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- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
(Ikmen Mystery 23) In the early hours of the morning, Turkish TV star Erol Gencer is found dead at his home on the outskirts of Istanbul. But he is not alone. Beside him lies a Syrian refugee whose stomach...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1999
Turkey, 1999. A devastating earthquake brings Istanbul crumbling to the ground, ripping apart the fragile stability of Sinan’s world. His family home becomes a makeshift tent in a camp run by Western missionaries whom he stubbornly distrusts, and he...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
(Inspector Ikmen Mystery 5) ‘Nadel’s novels take in all of Istanbul – the mysterious, the beautiful, the hidden, the banal… Fascinating’ – Scotland on Sunday A serial killer is stalking the streets of Istanbul, seemingly targeting gay men. A...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Espionage, Thriller
- Era(s): Modern
Following on from the acclaimed debut novel Beside the Syrian Sea, this is the second title in a planned trilogy about loyalty and betrayal in the modern world. An authentic thriller about the thin line between following your conscience...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): Contemporary
(Inspector Ikmen Mystery 20) In the backstreets of Istanbul, a young woman’s body is found. Dumped in a dustbin and covered in cut flowers, she is the victim of a frenzied and vicious stabbing. Inspector Ikmen discovers that the...
Inside Out In Istanbul: Making Sense of the City
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): Modern
For most people, Istanbul is synonymous with its world famous sights, the Haghia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and Dolmabahçe Palace. Few tourists manage to go beyond the beauty of the historical district of Sultanahmet to visit the other face...
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Historical, Nonfiction
- Era(s): Various
From the Koran to Shakespeare, this city with three names–Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul–resonates as an idea and a place, real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between East and West, North and South, it has been the capital city of...
Istanbul: Memories and the City
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Travelogue, Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): early 21st century
A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him...
- Location(s): Alexandria, Cairo, Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): WW2
It is 1942 and the war is tearing Europe apart, shattering lives and devastating countries. But for some, it will be the greatest of adventures. Saba, a striking, headstrong singer from Wales defies her family to chase her dream...
- Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)
- Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
- Era(s): 2013
Inspector Ikman Mystery, Book 17 Set against the Gezi Park uprising of 2013 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...
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