Belshazzars Daughter Inspector Ikmen Mystery 1

Author : Barbara Nadel
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466869283
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belshazzar's Daughter written by Barbara Nadel and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spicy thriller set in Istanbul's back alleys that the Literary Review (UK) called "exciting, accomplished and original". When a brutal murder shocks Istanbul's rundown Jewish quarter, the Turkish police force unleashes their best weapon - the chain-smoking, brandy-swilling Inspector Cetin Ikmen, husband to a strict Muslim woman (who disapproves of his drinking) and loving father of eight (with another on the way). With a colorful, multi-layered setting and a delicious labyrinthine plot, Barbara Nadel's Belshazzar's Daughter is a stunning and evocative crime debut, and Inspector Ikmen will surely join the ranks of beloved foreign cops Aureilo Zen and Guido Brunetti.

Author : Barbara Nadel
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755382137
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belshazzar's Daughter (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 1) written by Barbara Nadel and published by Headline. This book was released on 2010-12-09 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A secret worth killing for... Barbara Nadel introduces Inspector Cetin Ikmen for the first time in her debut novel, Belshazzar's Daughter. Perfect for fans of Jason Goodwin and Donna Leon. 'Exciting, accomplished and original' - Literary Review Leonid Meyer is found murdered in his flat in Balat, Istanbul's decrepit Jewish quarter, a swastika daubed on the wall in the old man's blood. But Inspector Cetin Ikmen is quick to eschew the obvious conclusion that this is a racist attack. The evidence leads Ikmen and his young lieutenant, Suleyman, to two people: Robert Cornelius, a teacher observed outside Meyer's flat shortly after the murder, and a retired businessman, Reinhold Smits, known to have had Nazi sympathies. But another link connects these two: a ninety-year-old Russian émigré, Maria Gulcu, a widow who thinks she possesses a secret worth killing for... What readers are saying about Belshazzar's Daughter: 'An engaging, fascinating picture of life in Turkey. Wonderful characters and a deep plot that constantly draws one to read on' 'An excellent murder mystery set in the twilight world of old aristocracies in modern day Istanbul' 'An intense psychological drama with an impressive array of characters and colourful descriptions of the less salubrious areas of Istanbul. Nadel successfully evokes the hot sultry atmosphere of modern Turkey'

Author : Barbara Nadel
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755378571
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deadly Web (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 7) written by Barbara Nadel and published by Headline. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Games of sex and death have terrifying consequences... Silver Dagger Award-winning author Barbara Nadel explores a series of shocking and dark deaths across Istanbul in Deadly Web, the seventh instalment of the thrilling Inspector Ikmen crime series. Perfect for fans of Donna Leon and Abir Mukherjee. 'Perfect blend of foreign exoticism and impeccable mystery plotting... Superior police procedural sleuthing in which the locale is etched with precision and the city of Istanbul becomes an indispensable character' - Crime Time A naked teenage girl is found dead near the beautiful Byzantine Yoros Castle in Turkey. She has stabbed herself through the heart but there is evidence of bizarre sexual practice. In another part of Istanbul, a young boy seems to have committed suicide in similar circumstances. What dark rituals could have compelled them to fatal self-abuse? Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman follow an internet trail that leads them to an underworld of Goth nightclubs and Satanic worship. But even those murky shadows hide more than they reveal and the answers to an ever increasing number of suspicious deaths is more shocking and terrible than they could ever have imagined. What readers are saying about Deadly Web: 'As usual complex, diverse and enjoyable' 'I could not put it down' 'I have read all of the Inspector Ikmen books [...] each one I read I always think is better than the last!'

Author : Barbara Nadel
Publisher : Inspector Ikmen
ISBN 13 : 9781933397498
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belshazzar's Daughter written by Barbara Nadel and published by Inspector Ikmen. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balat, a decrepit neighborhood of narrow, twisting alleys and crumbling tenements was home to Leonid Meyer, a reclusive elderly Jew who, like many of his neighbors, came here long ago to escape one of Europe's various bloodbaths. But Meyer's refuge ultimately became his coffin, the carnage crowned with a gigantic swastika. Inspector Ikmen begins tracking down the few people who may have known him.--

Author : Barbara Nadel
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1466861576
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ottoman Cage written by Barbara Nadel and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barbara Nadel's The Ottoman Cage is a spicy thriller set in Istanbul's back alleys. Inspector Cetin Ikmen and forensic pathologist Arto Sarkissian have been friends since childhood, and their work together in Istanbul's criminal justice system has only served to cement their friendship. When they're both called to a flat to investigate the death of a twenty-year-old, there is no reason to think their relationship will alter. The case, however, is a strange one. Ikmen learns from the neighbours that they have never seen the man enter or leave the flat. The only visitor they're aware of is a solitary, well-dressed Armenian. Stranger still is that the limbs of the body are withered, and the victim seems to have been kept prisoner inside a gilded cage. What is it that's making Ikmen's old friend Arto, himself an Armenian, especially uncomfortable about the case?

