, Socrates returns as a more seasoned and cynical investigator, grappling with the recent loss of his father and his mother's move into a Greek immigrant community. Among the residents is an elderly woman claimed to be a descendant of the Oracle at Delphi, whose ominous prophecies lead Socrates into a tangled web of danger and revenge. As he confronts the chilling reality of her predictions, the story unfolds into a suspenseful exploration of fate and consequence.