The Other Side of Midnight (Paperback)

Through the dusty windshield of his car Chief of Police Geor- gios Skouri watched the office buildings and hotels of down- town Athens collapse in a slow dance of disintegration, one after the other like rows of giant pins in some cosmic bowling alley.
"Twenty minutes," the uniformed policeman at the wheel promised. "No traffic." Skouri nodded absently and stared at the buildings. It was an illusion that never ceased to fascinate him. The shimmering heat from the pitiless August sun enveloped the buildings in undulating waves that made them seem to be cascading down to the streets in a graceful waterfall of steel and glass.
It was ten minutes past noon, and the streets were almostiv deserted, but even the few pedestrians abroad were too lethar-