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River of the Dead

River of the Dead
  • Author(s): Barbara Nadel
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople), Mardin
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

(Inspector Ikmen Mystery 11) Convicted murderer and drug baron Yusuf Kaya has escaped from Istanbul prison. He appears to have had inside help… Inspector Cetin Ikmen is called to investigate Kaya’s contacts in the city, while Inspector Suleyman heads...

Salep and Ginger

Salep and Ginger
  • Author(s): Jane Gundogan
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A heartwarming, romantic comedy in the style of Notting Hill and Sleepless in Seattle. Ginger Knox thought she was living her best rom-com life. She had the job, the apartment in Notting Hill (adjacent), and an honest to God...

Scandalous Lady

Scandalous Lady
  • Author(s): Beth Elliott
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1811

Turkey, 1811 All in the name of love… Before Richard Hartford left their family estate for Turkey to fulfill his lifelong dream of exporing antiquities, he sent his sister Olivia to London for the season, hoping she would find...

Songs My Mother Never Taught Me

Songs My Mother Never Taught Me
  • Author(s): Selçuk Altun
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): early 21st century

After the death of his overbearing mother, the privileged Arda reclines in his wealth, reflecting on his young life, and on the life of his father, the famous mathematician Mürsel Ergenekon, who was murdered on Arda’s fourteenth birthday. While...

Strategos: Born in the Borderlands (Strategos 1)

Strategos: Born in the Borderlands (Strategos 1)
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Iran, Istanbul (Constantinople), Syria, Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Medieval, Byzantium

An orphan’s tale. Born in a broken land, drawn into a savage war When the falcon has flown, the mountain lion will charge from the east, and all Byzantium will quake. Only one man can save the empire ....

Strategos: Island in the Storm: (Strategos 3)

Strategos: Island in the Storm: (Strategos 3)
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople), Georgia (Asia), Iran, Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Medieval, Byzantium

A tragic hero’s tale, set in the heart of a historic war The storm is upon us, Haga. The answers you seek dance within its wrath . . . 1071 AD. Emperor Romanus Diogenes has rekindled the guttering flame...

Strategos: Rise of the Golden Heart (Strategos 2)

Strategos: Rise of the Golden Heart (Strategos 2)
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Iran, Istanbul (Constantinople), Syria, Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Medieval, Byzantium

A voyage into the heart of Byzantium… Stay strong, Haga, for the Golden Heart will rise in the west. At dawn, he will wear the guise of a lion hunter. At noon, he will march to the east as...

Strategos: The Complete Trilogy

Strategos: The Complete Trilogy
  • Author(s): Gordon Doherty
  • Location(s): Greece, Georgia (Asia), Iran, Iraq, Istanbul (Constantinople), Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Medieval, Byzantium

The saga of a tragic hero, born in the borderlands between two great empires, destined to walk on the battlefield in a war that will echo through history In the 11th century AD, the ailing Byzantine Empire teeters on...

The Belly Dancer

The Belly Dancer
  • Author(s): Margaret Halliday
  • Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
  • Genre(s): Romance, Thriller
  • Era(s): Early 1990s

Margaret Halliday’s fourth book, The Belly Dancer is a romantic thriller set mainly in Istanbul in the early 1990s. Gemma, a young English woman, finds herself involved in more than just teaching English soon after her arrival in Turkey....

The Bronze Box

The Bronze Box
  • Author(s): Amy C Fitzjohn
  • Location(s): Bristol, Istanbul (Constantinople), Varna
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern and recent past

An ancient artefact is stolen, an archaeologist is killed. Dr Sasha Blake is recruited by a covert organisation, The Agency, to find the truth before the Bronze Box falls into the hands of an International criminal known only as...

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