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Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17) Barbara Nadel

Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17) By Barbara Nadel

Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17) by Barbara Nadel


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Summary

Set against the Gezi Park uprising of 2013, this is the 17th crime thriller featuring Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Mehmut Suleyman in Istanbul

Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17) Summary

Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17): A fast-paced Istanbul-based crime thriller by Barbara Nadel

Istanbul - in antiquity, called the Land of the Blind - is a city where old and new collide, and the fallout can be deadly...

In the ruins of the Constantinople hippodrome lies a body: a woman, clutching a piece of red stone. She's recently given birth, but there's no sign of the baby. Inspector CetinIkmendiscovers she was Ariadne Savva, a Byzantine specialist on a crusade to protect the historic areas of Istanbul that property developer Ahmet OEden seeks to destroy and rebuild.

As Ikmensearches for the lost child and the facts behind Ariadne's death, the people of Istanbul rise up in protest against their government in Gezi Park. Amid the chaos, Ikmenand his colleague Mehmet Suleymanmust unravel a tale of ancient hostility and modern desires, to find the truth concealed within the secret history of their antique city.

Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17) Reviews

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' * Big Issue (Istanbul) *

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 first Francis Hancock novel, LAST RIGHTS.
To find out more, follow Barbara on Twitter @BarbaraNadel or visit her website www.barbara-nadel.com

Additional information

GOR006898445
9781472213785
1472213785
Land of the Blind (Inspector Ikmen Mystery 17): A fast-paced Istanbul-based crime thriller by Barbara Nadel
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Headline Publishing Group
2015-06-04
416
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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