Description
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 sems 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 murkey 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.
This ingenious novel by Barbara Nadel won the prestigious CWA Dagger in the Library Award in 2007 and was longlisted for the 2007 Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year
About the Author
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
Reviews
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 *
Praise for Barbara Nadel's Ikmen series: 'Really refreshing to encounter something as idiosyncratic and evocative...as Barbara Nadel's Istanbul-set thriller * The Times *
Unusual and very well-written * Sunday Telegraph *
Intriguing, exotic...exciting, accomplished and original * Literary Review *
Full of complex characters and louche atmosphere * Independent *
Intelligent and captivating...recalls Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series * The Sunday Times *
Exotic and atmospheric * Guardian *
Awards
Winner of CWA Silver Dagger for Fiction 2005.
Book Information
ISBN 9780755321285
Author Barbara Nadel
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Headline Book Publishing
Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Weight(grams) 238g
Dimensions(mm) 177mm * 115mm * 28mm
This ingenious novel by Barbara Nadel won the prestigious CWA Dagger in the Library Award in 2007 and was longlisted for the 2007 Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year
About the Author
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
Reviews
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 *
Praise for Barbara Nadel's Ikmen series: 'Really refreshing to encounter something as idiosyncratic and evocative...as Barbara Nadel's Istanbul-set thriller * The Times *
Unusual and very well-written * Sunday Telegraph *
Intriguing, exotic...exciting, accomplished and original * Literary Review *
Full of complex characters and louche atmosphere * Independent *
Intelligent and captivating...recalls Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen series * The Sunday Times *
Exotic and atmospheric * Guardian *
Awards
Winner of CWA Silver Dagger for Fiction 2005.
Book Information
ISBN 9780755321285
Author Barbara Nadel
Format Paperback
Page Count 432
Imprint Headline Book Publishing
Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Weight(grams) 238g
Dimensions(mm) 177mm * 115mm * 28mm
