This 3rd installment with Jesse O’Hara is a murder mystery/tour of Greece. It is alot of fun, just like the previous books. Jesse is smart, sarcastic, and daring. Jesse, Sam ( best friend), and computer specialist, Gideon Spielberg travel to Greece to the International Conference on Law Enforcement and Investigation where Jesse is to give a presentation. The trio are asked to do a job for the Ministry of Citizen Protection, This is to be a routine undertaking involving a radical group. The job comes with a generous paycheck. As Jesse and her group find out it is not routine and it becomes dangerous.

There is alot going on and at times it drags the plot down. There are some scenes that seem a bit unbelievable, but this is fiction, so we shouldn't be critical. This is a short book perfect for an afternoon on the beach read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher, Severn House, for an ARC. The opinions in this review are my own.

I can't be the only one one who finds it implausible that the Greek government would ask an American- in this case Jesse O'Hara-to find the leader of a nationalist group who has been causing problems (to say the least). Jesse and her friends Gideon, Sam, and Tatyana are in Greece for a conference and what Jesse hoped would be a bit of tourism. Unfortunately, her arch enemy Svetlana is also in town which leads mayhem that left me a bit lost as I didn't know the back story. This blends a bit of mystery with politics and there's a lot going on. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. While it wasn't for me, I'm sure those familiar with the series will enjoy it.

This was fun! I liked the Sherlock Holmes-esque detective, Jesse O’Hara, and it was totally fine to jump into the series at book three. The scenery and food descriptions were incredible! It seems as if the author made a very detailed research trip. I loved learning about the specificities of each Greek island (and Athens, too). The mystery almost took a backseat, but I didn't mind that. It was kind of just a framework to get us traveling around Greece with O'Hara and her blunt personality.

Jesse O'Hara and her friends from Chicago, are invited to speak at a conference in Greece, and then asked to help the government find Platon, the leader of a patriotic group.
Svetlana, Jesse's arch enemy is also in Greece, so when they get caught up in a hotel bombing and a shooting, they are not certain who is responsible. It's all quite far fetched, and Jesse seems quite blasé about all the killing. I found it hard to keep track of all the characters.
This is the third book in the series, each one set in a different location, so there was isn't much continuity in the Chicago side of the story.

Fun story of a Jesse O'Hara and her group going to Greece to present a program. They get caught up in political machinations. As we drove around Athens one of our drivers made a comment about the political situation so the book isn't far from the truth. I did learn about how grapes are grown on Santorini and then saw them growing. I also learned on word reading the book "Yamas" which is equivalent to skoal. Fun book.

Murder in the Greek Isles by Wendy Church is the third book about Jesse and her friends, this one set in Greece. A last minute invitation to a conference sends them into danger again, this time chasing a Greek dissenter while trying to escape Jesse's archenemy, Svetlana. I have not read the first two and find Jesse so rude and obnoxious that I won't bother. The story line and setting in Greece make the book readable.

I read the first book in this series, Murder on the Spanish Seas, and had liked the spunky main character of Jesse. She'd had an interesting backstory and I'd enjoyed the setting of the book, so I was excited to read Murder in the Greek Isles.

In this third installment in the series, Jesse finds herself in Greece with her friends Gideon, Sam, and Tatiana for a law enforcement conference. She and Gideon are supposed to give a talk on teams working together, but after the conference, they get pulled into crime happening in Greece. At the same time, they're trying to avoid Svetlana, who returned from a previous book.

I was really hoping for more of a character-driven mystery. But while "Murder in the Greek Isles" definitely brings snappy dialogue and a fast-paced, action-packed feel, it leaned a bit more on plot than on deep character moments. There were long chunks of dialogue from characters explaining a political situation, followed by action scenes straight out of a movie like shootings and bombings--and Jesse just sort of moved through these things with snappy comebacks and clever (and convenient) solutions. It all felt really...easy? I wish there'd been room for her character to develop a bit more with some real struggle, but instead she just moves on to the next action scene, the next clever plan or convenient rescue, without much change.

There are also a couple of moments where the logic takes a big leap—for example, when Jesse reads a sales email and, thanks to its use of the word "caldera" in Pig Latin, suddenly announces they have to go to Santorini.

Still, the vivid Greek settings and overall lively tone keep the story engaging. I do think Jesse has the potential to be a really interesting character in the style of Stephanie Plum, and I'd like to see how she evolves over the series.