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Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17): A fast-paced Istanbul-based crime thriller
Barbara Nadel
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Description for Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17): A fast-paced Istanbul-based crime thriller
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 540.
A body is found in the ruined Constantinople hippodrome: a woman, clutching a piece of red stone. She's recently given birth, but there's no sign of the baby. Inspector Cetin Ikmen discovers she was a Byzantine specialist on a crusade to protect the historic but now squalid areas of Istanbul that her enemy, property developer Ahmet Oden, seeks to destroy and rebuild. As Ikmen searches for the lost child and the truth behind her death, the people of Istanbul rise up in protest against their government in Gezi Park, and the city lurches into chaos and anger. Against this background, ... Read more
A body is found in the ruined Constantinople hippodrome: a woman, clutching a piece of red stone. She's recently given birth, but there's no sign of the baby. Inspector Cetin Ikmen discovers she was a Byzantine specialist on a crusade to protect the historic but now squalid areas of Istanbul that her enemy, property developer Ahmet Oden, seeks to destroy and rebuild. As Ikmen searches for the lost child and the truth behind her death, the people of Istanbul rise up in protest against their government in Gezi Park, and the city lurches into chaos and anger. Against this background, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472213778
SKU
V9781472213778
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Ref
99-10
About Barbara Nadel
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17): A fast-paced Istanbul-based crime thriller
Ever topical, with her finger on the pulse of modern Turkey, Barbara Nadel's latest Inspector Ikmen novel takes place to a backdrop of the Gezi Park protests...gripping...fast-paced
Today’s Zaman
'There's no one quite like Nadel... Seamlessly weaving together so many diverse threads is the work of a master with her finger firmly on the city's pulse... Gripping'
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Today’s Zaman
'There's no one quite like Nadel... Seamlessly weaving together so many diverse threads is the work of a master with her finger firmly on the city's pulse... Gripping'
... Read more