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Andreas Nomikos nodded and waved Day to a chair in his office.
“I can give you twenty minutes, Mr Day. How can I help?”
“I’ll be quick, Inspector. I made an interesting discovery yesterday which throws some light on why Moralis came to Naxos. Alex Harding-Jones told me that Michael mentioned having a source of information locally in connection with his search for an ancient site. I found Michael’s name and US address in Elias’s address book.”
“So, let’s assume they did contact each other, for the moment. When would that have been?”
“Before Elias died in 2000. I know, that’s a long time ago. But let’s assume that Michael wanted to ask Elias about the location of an ancient site. He was a mild-mannered academic, Inspector, entrenched in research and wholly absorbed by the Mycenaean e
