In the Twilight of Madness
The brutal murder of an unidentified young man in the shadowy forest of Seich Sou shocks Thessaloniki. With no witnesses, no identity, and no clear motive, the police investigation quickly reaches a dead end.
But death rarely arrives without consequence.
Three young men from entirely different worlds find their lives violently intertwined through a chain of unexpected events, pulling them into a hidden reality lurking beneath the city’s calm surface. What begins as a mystery soon unravels into something far darker — a ruthless underground network serving the most depraved desires of the wealthy and untouchable elite of Greece’s so-called “erotic city.”
As secrets emerge and loyalties collapse, the three men are forced into a deadly game against powerful figures protected by money, influence, and silence. In a city where corruption hides behind respectability and truth comes at a fatal cost, survival may depend on how much they are willing to lose.
Set against the seductive yet dangerous backdrop of Thessaloniki, In the Twilight of Madness is a dark crime thriller inspired by real events — where fiction reveals truths too disturbing to ignore.
| Title | In the Twilight of Madness |
|---|---|
| Author | Kostas Mpouris |
| Product Details | Pages: 699 |
| Publishing Date | May 2026 |
| Copies Sold | 200 |
| About the Author | Kostas Bouris was born in Thessaloniki in 1964. He is married and has one son. He has been a crime journalist since 1983 and is a member of the Journalists' Union of Macedonia and Thrace Daily Newspapers. Today he is a crime reporter for the news bulletins of ERT, the Greek public broadcaster. He began his career at the newspaper Ellinikos Vorras as assistant crime editor and reporter, and went on to work as reporter, copy editor and editor-in-chief at Ellinikos Vorras and Spor tou Vorra (1983–1988 and 1990–1998) and at Avriani Makedonias–Thrakis (1989–1990). He later served as editor-in-chief at the newspapers Makedonia and Thessaloniki. From 1998 to 2000 he was a correspondent in Yugoslavia, and as a war correspondent he covered military operations in Kosovo, Albania, Skopje and Bosnia. He has also worked for the radio stations Radio 105 and Radio Panorama and for local television in Thessaloniki. His first book was "The Balkan Tourist Plan". "In the Twilight of Madness" draws on four decades of crime reporting. |
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