Christos Markogiannakis


Christos Markogiannakis is a Greek novelist and criminartist, based in Paris, France. His work includes crime fiction and non-fiction. His books are published in Greek, French, English, Italian and German. He is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association. In 2025, he was named Chevalier de Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.

Career

Christos Markogiannakis studied Law and Criminology in Greece and France. He worked as a criminal lawyer in Crete and currently lives in Paris.
He is the creator of the term Criminart, a theoretical mix of art and crime, focusing on the representation of murder in works of art and on murder as a form of art, according to the disciplines of Thomas De Quincey.
His criminartistic book Scènes de Crime au Louvre / The Louvre Murder Club, where he analyses paintings, sculptures and ancient Greek amphorae in the Louvre Museum in Paris, was awarded the 2017 French Prize for Literary Essay. The book was welcomed by the Press for its original point of view.
The Louvre Murder Club was followed by Scènes de Crime à Orsay / The Orsay Murder Club in 2018 with works of art from the Orsay Museum in Paris.
His crime fiction takes place in contemporary Greece and follows the investigations of a Police Captain, Christophoros Markou. His writing style is inspired by Agatha Christie, and his books are a hybrid between a Whodunit and a Mediterranean Noir, focusing on the investigation, the psychology of the characters and current social conditions.
His first crime novel Au 5e étage de la faculté de droit received the prize of the Académie du Var in 2018.
His crime novel Qui a tué Lucy Davis? received the Prix Méditerranée du Polar in 2023.
His novel Omero, le fils caché is a what if story inspired by the alleged son Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis had in the early days of their affair, in 1960. The baby died a few hours after his birth, and Christos Markogiannakis invents his life, had he survived. The novel combines the principles of ancient Greek tragedy and contemporary mystery fiction.

Publications

Scènes de crime au Louvre
The Louvre Murder Club
Au 5e étage de la faculté de droit Au 5e étage de la faculté de droit
Scènes de crime à Orsay
The Orsay Murder Club
Mourir en scène
Μυθιστόρημα με Κλειδί
Στον 5ο όροφο της Νομικής
Qui a tué Lucy Davis?
Mord unter griechischer Sonne
Auteur de crimes
Θάνατος επί σκηνής
Omero, le fils caché
O δολοφόνος στις σελίδες
Oμέρο, ο κρυφός γιος
Omero, il figlio segreto