Author : Esmahan Aykol
Publisher : Bitter Lemon Press
ISBN 13 : 1904738710
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hotel Bosphorus written by Esmahan Aykol and published by Bitter Lemon Press. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katie Hirschel is the proud owner of Istanbul’s only mystery bookshop. When the director of a film starring an old school friend is found murdered in his hotel Katie starts her own maverick investigation. After all her friend Petra is the police’s principal suspect and reading all those detective novels must have taught Katie something.

Author : Anne Rice
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 030770047X
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wolf Gift written by Anne Rice and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Vintage Anne Rice—a lushly written, gothic … metaphysical tale. This time, with werewolves.” —The Wall Street Journal When Reuben Golding, a young reporter on assignment, arrives at a secluded mansion on a bluff high above the Pacific, it’s at the behest of the home’s enigmatic female owner. She quickly seduces him, but their idyllic night is shattered by violence when the man is inexplicably attacked—bitten—by a beast he cannot see in the rural darkness. It will set in motion a terrifying yet seductive transformation that will propel Reuben into a mysterious new world and raise profound questions. Why has he been given the wolf gift? What is its true nature—good or evil? And are there others out there like him?

Author : Barbara Nadel
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0755386450
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deep Waters (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 4) written by Barbara Nadel and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a fascinating and topical background, Deep Waters is the powerful fourth novel from one of crime fiction's outstanding talents, Barbara Nadel. Nadel's writing will appeal to fans of Donna Leon and Michael Dibdin. 'Mixing Ikmen's police work with parapsychology, blood and intuition makes for a read that is as riveting as it is undeniably disturbing' - Good Book Guide A man's body, virtually decapitated, is found by the Bosphorus. His identity card names him as Rifat Berisha, an Albanian. The family is impenetrable but when Inspector Cetin Ikmen, whose mother was Albanian, consults his cousin, Samsun, he's left in little doubt that Berisha's death is likely to be the result of a fis, an implacable blood feud between rival Albanian families. Which means the blood already shed will have to be avenged. And if the Berishas or their enemies discover Ikmen is from a noted Albanian clan, some of the spilt blood might be his... What readers are saying about Deep Waters: 'A fiendishly plotted thriller, brilliantly written and wholly enthralling' 'Always fascinating, frequently chilling and ultimately unexpectedly moving, this is the work of a mature author at the height of her powers' 'Another brilliant dig into the underbelly of Istanbul life'

Author : Barbara Nadel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780755321322
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Passion for Killing written by Barbara Nadel and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A killer with means but no motive, and the body count is rising... A man is found dead in a hotel room, a single stab wound in his heart. Could he be a victim of the 'Peeper'? The body of the man is delivered to forensics, but it is entirely clean. Has someone tampered with it? Meanwhile a young carpet dealer, on the brink of a huge sale, is found dead in the mangled remains of his Jeep. The deal would have made him - the carpet he wanted to sell used to belong to Lawrence of Arabia. Inspector Cetin Ikmen discovers that the young man was hiding a deadly secret...

Author : Barbara Nadel
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0755371631
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Noble Killing (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 13) written by Barbara Nadel and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Honour can be deadly... The brilliant thirteenth Istanbul crime novel from Barbara Nadel's Inspector Ikmen Mysteries series delves into the shocking world of honour killing. A Noble Killing will enthral fans of Andrea Camilleri and Colin Cotterill. 'Add Inspector Ikmen and his motley crew to the growing list of outstanding fictional cops plying their trades across all parts of Europe and Asia, which have become hotbeds of police procedural excellence' - Booklist Turkey: the police are called to the scene of what seems to be the honour killing of a young girl. Burnt alive, she is not the first girl to suffer such an horrific death in Istanbul. Further investigations by Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmet Suleyman reveal that the girl had a secret boyfriend who has now disappeared. He and the girl's family are prime suspects, even though forensic evidence is scant. Why does the family, in common with other families of girls immolated in the city, now appear to be broke? There are also links to an infamous local gangster. Religion, organised crime and the lengths some people will go to in order to conform, come together in a tragic story of violence in a divided and changing society. And Mehmet Suleyman is on the verge of making a mistake that could ruin his career... What readers are saying about A Noble Killing: 'Nadel writes with warmth, understanding and looks deep into the human soul' 'An exciting crime story that draws one in from the first page until the end. Impossible to put down' 'The twists and turns of the case keep you guessing'