Pretty Dead Things (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 10): A deadly crime thriller set in Istanbul

Pretty Dead Things (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 10): A deadly crime thriller set in Istanbul

by Barbara Nadel (Author)

Synopsis

When Emine Aksu, the flamboyant wife of an Istanbul style guru, suddenly goes missing, Inspector Cetin Ikmen's investigation leads him deep into her strange and colourful past. Emine was a hippie when she was younger, who wholeheartedly enjoyed the liberated lifestyle that swept across Istanbul in the sixties. Her husband suspects that she was visiting an old friend at the time of her disappearance. Meanwhile, Inspector Mehmet Suleyman is called to a terrifying scene at the art deco Kamondo Stairs in the old banking district of Karakoy. The skeleton of a woman has been discovered in one of the large plant containers. Could these two bizarre incidents be linked?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: Headline
Published: 07 Aug 2008

ISBN 10: 0755335635
ISBN 13: 9780755335633
Book Overview: When peace and love turn into deadly conflict...

Media Reviews
Riveting... Nadel takes us far beneath the surface of the city's ancient streets... A heady and stunningly exciting take on the crime genre * Lancashire Evening Post *
Author Bio

Trained as an actress, Barbara Nadel used to work in mental health services. Born in the East End of London, she now writes full time and has been a visitor to Turkey for over twenty years. She received the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger for her novel DEADLY WEB, and the Swedish Flintax Prize for historical crime fiction for her first Francis Hancock novel, LAST RIGHTS.
To find out more, follow Barbara on Twitter @BarbaraNadel or visit her website www.barbara-nadel.com